COMMINUTION EXAMPLE 5301 CRUSHING

CS = 75mm
OS = 100mm
WI = 15

CO = 1DESIGN
EM = 90%
SZ = 38mm
OR = 1

CS =
25mm
OS =
30mm
WI = 15

COMPONENTS:
1. SiO2
Quartz (Solids)
2. H2O Water (Aqueous)
SCREEN SIZES:
TYLER SIEVES
17" to 0.375" (Default Sieves)

STREAM DATA:
Stream 1 110 MT/HR
100 MT/HR
Solids
10 MT/HR
Aqueous
Screen Size Analysis
Cummulative Fraction Passing
17
1.0
12"
0.9
1.05"
0.1

METSIM Particle Size Value Functions

VP80 S
F
M
M
M

VMIC
VPAS
VPPM
VCPR
VPCP
VPCR
M VSIZ
VCPS

S
S
S
S
S
S
S
S

;Mesh size in microns which passes 80% of the solids in stream S.

e.g.
VP80 s5
;Micron size of fraction F passing in stream S.
;Weight of solids in stream S passing M microns.
;Weight fraction of solids in stream S passing M microns.
;Weight fraction of solids in stream S retained on micron size M.
;Weight fraction of solids in stream S retained on each mesh size.
;Weight fraction of solids in stream S passing all mesh sizes.
;Weight fraction of solids in stream S passing M microns.
;Average coal particle size in millimeters or inches.

How To Enter Screen Size Analysis in METSIM for Windows.

Turn on the Particle Size Analysis Switch by clicking on the Model
Parameters Button, then the Calc Options tab and finally click the Particle
Size Analysis box.

From the Input Menu select SSNI

Screen Sieve Series for Data
Entry and the window on the right
will appear.
Input data is to be entered for the
range 17.0 IN to 1.05 IN so blank
out all the fields from 0.742 IN
down. Click the OK Button when
you are finished.

Now select the

Edit Object Data
Tool, and click on
the stream
number.
After entering the
mass flowrates and
assays click on the
SSA Button. The
window on the right
will appear.
Enter the %
Passing data which
is known and zero
out those which are
not.
% Passing Data
17.00 IN 1.0
12.00 IN 0.9
1.05 IN 0.1

Click OK to close the Window. METSIM has now preformed a Linear interpolation
between any points not entered in the Size Anaylsis Data.

Screen Size Analysis Array, SSA

METSIM stores screen size analysis data for a model in a single array, SSA. To
display the SSA matrix, enter SSA at the APL prompt. An example SSA array is as
follows:
37.04 117.28 89.5
67.9
0
0
16.43 54.3
37.04 117.28 73.07 13.6
0
0
29.79 51.51
0
0
46.23 105.8

49.38
47.95
1.43
43.42
91.37

40.12
39.97
0.16
32.96
72.93

27.79
27.76
0.01
24.59
52.36

23.46
23.45
0
17.62
41.07

20.99 17.28
20.99 17.28
0
0
11.95 7.59
32.94 24.87

Properties of SSA
The number of rows in SSA are the number of streams in the flowsheet. The number of
columns in SSA are the number of size fractions specified in the model. In the array
above, there are 5 streams and 10 size fractions specified.
If streams are added or deleted, the SSA array is also changed.
Each value in SSA is the weight of solids in each size fraction of each stream.
units of weight are the same units selected in Model Parameters Option CALC
PARAMETERS. Therefore, both the following APL expressions will yield the same
result:
SI VSTR S
+/ SSA[S;]

The

where SI is variable for all solid inorganic components, and S is a stream

number.
As defined in METSIM, a size fraction is the smallest particle size that cannot go
through screen mesh of that size.

CRUSHING CIRCUIT
Simple Comminution Example
Project Information:
Owner
:
Location :
Title
: CRUSHING CIRCUIT
Case
: Simple Comminution Example
Purpose : Training Example
Data Storage File Name
: 5301 Crushing.sfw
Mass Balance Option
: ON
Particle Size Analysis Option: ON
Units of Mass
Units of Time

: metric tonnes
: hour
STREAM DATA

SOLIDS - MT/HR
NO. STREAM
SiO2
---+-+---------1 1
100.000000
2 2
100.000000
3 3
77.382821
4 4
77.382821
5 5
100.000000

AQUEOUS - MT/HR
NO. STREAM
H2O
---+-+---------1 1
10.0000000
2 2
10.0000000
3 3
7.7382821
4 4
7.7382821
5 5
10.0000000

SCREEN SIZE ANALYSIS

STREAM NO. 1
STREAM NO. 2
STREAM NO. 3
1
2
3
P80= 224784
P80= 84297
P80= 93264
---------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------SCREENS MICRON MT/HR % RET % PAS MT/HR % RET % PAS MT/HR % RET % PAS
---------------- -------------------- -------------------- -------------------12.0 IN 304800 10.000 10.000 90.00 0.000 0.000 100.00 0.000 0.000 100.00
8.48 IN 215392 11.402 11.402 78.60 0.000 0.000 100.00 0.000 0.000 100.00
6.00 IN 152400 11.361 11.361 67.24 1.582 1.582 98.42 1.582 2.045 97.96
4.24 IN 107696 11.402 11.402 55.84 7.456 7.456 90.96 7.456 9.635 88.32
3.00 IN 76200 11.361 11.361 44.48 15.480 15.480 75.48 15.480 20.005 68.31
2.12 IN 53848 11.402 11.402 33.07 18.255 18.255 57.23 18.255 23.591 44.72
1.50 IN 38100 11.361 11.361 21.71 16.657 16.657 40.57 23.614 30.516 14.21
1.05 IN 26670 11.713 11.713 10.00 15.573 15.573 25.00 9.486 12.259
1.95
.742 IN 18847 10.000 10.000
0.00 12.642 12.642 12.35 1.421 1.836
0.11
.525 IN 13335 0.000 0.000
0.00 2.261 2.261 10.09 0.081 0.105
0.01
.371 IN
9423 0.000 0.000
0.00 1.260 1.260
8.83 0.005 0.007
0.00
3 TY
6730 0.000 0.000
0.00 1.151 1.151
7.68 0.000 0.000
0.00
4 TY
4760 0.000 0.000
0.00 1.046 1.046
6.64 0.000 0.000
0.00
6 TY
3360 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.946 0.946
5.69 0.000 0.000
0.00
8 TY
2380 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.852 0.852
4.84 0.000 0.000
0.00
10 TY
1680 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.762 0.762
4.08 0.000 0.000
0.00
14 TY
1190 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.678 0.678
3.40 0.000 0.000
0.00
20 TY
841 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.598 0.598
2.80 0.000 0.000
0.00
28 TY
595 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.523 0.523
2.28 0.000 0.000
0.00
35 TY
420 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.454 0.454
1.82 0.000 0.000
0.00
48 TY
297 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.389 0.389
1.43 0.000 0.000
0.00
65 TY
210 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.329 0.329
1.10 0.000 0.000
0.00
100 TY
149 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.275 0.275
0.83 0.000 0.000
0.00
150 TY
105 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.225 0.225
0.60 0.000 0.000
0.00
200 TY
74 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.180 0.180
0.42 0.000 0.000
0.00
270 TY
53 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.140 0.140
0.28 0.000 0.000
0.00
400 TY
37 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.105 0.105
0.18 0.000 0.000
0.00
600 TY
26 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.075 0.075
0.10 0.000 0.000
0.00
800 TY
19 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.051 0.051
0.05 0.000 0.000
0.00
1200 TY
13 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.031 0.031
0.02 0.000 0.000
0.00
1600 TY
9 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.016 0.016
0.01 0.000 0.000
0.00
2000 TY
7 0.000 0.000
0.00 0.007 0.007
0.00 0.000 0.000
0.00

SCREEN SIZE ANALYSIS

STREAM NO. 4
STREAM NO. 5
4
5
P80= 32218
P80= 28375
---------------- -------------------- -------------------SCREENS MICRON MT/HR % RET % PAS MT/HR % RET % PAS
---------------- -------------------- -------------------1.50 IN 38100 6.958 8.991 91.01 0.000 0.000 100.00
1.05 IN 26670 18.118 23.414 67.59 24.206 24.206 75.79
.742 IN 18847 21.704 28.048 39.55 32.925 32.925 42.87
.525 IN 13335 12.389 16.010 23.54 14.569 14.569 28.30
.371 IN
9423 6.071 7.846 15.69 7.326 7.326 20.97
3 TY
6730 2.502 3.233 12.46 3.652 3.652 17.32
4 TY
4760 1.313 1.696 10.76 2.359 2.359 14.96
6 TY
3360 1.188 1.535
9.23 2.134 2.134 12.83
8 TY
2380 1.069 1.382
7.85 1.921 1.921 10.91
10 TY
1680 0.957 1.236
6.61 1.719 1.719
9.19
14 TY
1190 0.850 1.099
5.51 1.528 1.528
7.66
20 TY
841 0.751 0.970
4.54 1.349 1.349
6.31
28 TY
595 0.657 0.849
3.69 1.180 1.180
5.13
35 TY
420 0.569 0.736
2.96 1.023 1.023
4.11
48 TY
297 0.488 0.631
2.32 0.877 0.877
3.23
65 TY
210 0.413 0.534
1.79 0.743 0.743
2.49
100 TY
149 0.345 0.445
1.35 0.619 0.619
1.87
150 TY
105 0.282 0.365
0.98 0.507 0.507
1.36
200 TY
74 0.226 0.292
0.69 0.406 0.406
0.96
270 TY
53 0.176 0.227
0.46 0.316 0.316
0.64
400 TY
37 0.132 0.171
0.29 0.238 0.238
0.40
600 TY
26 0.095 0.122
0.17 0.170 0.170
0.23
800 TY
19 0.063 0.082
0.09 0.114 0.114
0.12
1200 TY
13 0.039 0.050
0.04 0.069 0.069
0.05
1600 TY
9 0.020 0.026
0.01 0.036 0.036
0.01
2000 TY
7 0.008 0.011
0.00 0.015 0.015
0.00