16 10 2014 Tromp Curve Example

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overflow 47,1,0 52,7,0 69,5,0 80,3,0 90,0 97,8,0 %

hydrocyclone
underflow 9,6,0 10,9,0 15,6,0 20,5,0 27,5,0 36,4,0 %

These laboratory results are the percentage of passing cumulated of hydrocyclone feed,
overflow (product) and underflow (rejects).

Calculation of the circulating load on each sieve with the formula:

We adopt the average of these values and we have:

If the mill production is 100 t/h, we have
the following
flow rates:
Mill throughput: 403,7 t/h
hydrocyclone feed: 403,7 t/h
hydrocyclone overflow: 100
t/h
hydrocyclone underflow:
82,3 t/h

Calculation of the separation efficiency on each sieve with the formula:

Caverage is calculated with the following

formula:

In this case, Caverage = 3,037 + 1 = 4,037

We observe that the efficiency is decreasing with higher sieves, it is absolutely normal.

Calculation of the Tromp Curve with the

formula:

We define the fraction sizes,

here:
between 0 and 38µ, between 38µ and 53µ, between 53µ and 106µ, between 106µ and 150µ,
between 150µ and 212µ and finally between 212µ and
300µ.
For all these fraction sizes, we calculate the percentage of passing.
For example, for hydrocyclone feed, between 0µ and 38µ, we have 18,9% of passing,
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For example, for hydrocyclone feed, between 0µ and 38µ, we have 18,9% of passing,
between 38µ and 53µ, we have 21,2 - 18,9 = 2,3% of passing...etc

0µ-38µ 38µ-53µ 53µ-106µ 106µ-150µ 150µ-212µ 212µ-300µ

hydrocyclone
feed 18,9,0 21,2-18,9 29,2-21,2 35,2-29,2 42,7-35,2 51,8-42,7 %
hydrocyclone
overflow 47,1,0 52,7-47,1 69,5-52,7 80,3-69,5 90-80,3 97,8-90 %
hydrocyclone
underflow 9,6,0 10,9-9,6 15,6-10,9 20,5-15,6 27,5-20,5 36,4-27,5 %

0µ-38µ 38µ-53µ 53µ-106µ 106µ-150µ 150µ-212µ 212µ-300µ

hydrocyclone
feed 18,9,0 2,3 8 6 7,5 9,1 %
hydrocyclone
overflow 47,1,0 5,6 16,8 10,8 9,7 7,8 %
hydrocyclone
underflow 9,6,0 1,3 4,7 4,9 7,0 8,9 %

After, we calculate Vfaverage with the

formula:

According
Vfaverage = 1/4,037 = 0,247709
Vr = 1-0,247709 = 0,752291
and:

Now, for each value of T, we have to calculate the average size of the fraction size.
It means, for example, we choose (0+38)/2 = 19µ for the 0-38µ fraction
size.
We will have:
0µ-38µ (0 + 38)/2= 19 µ
38µ-53µ (38+53)/2= 45,5 µ
53µ-106µ (53+106)/2= 79,5 µ
106µ-150µ (106+150)/2= 128 µ
150µ-212µ (150+212)/2= 181 µ
212µ-300µ (212+300)/2= 256 µ
The next step is to plot the chart with the dimension (µ) in x-axis
and the T values in y-axis,
like that:
Dimension Tromp
19 38,19
45,5 41,35
79,5 45,94
128 57,95
181 68,67
256 77,61

The Tromp curve is in blue

Remark 1: x-axis has a
logarithmic scal
Remark 2: To be representative, the Tromp Curve has to be a correlation of at least 0,99
The tromp Curve reduced:
Now, we will calculate the Tromp reduced
We consider the by-pass as the mininum of the Tromp values, i.e. 38,19% or 0,3819
We have the
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We have the
following:

And the result

is:

Tromp
Dimension µ Tromp % reduced %
19 38,19 0
45,5 41,35 5,11
79,5 45,94 12,54
128 57,95 31,97
181 68,67 49,31
256 77,61 63,78

The reduced Tromp curve is

in red

hydrocyclone
evaluation
Cut size
(D50%): 100µ this is a good estimation
D limit: < 20µ this is a rough estimation
by-pass: > 30% this is a rough estimation
Imperfection:
with the
formula:

we have to estimate D75% and D25%:

As D25% doesn't exist, we extrapolate with the red dotted line of Graph 1
D75%: 250µ
D25%: 43µ

In conclusion, this hydrocyclone has a abominable imperfection, a poor efficiency and a high by-pass.

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