Attrition scrubber / deslimer simulation

ore + water -> deslimed product + clay slimes (agglomerate breakage + size cut)

Governing equations

The exact equations the solver works for a attrition scrubber / deslimer — the same math shown in the app's "Theory" panel, not a black box.

$E(d)$

fraction of size d reporting to the deslimed product

$R_f$

water fraction to the deslimed product (fines bypass)

$\alpha$

Whiten sharpness

$x$

reduced size

$d_{50c}$

corrected cut size [m]

$\beta$

fraction of the clay's coarse mass released by attrition

$m_k, m'_k$

clay mass in class k before and after scrubbing

$M_c$

clay mass in the classes at or above the cut

$d_j$

class boundaries [m]

Parameters

cut_size_m [m, required — desliming d50c], sharpness [-, required — Whiten α], water_to_deslimed [0..1, required — Rf, water to the deslimed product and the fines bypass]; optional slime_minerals [list] + disaggregation [0..1, required with them — coarse clay mass released below the cut], specific_energy_kwh_t [kWh/t] with molar_masses [{component: kg/mol}, auto-filled], assay

Example flowsheets that use it