Grinding Mill Control in Closed Circuit
The principle objective for controlling grinding mill operation is to produce a product having an acceptable and constant size distribution at optimum cost. To achieve this objective an attempt is made to stabilize the operation by principally controlling the process variables. The main disturbances in a grinding circuit are; mineral composition and mineral characteristics like abrasiveness, hardness), 2. changes in mill operating parameters like variation of input flow rate of material like surging of feed caused by pumps and level of mill discharge sump. The mill control strategy has to compensate for these variations and minimize any disturbances to the hydrocyclone that is usually in closed circuit. The simplest arrangement is to setup several control loops starting from the control of water/solid ratio in the feed slurry, sump level control, density control of pulp streams at various stages and control of circulating load. Presently most mills use centrifugal pumps ...