An interactive digital simulation of the balling-drum circuits used in the pelletizing of iron ores has been developed in BASIC-PLUS on a DEC PDP 11/45 com puter running under the RSTS/E operating system. The simulation has been used to (1) demonstrate the con trol problems inherent in the conventional design of balling-drum circuits, (2) determine the factors which make effective control of the circuit so diffi cult, and (3) evaluate the conditions under which the most effective control may be achieved using conven tional control strategies.
Ball, D.F.Dartnell, J.Davison, J.Grieve, A.Wild, R.Agglomeration of Iron OresHeinemann Educational Books Ltd. 1973
2.
Capes, C.E.McIlhinney, A.E.Coleman, R.D.Some Considerations of the Dynamics of Balling CircuitsSME/AIME Transactions vol. 2581975 pp. 204-208
3.
Carter, G.C.Wright, F.Analysis of Sintering and Pelletising Including Laboratory InvestigationsProceedings of a Symposium on Advances in Extractive Metallurgy Institute of Mining and Metallurgy1967 pp. 89-113
4.
Cross, M.A Mathematical Model of the Balling Drum Circuit of a pelletisingPlant Ironmaking and Steelmaking vol. 41977 pp. 159-169
5.
Haley, K.M.Apuli, W.E.Pelletising on a Horizontal Grate Machine In W.A. Knepper, editor, Agglomeration ( Interscience, New York, 1962), pp. 931-957
6.
Ilmoni, P.A.Discussion on Haley and Apuli's Papér In W.A. Knepper, editor, Agglomeration ( Interscience, New York, 1962), pp. 958-963
7.
Ilmoni, P.A.pelletising in Sweden Metals and Metallurgy October 1975 p. 52
8.
Sastry, K.V.S. Fuerstenan, D.W. Laboratory Simulation of Closed Circuit Balling Operation by Locked Cycle ExperimentsSME/AIME Transactions vol. 2581975 pp. 335-340
9.
Seetharama, V.Fuerstenan, D.W.Sastry, K.V.S.Stability Analysis of Continuous Balling Circuits by Locked-Cycle Balling TechniquePaper presented at the First International Conference on Particle Technology IIT Research InstituteChicago, Illinois August 1972
10.
Traice, F.B.Lappin, R.L.Survey of Modern pelletising TechniquesProceedings of Conference on Developments in Ironmaking Practice Iron and Steel Institute1972 pp. 17-31
11.
Wellstead, P.E.Cross, M.Munro, N.Ibrahim, D.On the Design and Assessment of control Schemes for Balling Drum Circuits Used in pelletising To be published in International Journal of Minerals Processing
12.
Wellstead, P.E.Munro, N.Cross, M.Modelling and control of the Balling Drum Circuit of an Iron Ore pelletising PlantProceedings 2nd IFAC Symposium on Automation in Mining Mineral and Metal ProcessingJohannesburg, South Africa September 13-17, 1976
