tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post1880810917666857358..comments2024-03-29T07:54:12.874+00:00Comments on MEI's Barry Wills: Towards large scale microwave treatment of oresMEIhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-10409692576709600562017-07-24T11:44:33.677+01:002017-07-24T11:44:33.677+01:00Part 2 of the paper has now been published in Mine...Part 2 of the paper has now been published in <a href="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0892687517301322" rel="nofollow">Minerals Engineering</a>MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-30381708428489820602017-06-04T01:18:16.656+01:002017-06-04T01:18:16.656+01:00Thanks, Barry, for giving more information.
Let us...Thanks, Barry, for giving more information.<br />Let us encourage "out of box thinking" and I am looking forward to see industrial applications and the experiences.<br />All the best.<br />Rao,T.C.Rao,T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11160713677908165404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-17005305775853993352017-06-02T09:49:52.020+01:002017-06-02T09:49:52.020+01:00TC, there have been many papers published over the...TC, there have been many papers published over the last few decades on the fundamentals of microwave treatment of ores, many of these in Minerals Engineering. The earliest work involved little more than kitchen microwave units, and was essentially blue sky research as there was no apparent practical use on a large scale. But a great deal of knowledge as to how minerals behave under microwave heating was built up, much of it from the Nottingham University workers, so it is great to see that all this fundamental research might now be leading to full scale industrial operation.MEIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14834780351452765156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6908362959739425575.post-3915104818339944002017-06-02T01:22:20.881+01:002017-06-02T01:22:20.881+01:00I had personal experience on the application of mi...I had personal experience on the application of microwave on a sulphide ore; I must confess that it was not a great success and did not give confidence that this application would be economically and process wise feasible in a large scale operation.<br />I am not making a judgement--perhaps more technical developments took place.<br />I am eagerly looking forward to reading the details.<br />Yes, I agree that attempts must be made to reduce power costs in comminution. My point is mainly that a bit more understanding of the ore characteristics and affect of microwave on the breakage has to be studied and understood before one thinks of application for large scale operations.<br />Rao,T.C.Rao,T.C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11160713677908165404noreply@blogger.com