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Bubble generation in swirl flow during air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation

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Air-sparged hydrocyclone (ASH) flotation is a new, promising technology, and, since its conception, numerous applications have been successfully tested. Nevertheless, research and development efforts have continued to improve the technology with respect to operating conditions and design considerations.

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  1. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    D. Lelinski (member SME, graduate student)

  2. Technical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland

    R. Bokotko & J. Hupka

  3. University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

    J. D. Miller (member SME, professor)

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SME preprint 95–173, SME Annual Meeting, March 6–9, 1995, Denver, CO. Original manuscript, February 1995. M&MP paper 95–618. Discussion of this peer-reviewed and approved paper is invited and must be submitted, in duplicate, prior to Aug. 31, 1996.

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Lelinski, D., Bokotko, R., Hupka, J. et al. Bubble generation in swirl flow during air-sparged hydrocyclone flotation. Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration 13, 87–92 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03402725

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