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* MODSIM UNIT DESIGN REPORT *


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UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - BALL MILL


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Unit number 2 MODSIM model name HFSU


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

PARAMETERS:
Parameters for selection function
Energy-specific selection function at 1 mm: 0.800 t/kWh
Zeta 1: 0.185
Zeta 2: -0.312
Parameters for breakage function
Beta: 4.000
Gamma: 0.250
Delta: 0.000
Phi at 5mm: 0.200

Mill conditions
Mill diameter: 1.52 m
Mill length: 3.05 m
Ball load in the mill: 40.0
Mill speed as % of critical: 74.0
Specific gravity of grinding media: 7800.0 kg/m**3
Makeup ball size: 63.0 mm

No post classification was specified.


Transport model is PM,PM,PM
Fractional residence times:
Region 1: 0.014
Region 2: 0.212
Region 3: 0.774

Liberation was not modeled.

Average density of the ore 2600.0 kg/m**3


Calculated density of the total mill charge 5467.9 kg/m**3
No-load power 11.81 kW
Net power by Bond's formula 82.21 kW
Specific power consumption 6.21 kW h/t

Size distribution in FEED


Size % passing
mms
5.29 85.603
3.75 69.683
2.65 52.045
1.87 40.170
1.32 33.162
0.937 27.523
0.662 22.679
0.469 18.555
0.331 15.027
0.234 12.098
0.166 9.568
0.117 7.430
0.828E-01 4.287
0.585E-01 2.801
0.00 0.000

Size distribution in PRODUCT


Size % passing
mms
5.29 96.807
3.75 92.673
2.65 87.964
1.87 83.432
1.32 79.207
0.937 75.060
0.662 70.761
0.469 66.096
0.331 60.864
0.234 54.947
0.166 48.402
0.117 41.586
0.828E-01 34.337
0.585E-01 28.598
0.00 0.000

80% passing size in feed .464E+04 microns


80% passing size in product .141E+04 microns
Calculated specific power input 6.21 kWh/t
Calculated operating work index for this mill 52.0 kWh/t

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - SPLITTER


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Unit number 6 MODSIM model name SPLT


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

This unit splits uniformly 2 ways

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - Hydrocyclone


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Unit number 8 MODSIM model name CYCL


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

PARAMETERS:
Cyclone diameter 0.152 meters
Vortex-spigot distance 0.457 meters
Inlet diameter 0.030 meters
Vortex finder diameter 0.025 meters
Spigot diameter 0.018 meters
Feed head 3.00 meters
Cyclones in cluster 2
Flowrate through each cyclone 0.471E-02 m**3 per sec.
Volumetric fraction of solids in the feed 0.301
Viscosity of slurry 0.0012 kg/ms
Specific gravity of slurry in separation zone 1.00
Index for variation of d50 with density 0.50
Pressure drop across the hydrocyclone 266.3 kPa

Plitt's calibration parameters:


For D50 1.00
For the sharpness factor 1.00
For the flow split 1.00

Size distribution in feed

Size % passing
mms
5.29 98.592
3.75 96.681
2.65 94.463
1.87 92.192
1.32 89.892
0.937 87.431
0.662 84.614
0.469 81.148
0.331 76.551
0.234 69.973
0.166 59.955
0.117 45.759
0.828E-01 31.801
0.585E-01 23.369
0.00 0.000

Volumetric flow split to underflow 0.444


Sharpness parameter lambda = 2.06
Sharpness index = 0.466
D50c for particle type 1 is 76.67 microns

Size distribution in underflow.


Size % passing
mms
5.29 98.124
3.75 95.578
2.65 92.622
1.87 89.596
1.32 86.530
0.937 83.252
0.662 79.498
0.469 74.880
0.331 68.754
0.234 59.990
0.166 46.736
0.117 29.392
0.828E-01 15.948
0.585E-01 10.332
0.00 0.000
Size distribution in overflow.
Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 99.999
0.166 99.713
0.117 94.982
0.828E-01 79.480
0.585E-01 62.577
0.00 0.000

Water recovery to underflow = 0.117

Ratio of air core to underflow diameter by Concha's formula is 1.13

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - Hydrocyclone


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Unit number 7 MODSIM model name CYCL


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

PARAMETERS:
Cyclone diameter 0.152 meters
Vortex-spigot distance 0.457 meters
Inlet diameter 0.030 meters
Vortex finder diameter 0.025 meters
Spigot diameter 0.018 meters
Feed head 3.00 meters
Cyclones in cluster 2

Flowrate through each cyclone 0.471E-02 m**3 per sec.


Volumetric fraction of solids in the feed 0.301
Viscosity of slurry 0.0012 kg/ms
Specific gravity of slurry in separation zone 1.00
Index for variation of d50 with density 0.50
Pressure drop across the hydrocyclone 266.3 kPa

Plitt's calibration parameters:


For D50 1.00
For the sharpness factor 1.00
For the flow split 1.00

Size distribution in feed

Size % passing
mms
5.29 98.592
3.75 96.681
2.65 94.463
1.87 92.192
1.32 89.892
0.937 87.431
0.662 84.614
0.469 81.148
0.331 76.551
0.234 69.973
0.166 59.955
0.117 45.759
0.828E-01 31.801
0.585E-01 23.369
0.00 0.000

Volumetric flow split to underflow 0.444


Sharpness parameter lambda = 2.06
Sharpness index = 0.466
D50c for particle type 1 is 76.67 microns

Size distribution in underflow.


Size % passing
mms
5.29 98.124
3.75 95.578
2.65 92.622
1.87 89.596
1.32 86.530
0.937 83.252
0.662 79.498
0.469 74.880
0.331 68.754
0.234 59.990
0.166 46.736
0.117 29.392
0.828E-01 15.948
0.585E-01 10.332
0.00 0.000

Size distribution in overflow.


Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 99.999
0.166 99.713
0.117 94.982
0.828E-01 79.480
0.585E-01 62.577
0.00 0.000
Water recovery to underflow = 0.117

Ratio of air core to underflow diameter by Concha's formula is 1.13

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - SPLITTER


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Unit number 9 MODSIM model name SPLT


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

This unit splits uniformly 2 ways

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - BALL MILL


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Unit number 4 MODSIM model name HFSU


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

PARAMETERS:
Parameters for selection function
Energy-specific selection function at 1 mm: 0.800 t/kWh
Zeta 1: 0.185
Zeta 2: -0.312
Parameters for breakage function
Beta: 4.000
Gamma: 0.250
Delta: 0.000
Phi at 5mm: 0.200

Mill conditions
Mill diameter: 1.52 m
Mill length: 1.52 m
Ball load in the mill: 40.0
Mill speed as % of critical: 74.0
Specific gravity of grinding media: 7800.0 kg/m**3
Makeup ball size: 63.0 mm

No post classification was specified.


Transport model is PM,PM,PM
Fractional residence times:
Region 1: 0.014
Region 2: 0.212
Region 3: 0.774

Liberation was not modeled.

Average density of the ore 2600.0 kg/m**3


Calculated density of the total mill charge 5422.9 kg/m**3
No-load power 6.69 kW
Net power by Bond's formula 41.10 kW
Specific power consumption 2.07 kW h/t

Size distribution in FEED


Size % passing
mms
5.29 98.124
3.75 95.578
2.65 92.622
1.87 89.596
1.32 86.530
0.937 83.252
0.662 79.498
0.469 74.880
0.331 68.754
0.234 59.990
0.166 46.736
0.117 29.392
0.828E-01 15.948
0.585E-01 10.332
0.00 0.000

Size distribution in PRODUCT


Size % passing
mms
5.29 99.025
3.75 97.634
2.65 95.988
1.87 94.203
1.32 92.270
0.937 90.081
0.662 87.434
0.469 83.987
0.331 79.137
0.234 71.767
0.166 59.921
0.117 42.836
0.828E-01 27.118
0.585E-01 18.736
0.00 0.000

80% passing size in feed 692. microns


80% passing size in product 351. microns
Calculated specific power input 2.07 kWh/t
Calculated operating work index for this mill 13.5 kWh/t

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - BALL MILL


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Unit number 3 MODSIM model name HFSU


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

PARAMETERS:
Parameters for selection function
Energy-specific selection function at 1 mm: 0.800 t/kWh
Zeta 1: 0.185
Zeta 2: -0.312
Parameters for breakage function
Beta: 4.000
Gamma: 0.250
Delta: 0.000
Phi at 5mm: 0.200
Mill conditions
Mill diameter: 1.83 m
Mill length: 1.83 m
Ball load in the mill: 40.0
Mill speed as % of critical: 74.0
Specific gravity of grinding media: 7800.0 kg/m**3
Makeup ball size: 63.0 mm

No post classification was specified.


Transport model is PM,PM,PM
Fractional residence times:
Region 1: 0.014
Region 2: 0.212
Region 3: 0.774

Liberation was not modeled.

Average density of the ore 2600.0 kg/m**3


Calculated density of the total mill charge 5422.9 kg/m**3
No-load power 11.28 kW
Net power by Bond's formula 75.02 kW
Specific power consumption 3.77 kW h/t

Size distribution in FEED


Size % passing
mms
5.29 98.124
3.75 95.578
2.65 92.622
1.87 89.596
1.32 86.530
0.937 83.252
0.662 79.498
0.469 74.880
0.331 68.754
0.234 59.990
0.166 46.736
0.117 29.392
0.828E-01 15.948
0.585E-01 10.332
0.00 0.000

Size distribution in PRODUCT


Size % passing
mms
5.29 99.346
3.75 98.394
2.65 97.260
1.87 96.006
1.32 94.617
0.937 93.006
0.662 91.004
0.469 88.317
0.331 84.393
0.234 78.169
0.166 67.671
0.117 51.457
0.828E-01 34.801
0.585E-01 24.526
0.00 0.000

80% passing size in feed 692. microns


80% passing size in product 258. microns
Calculated specific power input 3.77 kWh/t
Calculated operating work index for this mill 15.6 kWh/t

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - SPLITTER


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Unit number 14 MODSIM model name SPLT


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

This unit splits uniformly 2 ways

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - Hydrocyclone


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Unit number 16 MODSIM model name CYCL


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

PARAMETERS:
Cyclone diameter 0.152 meters
Vortex-spigot distance 0.457 meters
Inlet diameter 0.030 meters
Vortex finder diameter 0.025 meters
Spigot diameter 0.018 meters
Feed head 3.00 meters
Cyclones in cluster 1

Flowrate through each cyclone 0.108E-01 m**3 per sec.


Volumetric fraction of solids in the feed 0.277
Viscosity of slurry 0.0012 kg/ms
Specific gravity of slurry in separation zone 1.00
Index for variation of d50 with density 0.50
Pressure drop across the hydrocyclone 1161.7 kPa

Plitt's calibration parameters:


For D50 1.00
For the sharpness factor 1.00
For the flow split 1.00

Size distribution in feed

Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 99.999
0.166 99.765
0.117 94.132
0.828E-01 69.162
0.585E-01 45.485
0.00 0.000

Volumetric flow split to underflow 0.439


Sharpness parameter lambda = 1.82
Sharpness index = 0.422
D50c for particle type 1 is 45.50 microns

Size distribution in underflow.


Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 99.999
0.166 99.692
0.117 92.342
0.828E-01 61.302
0.585E-01 36.276
0.00 0.000

Size distribution in overflow.


Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 100.000
0.166 100.000
0.117 99.900
0.828E-01 94.493
0.585E-01 75.166
0.00 0.000

Water recovery to underflow = 0.129

***WARNING!***
This cyclone will rope under these operating conditions
according to the Mular-Jull criterion.
The recommended underflow diameter from this correlation is 3.3 cm

Ratio of air core to underflow diameter by Concha's formula is 1.13

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - Hydrocyclone


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Unit number 15 MODSIM model name CYCL


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

PARAMETERS:
Cyclone diameter 0.152 meters
Vortex-spigot distance 0.457 meters
Inlet diameter 0.030 meters
Vortex finder diameter 0.025 meters
Spigot diameter 0.018 meters
Feed head 3.00 meters
Cyclones in cluster 1

Flowrate through each cyclone 0.108E-01 m**3 per sec.


Volumetric fraction of solids in the feed 0.277
Viscosity of slurry 0.0012 kg/ms
Specific gravity of slurry in separation zone 1.00
Index for variation of d50 with density 0.50
Pressure drop across the hydrocyclone 1161.7 kPa

Plitt's calibration parameters:


For D50 1.00
For the sharpness factor 1.00
For the flow split 1.00

Size distribution in feed

Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 99.999
0.166 99.765
0.117 94.132
0.828E-01 69.162
0.585E-01 45.485
0.00 0.000

Volumetric flow split to underflow 0.439


Sharpness parameter lambda = 1.82
Sharpness index = 0.422
D50c for particle type 1 is 45.50 microns
Size distribution in underflow.
Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 99.999
0.166 99.692
0.117 92.342
0.828E-01 61.302
0.585E-01 36.276
0.00 0.000

Size distribution in overflow.


Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 100.000
0.166 100.000
0.117 99.900
0.828E-01 94.493
0.585E-01 75.166
0.00 0.000

Water recovery to underflow = 0.129

***WARNING!***
This cyclone will rope under these operating conditions
according to the Mular-Jull criterion.
The recommended underflow diameter from this correlation is 3.3 cm

Ratio of air core to underflow diameter by Concha's formula is 1.13

UNIT EQUIPMENT DATA SHEET - BALL MILL


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Unit number 13 MODSIM model name HFSU


Job name: Area de Molienda 350 TMS

PARAMETERS:
Parameters for selection function
Energy-specific selection function at 1 mm: 0.800 t/kWh
Zeta 1: 0.185
Zeta 2: -0.312
Parameters for breakage function
Beta: 4.000
Gamma: 0.250
Delta: 0.000
Phi at 5mm: 0.200

Mill conditions
Mill diameter: 1.83 m
Mill length: 1.52 m
Ball load in the mill: 40.0
Mill speed as % of critical: 74.0
Specific gravity of grinding media: 7800.0 kg/m**3
Makeup ball size: 50.0 mm

No post classification was specified.


Transport model is PM,PM,PM
Fractional residence times:
Region 1: 0.014
Region 2: 0.212
Region 3: 0.774

Liberation was not modeled.

Average density of the ore 2600.0 kg/m**3


Calculated density of the total mill charge 5422.9 kg/m**3
No-load power 9.72 kW
Net power by Bond's formula 62.52 kW
Specific power consumption 1.47 kW h/t

Size distribution in FEED


Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 99.999
0.166 99.692
0.117 92.342
0.828E-01 61.302
0.585E-01 36.276
0.00 0.000

Size distribution in PRODUCT


Size % passing
mms
5.29 100.000
3.75 100.000
2.65 100.000
1.87 100.000
1.32 100.000
0.937 100.000
0.662 100.000
0.469 100.000
0.331 100.000
0.234 99.999
0.166 99.781
0.117 93.867
0.828E-01 65.958
0.585E-01 40.179
0.00 0.000

80% passing size in feed 99.5 microns


80% passing size in product 95.8 microns
Calculated specific power input 1.47 kWh/t
Calculated operating work index for this mill 76.9 kWh/t

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