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, http://www.thecementgrindingoffice.com/mining/expltrompminexample.html 1/3 16 10 2014 Tromp Curve Example 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
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 http://www.thecementgrindingoffice.com/mining/expltrompminexample.html 2/3 16 10 2014 Tromp Curve Example We have the following:
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.
