1. Scale-up
Prediction of industrial results basing of laboratory test

2. Yianatos’ Method Plant flotation kinetics R(t)
Laboratory flotation kinetics r(t)
Outcome
Dell’s upgrading curve
only recovey is scale-up
Yianatos J.B., Berh L.G., Aguilera J., Flotation scale up: use of separability curves, Minerals Engineering, 16, 2003,

3. MFT-FLEET Method (based on flotation kinetics and upgrading curves
MinnovEX Flotation Test (shortly MFT)
laboratory tests
Prediction of flotation results based on the MFT-FLEET method shown on the Halbicha upgrading curve (Dobby i Savassi, 2005)
Dobby G.S., Savassi, O.N. An advanced modelling technique for scale-up of batch flotation results to plant metallurgical performance, Centenary of Flotation Symposium, Brisbane , QLD, June 2005

4. SUPASIM Method Eurus Mineral Consultants (EMC)
A comparison of predicted plant recovery and lab tests (Hay i Schroeder, 2005)
Hay M.P., Schroeder, G. Use of the SUPASIM flotation model in optimising Impala’s UG2 circuit, Minerals Engineering 18(2005),

5. Outokumpu method When the lab meets plant data
Halbich’s upgrading curves for
plant ( 1) and lab (lines 2-5)
under different conditions
Comparison of kinetics
to get A scale-p factor
A depends on recovery
Kalapudas, R.A study on scaling-up of laboratory batch flotation data to industrial size flotation, Congrès international de minéralurgie, Gedimfrance, 15, 1985, pp.  , (monograph)

6. The Gorain-Franzidis—Manlapig method
Flotation kinetics scale -up
Gorain B.K., Franzidis, J.P., Manlapig E.V., Studies on impeller type , impeller speed and air flow rate in an industrial scale flotation cell. Part .4. Effect of bubble surface area flux on flotation kinetics, Minerals Engineering, 10(4), , 1997

7. PWR-AGH method lab plant calibration
Fuerstenau’s upgrading curve provides selectivity coefficient of flotation
lab
plant
calibration
J. Drzymala, A. Luszczkiewicz, D. Foszcz, 2010, Application of upgrading curves for evaluation of past, present and future performance of a separation plant, Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy Review, 31(3)

8. Industrial floatabilty method *
unpublished: Report I-11/2013/S-30 PWR, A. Łuszczkiewicz, D. Foszcz, J. Drzymała, A. Bakalarz
M. Duchnowska, D. Szyszka, T. Tumidajski, T. Niedoba, Z. Konopacka, P. Kowalczuk, J. Hupka, M. Niewiadomski, K. Księżniak, A. Rogala, P. Karwowski, T. Henc, Opracowanie metodyki badania odczynników flotacyjnych pod kątem ich własności użytkowych, Wroclaw, Poland, 2013

9. Homework
Two students, as a team, prepare a 15 min long PowerPoint presentation, presented in the class, on one selected method of scale-up