HPGR (Campos)

Description

This article describes the Campos (Campos et al., 2021) model for comminution by High Pressure Grinding Rolls (HPGR), which is based on Torres and Casali's (2009) approach.

Model theory

Figure 1. Schematic diagram of an HPGR showing principal dimensions (after Torres and Casali, 2009).

Figure 2. Schematic diagram illustrating the single particle and particle bed compression zones of an HPGR (after Torres and Casali, 2009).

Figure 3. Process flowchart outlining the progression of HPGR feed though single particle compression and particle bed compression zones to the edge, centre and total products (after Torres and Casali, 2009).

Torres and Casali (2009) proposed a phenomenological HPGR model that combines equipment specifications, operating variables and ore characteristics to predict throughput, power draw, and size reduction performance.

Figure 1 presents the principal dimensions of an HPGR machine, which are relevant to throughput and power draw behaviour.

Torres and Casali suggest that particles traversing the space between the two counter-rotating rolls of an HPPR are subject to two modes of particle breakage:

1. Single particle compression, where individual particles are nipped and crushed between the rolls in isolation from neighbouring particles.
2. Particle bed compression, where particles are packed into close contact with their neighbours and break as the ensemble is drawn into the rolls and stressed.

Figure 2 illustrates the arrangement of the single particle and particle bed compression zones in relation to HPGR geometry.

Campos et al. (2021) proposed a set of modifications to the Torres and Casali model that addressed several noted shortcomings.

The sub-models comprising Campos et al.'s modified Torres and Casali model are described in detail below. Note that Campos et al. frequently use different symbol notation to Torres and Casali to represent the same properties and parameters.

Throughput

Campos et al. (2021) modified Torres and Casali's (2009) throughput sub-model to account for two observed phenomena affecting throughput:

1. A fraction of material which is ejected between the edges of the rolls and the cheek plates during HPGR operation, and
2. The acceleration of material during extrusion as the thickness of the particle bed reduces.

The solids mass throughput flow rate, $Q$ (t/h), of an HPGR may be estimated as:

$Q=3600\cdot U_{\rm {g}}L\chi _{\rm {g}}\rho _{\rm {g}}\left({\dfrac {100}{100-\delta }}\right)$

where:

• $U_{\rm {g}}$ is the material velocity (m/s)
• $L$ is the length of the rolls (m)
• $\chi _{\rm {g}}$ is the operating gap (m)
• $\rho _{\rm {g}}$ is the bulk density of discharge cake solids (t/m³)
• $\delta$ is the fraction of feed material which is ejected along the edge of the rolls (%).

The operating gap, $\chi _{\rm {g}}$, is related to the size of studs on the roll surface by:

$\chi _{\rm {g}}=\chi _{\rm {gstud}}+2\lambda \chi _{\rm {p}}$

where:

• $\chi _{\rm {gstud}}$ is the distance between the rolls measured from the top of the studs (m)
• $\chi _{\rm {p}}$ is the stud penetration depth into the particle bed (m)
• $\lambda$ is fraction of the roll surface area covered by the autogenous layer (m²/m²).

The bulk density of the discharge cake solids ($\rho _{\rm {g}}$) can be specified in terms of the solid material density, $\rho _{\rm {S}}$ (t/m³), by:

$\rho _{\rm {g}}=C_{\rho }\rho _{\rm {S}}$

where $C_{\rho }$ is the cake density factor (frac). A cake density factor ($C_{\rho }$) of 0.80 - 0.85 may be typical for operating HPGR machines.

The material velocity, $U_{\rm {g}}$, is given by:

$U_{\rm {g}}={\dfrac {U\rho _{\rm {a}}\chi _{\rm {c}}}{\rho _{\rm {g}}\chi _{\rm {g}}}}$

where:

• $U$ is the peripheral rolls velocity (m/s)
• $\rho _{\rm {a}}$ is the bulk density of the feed solids (t/m³)
• $\chi _{\rm {c}}$ is the critical size (m).

The critical size, $\chi _{\rm {c}}$, is defined from the roll geometry as:

$\chi _{\rm {c}}=\chi _{\rm {g}}+D(1-\cos \alpha _{\rm {IP}})$

The start of the bed compression zone is defined by the size of the interparticle compression angle, $\alpha _{\rm {IP}}$ (rad), which is:

$\alpha _{\rm {IP}}=\arccos \left({\dfrac {1}{2D}}\left[(\chi _{\rm {g}}+D)+{\sqrt {(\chi _{\rm {g}}+D)^{2}-{\dfrac {4\chi _{\rm {g}}\rho _{\rm {g}}D}{\rho _{\rm {a}}}}}}{\phantom {1}}\right]\right)$

The fraction of feed material ejected from the edge of the rolls, $\delta$, is given by:

$\delta =\phi \exp \left(-\upsilon {\dfrac {\chi _{\rm {g}}}{D}}\left({\dfrac {U}{U_{\rm {max}}}}\right)^{\tau }\right)$

where:

• $D$ is the diameter of the rolls (m)
• $U_{\rm {max}}$ is the maximum peripheral rolls velocity of the HPGR (m/s)
• $\phi$, $\upsilon$ and $\tau$ are parameters to be fitted from operating data.

The peripheral rolls velocity, $U$, appears in both the equations for material velocity, $U_{\rm {g}}$, and feed ejection fraction, $\delta$. As such, a numerical root find algorithm is necessary to find the value of $U$ for a given rolls throughput, $Q$.

Power

The compression force, $F_{\rm {m}}$ (kN), applied to the material in the bed compression zone due to the operating pressure of the rolls, $p_{\rm {m}}$ (bar), is:

$F_{\rm {m}}=100p_{\rm {m}}{\dfrac {D}{2}}L$

The compression force exerts a torque on each roll, which results in the following expression for power draw:

$P=2F_{\rm {m}}\sin \left({\dfrac {\kappa }{2}}\alpha _{\rm {IP}}\right)U$

where ${\frac {\kappa }{2}}$ is the ratio of the angle at which the compression force acts to the theoretical interparticle compression angle.

Finally, the specific energy consumption, $W$ (kWh/t), is:

$W={\dfrac {P}{Q}}$

Single particle compression

The flow chart in Figure 3 illustrates the progression of feed material through the single particle compression zone, the interparticle compression zone, and into the final products.

Particles larger than the the critical size, $\chi _{\rm {c}}$ (mm), are broken in the single particle compression regime.

The mass flow rate of solids in size interval $i$ which are selected for single particle compression, $f_{i}^{\rm {SP}}$ (t/h), is:

$f_{i}^{\rm {SP}}={\begin{cases}(Q_{M,F})_{i}&d_{i}\geq \chi _{\rm {c}}\\(Q_{M,F})_{i}\left({\frac {d_{i-1}-\chi _{\rm {c}}}{d_{i-1}-d_{i}}}\right)&d_{i-1}>\chi _{\rm {c}}\geq d_{i}\\0&d_{i-1}<\chi _{\rm {c}}\end{cases}}$

where:

• $Q_{\rm {M,F}}$ is feed solids mass flow rate by size and ore type (t/h), equivalent to $f_{i}^{\rm {HPGR}}$ in Torres and Casali's (2009) nomenclature
• $d_{i}$ is the size of the square mesh interval that mass is retained on (mm)
• $d_{i+1}<d_{i}<d_{i-1}$, i.e. descending size order from top size ($d_{1}$) to sub mesh ($d_{n}=0$ mm).

All particles subject to single particle compression are assumed to break, and the product size distribution is determined from:

$p_{i}^{\rm {SP}}=\sum _{j=1}^{i}b_{ij}f_{j}^{\rm {SP}}$

where:

• $p_{i}$ is the mass flow rate of particles in size interval $i$ appearing in the product (t/h)
• $b_{ij}$ is the breakage function, the mass fraction of a broken particle of original size $j$ appearing in size $i$ (w/w).

Interparticle compression

Figure 4. Campos et al.'s (2021) power distribution profile across the length of an HPGR roll for different values of the power shape factor, $\mu$.

Power distribution profile

The interparticle compression zone extends across the full length of the rolls. The roll length is discretised into $N_{\rm {B}}$ blocks, each of which experiences a particular pressure and hence power consumption during grinding.

Campos et al. (2021) describe the position of each block along the rolls length with the average normalised position, ${\bar {y}}_{k}$, given by:

${\bar {y}}_{k}={\dfrac {y_{k-1}+y_{k}}{2}},\;\;\;\;y_{k}={\dfrac {k}{N_{\rm {B}}}}$

Campos et al. further apply a periodic function to describe power distribution profiles which deviate from the parabolic shape suggested by Torres and Casali (2009), e.g. flanged rolls. The normalised power distribution, $P'_{k}$ (kW/kW), is described by the function:

$P'_{k}={\dfrac {4}{\pi }}\sum \limits _{n=1}^{100}{\dfrac {1-\cos n\pi }{2n}}\exp \left(-\mu n^{2}\pi ^{2}\right)\sin n\pi {\bar {y}}_{k}$

where $\mu$ is the power shape factor, typically varying from 0.001 to 0.1. Figure 4 illustrates the impact of the power shape factor on the power distribution profile.

The power drawn by each discrete block is hence given by:

$P_{k}=2F_{\rm {m}}\sin \left({\dfrac {\kappa }{2}}\alpha _{\rm {IP}}\right)U{\dfrac {P'_{k}}{\sum \limits _{j=1}^{N_{\rm {B}}}P'_{j}}}$

Size reduction

A plug flow grinding regime is assumed for the grinding process within each block. The plug flow (i.e. batch) population balance equation for grinding is:

$p_{i,k}=\sum _{j=1}^{i}A_{ij,k}\exp \left(-{\dfrac {S_{j,k}}{v_{z}}}z^{*}\right)$

where

• $S_{j,k}$ is the rate of breakage of particles of size $j$ in each block $k$ (h^-1)
• $v_{z}$ is the velocity of the plug flow material, which is assumed constant and equal to the rolls velocity $U$ (m/s).

The height of the particle compression zone, $z^{*}$ (m), is:

$z^{*}={\dfrac {D}{2}}\sin \alpha _{\rm {IP}}$

The appearance function, $A_{ij,k}$ is defined as:

$A{_{i}j,k}={\begin{cases}0&i<j\\\sum \limits _{l=1}^{i-1}{\dfrac {b_{il}S_{l,k}}{S_{i,k}-S_{j,k}A_{lj,k}}}&i>j\\f_{i}^{\rm {IP}}-\sum \limits _{l=1}^{i-1}A_{il,k}&i=j\\\end{cases}}$

where $f_{i}^{\rm {IP}}$ is the mass flow rate of feed to the interparticle compression zone, i.e. $f_{i}^{\rm {IP}}=f_{i}^{\rm {HPGR}}-f_{i}^{\rm {SP}}+p_{i}^{\rm {SP}}$.

The rate of breakage ($S_{i,k}$) is:

$S_{i,k}=S_{i}^{E}{\dfrac {P_{k}}{H_{k}}}\psi$

where $S_{i}^{\rm {E}}$ is the invariant specific rate of breakage for each size interval $i$ (alternatively referred to as the specific energy selection function), and the mass holdup in each block, $H_{k}$ (t), given by:

$H_{k}={\dfrac {1}{N_{\rm {B}}}}Q{\dfrac {z^{*}}{3600\cdot U}}$

Energy utilisation

Figure 5. Comparison of actual and utilised power distribution profiles across an HPGR roll, due to Campos et al.'s (2021) energy utilisation term, $\psi$.

The $\psi$ term in the rate of breakage equation is Campos et al.'s (2021) energy utilisation parameter. This parameter accounts for energy saturation phenomena often observed in compressed beds, where input energy above a certain level is not available for breakage processes, and is given by:

$\psi (E_{\rm {i}})=\exp \left[-\left({\dfrac {E_{\rm {i}}}{E'}}\right)^{\Lambda }\right]$

where:

• $E_{\rm {i}}$ is the input specific energy (kWh/t)
• $E'$ is a material parameter (kWh/t)
• $\Lambda$ is a dimensionless exponent describing the shape of the energy utilisation relationship.

Figure 5 illustrates how the energy utilisation parameter affects the power available for breakage processes across the length of an HPGR roll.

Selection and breakage functions

Main article: Mill (Herbst-Fuerstenau)

The single particle and interparticle compression models require representations of the selection ($S_{i}^{\rm {E}}$) and breakage ($b_{ij}$) functions.

The specific energy, plug flow population balance grinding formulation presented by Campos et al. (2021), Torres and Casali (2009) is effectively a subset of the Herbst-Fuerstenau mill model. As such, this implementation of the Campos HPGR model embeds a full instance of an Herbst-Fuerstenau mill model into each discretised block $k$.

The complete range of selection and breakage functions available to the Herbst-Fuerstenau mill model are therefore also available for the Campos HPGR model.

Campos et al. (2021) apply the Herbst-Fuerstenau selection function (King, 2012), as per Torres and Casali (2009). However, Campos et al. (2021) suggests King's (2012) non-normalisable breakage function for additional flexibility. Slight differences in otherwise-equivalent formulations mean that any parameters published by Campos and co-workers are invalid for this implementation and will require re-fitting.

HPGR products

The total HPGR product, $p_{i}^{\rm {HPGR}}$ (t/h), is the sum of products from each discretised block $k$:

$p_{i}^{\rm {HPGR}}=\sum _{k=1}^{N_{\rm {B}}}p_{i,k}$

The product specifically from the edge region of an HPGR, $p_{i}^{\rm {E}}$ (t/h), may be determined from:

$p_{i}^{\rm {E}}={\dfrac {1}{E}}\left[\sum _{k=1}^{\lfloor E\rfloor }p_{i,k}+(E-\lfloor E\rfloor )p_{i,\lceil E\rceil }\right]$

where $E$, the number of edge blocks is:

$E=0.5aN_{\rm {B}}$

and $a$ is the edge fraction (frac).

The product from the centre region of an HPGR, $p_{i}^{\rm {C}}$ (t/h), is found by linear interpolation on the difference, i.e.:

$p_{i}^{\rm {C}}={\dfrac {1}{1-a}}\left(p_{i}^{\rm {HPGR}}-ap_{i}^{E}\right)$

Specific throughput

The specific throughput of an HPGR, ${\dot {m}}$ (t.s/h.m³), is defined as:

${\dot {m}}={\dfrac {Q}{DLU}}$

Specific throughput is a common HPGR performance metric used for design and operational assessment.

Excel

The Campos HPGR model may be invoked from the Excel formula bar with the following function call:

=mdUnit_HPGR_Campos(Parameters as Range, Size as Range, HPGRFeed as Range, OreSG as Range, Selection as Range, Breakage as Range)

Invoking the function with no arguments will print Help text associated with the model, including a link to this page.

Inputs

The required inputs are defined below in matrix notation with elements corresponding to cells in Excel row ($i$) x column ($j$) format:

$Parameters={\begin{bmatrix}{\text{ Selection function method}}\\{\text{ Breakage function method}}\\D{\text{ (m)}}\\L{\text{ (m)}}\\p_{\rm {p}}{\text{ (bar)}}\\\rho _{\rm {a}}{\text{ (t/m}}^{3}{\text{)}}\\C_{\rho }{\text{ (frac)}}\\a{\text{ (frac)}}\\\left({\dfrac {\kappa }{2}}\right){\text{ (frac)}}\\N_{\rm {B}}\\\chi _{\rm {p}}{\text{ (m)}}\\U_{\rm {max}}{\text{ (m)/s}}\\\lambda {\text{ (m}}^{2}{\text{/m}}^{2}{\text{)}}\\\phi \\\upsilon \\\tau \\\mu \\E'{\text{ (kWh/t)}}\\\Lambda \\\end{bmatrix}},\;\;\;\;\;\;Size={\begin{bmatrix}d_{1}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\vdots \\d_{n}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\end{bmatrix}},\;\;\;\;\;\;{\mathit {HPGRFeed}}={\begin{bmatrix}(Q_{\rm {M,F}})_{11}{\text{ (t/h)}}&\dots &(Q_{\rm {M,F}})_{1m}{\text{ (t/h)}}\\\vdots &\ddots &\vdots \\(Q_{\rm {M,F}})_{n1}{\text{ (t/h)}}&\dots &(Q_{\rm {M,F}})_{nm}{\text{ (t/h)}}\\\end{bmatrix}},\;\;\;\;\;\;OreSG={\begin{bmatrix}(\rho _{\rm {S}})_{1}{\text{ (t/m}}^{\text{3}}{\text{)}}&\dots &(\rho _{\rm {S}})_{m}{\text{ (t/m}}^{\text{3}}{\text{)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}$

$Selection={\begin{cases}{\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}S_{1}^{\rm {E}}\\\vdots \\S_{n}^{\rm {E}}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{1}\dots {\begin{bmatrix}S_{1}^{\rm {E}}\\\vdots \\S_{n}^{\rm {E}}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{m}\end{bmatrix}}&{\text{ Selection function method}}=0{\text{ (User defined)}}\\&&\\{\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}S_{1}^{\rm {E}}\\\zeta _{1}\\\zeta _{2}\\d_{{\rm {p}}1}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{1}\dots {\begin{bmatrix}S_{1}^{\rm {E}}\\\zeta _{1}\\\zeta _{2}\\d_{{\rm {p}}1}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{m}\end{bmatrix}}&{\text{ Selection function method}}=1{\text{ (Herbst-Fuerstenau)}}\\&&\\{\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}\alpha _{0}\\\alpha _{1}\\\alpha _{2}\\d_{\rm {crit}}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\alpha _{02}\\\alpha _{12}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{1}\dots {\begin{bmatrix}\alpha _{0}\\\alpha _{1}\\\alpha _{2}\\d_{\rm {crit}}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\alpha _{02}\\\alpha _{12}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{m}\end{bmatrix}}&{\text{ Selection function method}}=2{\text{ (Austin)}}\\\end{cases}}$

$Breakage={\begin{cases}{\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}b_{11}&&0\\\vdots &\ddots &\\b_{n1}&\dots &b_{nn}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{1}\\\vdots \\{\begin{bmatrix}b_{11}&&0\\\vdots &\ddots &\\b_{n1}&\dots &b_{nn}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{m}\\\end{bmatrix}}&{\text{ Breakage function method}}=0{\text{ (User defined)}}\\&&\\{\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}\beta _{0}\\\beta _{1}\\\beta _{2}\\\beta _{02}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{1}\dots {\begin{bmatrix}\beta _{0}\\\beta _{1}\\\beta _{2}\\\beta _{02}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{m}\end{bmatrix}}&{\text{ Breakage function method}}=1{\text{ (Austin and Luckie)}}\\&&\\{\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}K\\n_{1}\\n_{2}\\n_{3}\\y_{0}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{1}\dots {\begin{bmatrix}K\\n_{1}\\n_{2}\\n_{3}\\y_{0}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{m}\end{bmatrix}}&{\text{ Breakage function method}}=2{\text{ (King)}}\\&&\\{\bigg [}\;\;\;{\bigg ]}&{\text{ Breakage function method}}=3{\text{ (Natural selection)}}\\\end{cases}}$

where:

• ${\text{Selection method}}$ is the selection function method, 0 = User, 1 = Herbst-Fuerstenau, 2 = Austin
• ${\text{Breakage method}}$ is the breakage function method, 0 = User, 1 = Austin & Luckie, 2 = King, 3 = Natural selection
• $n$ is the number of size intervals
• $m$ is the number of ore types.

Results

The results are displayed in Excel as an array corresponding to the matrix notation below:

${\mathit {mdUnit\_HPGR\_Campos}}={\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}\rho _{\rm {g}}{\text{ (t/m}}^{3}{\text{)}}\\\chi _{\rm {c}}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\alpha _{\rm {IP}}{\text{ (deg.)}}\\Q{\text{ (t/h)}}\\U{\text{ (m/s)}}\\{\text{Rolls rotational speed (rpm)}}\\{\dot {m}}{\text{ (t.s/m}}^{3}{\text{.h)}}\\F_{\rm {m}}{\text{ (kN)}}\\W{\text{ (kWh/t)}}\\P{\text{ (kW)}}\\\chi _{\rm {g}}{\text{ (m)}}\\U_{\rm {g}}{\text{ (m/s)}}\\\delta {\text{ (frac)}}\\\psi {\text{ (kW/kW)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{array}{c}{\begin{bmatrix}d_{1}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\vdots \\d_{n}{\text{ (mm)}}\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}(Q_{\rm {M,P}})_{11}{\text{ (t/h)}}&\dots &(Q_{\rm {M,P}})_{1m}{\text{ (t/h)}}\\\vdots &\ddots &\vdots \\(Q_{\rm {M,P}})_{n1}{\text{ (t/h)}}&\dots &(Q_{\rm {M,P}})_{nm}{\text{ (t/h)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}(Q_{\rm {M,E}})_{11}{\text{ (t/h)}}&\dots &(Q_{\rm {M,E}})_{1m}{\text{ (t/h)}}\\\vdots &\ddots &\vdots \\(Q_{\rm {M,E}})_{n1}{\text{ (t/h)}}&\dots &(Q_{\rm {M,E}})_{nm}{\text{ (t/h)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}(Q_{\rm {M,C}})_{11}{\text{ (t/h)}}&\dots &(Q_{\rm {M,C}})_{1m}{\text{ (t/h)}}\\\vdots &\ddots &\vdots \\(Q_{\rm {M,C}})_{n1}{\text{ (t/h)}}&\dots &(Q_{\rm {M,C}})_{nm}{\text{ (t/h)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}{\bar {d}}_{1}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\vdots \\{\bar {d}}_{n}{\text{ (mm)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}S_{1}^{\rm {E}}\\\vdots \\S_{n}^{\rm {E}}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{1}\dots {\begin{bmatrix}S_{1}^{\rm {E}}\\\vdots \\S_{n}^{\rm {E}}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{m}\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}{\begin{bmatrix}B_{1,2}\\\vdots \\B_{n,2}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{1}\dots {\begin{bmatrix}B_{1,2}\\\vdots \\B_{n,2}\\\end{bmatrix}}_{m}\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}{\bar {y}}_{1}{\text{ (m/m)}}\\\vdots \\{\bar {y}}_{N_{\rm {B}}}{\text{ (m/m)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}P_{1}{\text{ (kW)}}\\\vdots \\P_{N_{\rm {B}}}{\text{ (kW)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}&{\begin{bmatrix}\psi .P_{1}{\text{ (kW)}}\\\vdots \\\psi .P_{N_{\rm {B}}}{\text{ (kW)}}\\\end{bmatrix}}\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\end{array}}\end{bmatrix}}$

where:

• ${\text{Rolls rotational speed}}$ is the rotational speed of the rolls (rpm)
• $Q_{\rm {M,P}}$ is the mass flow rate of particles in the overall, combined product (t/h), equivalent to $p_{i}^{\rm {HPGR}}$ in Torres and Casali's nomenclature
• $Q_{\rm {M,E}}$ is the mass flow rate of particles in the edge product (t/h), equivalent to $p_{i}^{\rm {E}}$ in Torres and Casali's nomenclature
• $Q_{\rm {M,C}}$ is the mass flow rate of particles in the centre product (t/h), equivalent to $p_{i}^{\rm {C}}$ in Torres and Casali's nomenclature
• $B_{ij}$ is the cumulative breakage function, i.e. $b_{ij}=B_{ij}-B_{i+1,j}$.

Example

The images below show the selection of input arrays and output results in the Excel interface.

Figure 6. Example showing the selection of the Parameters (blue frame) array in Excel.	Figure 7. Example showing the selection of the Size (red frame), HPGRFeed (purple frame) and OreSG (green frame) arrays in Excel.	Figure 8. Example showing the selection of the Selection (pink frame) and Breakage (brown frame) arrays in Excel.
Figure 9. Example showing the outline of the Results (light blue frame) array in Excel.

SysCAD

The sections and variable names used in the SysCAD interface are described in detail in the following tables.

MD_HPGR page

The first tab page in the access window will have this name.

Tag (Long/Short)	Input / Display	Description/Calculated Variables/Options
Tag	Display	This name tag may be modified with the change tag option.
Condition	Display	OK if no errors/warnings, otherwise lists errors/warnings.
ConditionCount	Display	The current number of errors/warnings. If condition is OK, returns 0.
GeneralDescription / GenDesc	Display	This is an automatically generated description for the unit. If the user has entered text in the 'EqpDesc' field on the Info tab (see below), this will be displayed here. If this field is blank, then SysCAD will display the unit class ID.
Requirements
On	CheckBox	This enables the unit. If this box is not checked, then the material will pass straight through the crusher with no change to the size distribution.
Method	Fixed Discharge	The discharge particle size distribution is user defined. Different distributions can be used for different solids.
	Morrell-Shi-Tondo	The throughput, power draw and product size distribution are determined by the Morrell-Tondo-Shi model. Different parameters can be used for different solids.
	Torres	The throughput, power draw and product size distribution are determined by the Torres model. Different parameters can be used for different solids.
	Campos	The throughput, power draw and product size distribution are determined by the Campos model. Different parameters can be used for different solids.
Options
ShowQFeed	CheckBox	QFeed and associated tab pages (eg Sp) will become visible, showing the properties of the combined feed stream.
ShowQProd	CheckBox	QProd and associated tab pages (eg Sp) will become visible, showing the properties of the products.
SizeForPassingFracCalc	Input	Size fraction for % Passing calculation. The size fraction input here will be shown in the Stream Summary section.
FracForPassingSizeCalc	Input	Fraction passing for Size calculation. The fraction input here will be shown in the Stream Summary section.
Stream Summary
MassFlow / Qm	Display	The total mass flow in each stream.
SolidMassFlow / SQm	Display	The Solids mass flow in each stream.
LiquidMassFlow / LQm	Display	The Liquid mass flow in each stream.
VolFlow / Qv	Display	The total Volume flow in each stream.
Temperature / T	Display	The Temperature of each stream.
Density / Rho	Display	The Density of each stream.
SolidFrac / Sf	Display	The Solid Fraction in each stream.
LiquidFrac / Lf	Display	The Liquid Fraction in each stream.
Passing	Display	The mass fraction passing the user-specified size (in the field SizeForPassingFracCalc) in each stream.
Passes	Display	The user-specified (in the field FracForPassesSizeCalc) fraction of material in each stream will pass this size fraction.

HPGR page

The HPGR page is used to specify the input parameters for the HPGR model.

Tag (Long/Short)	Input / Display	Description/Calculated Variables/Options
HerbstFuerstenau
HelpLink		Opens a link to this page using the system default web browser. Note: Internet access is required.
Requirements
NumParallelUnits	Input	The number of parallel, identical units to simulate: Feed is divided by the number of parallel units before being sent to the unit model. Unit model product is multiplied back by the same value and returned to the SysCAD product stream. All unit model result values are shown per parallel unit.
Parameters
RollDiameter / D	Input	Diameter of the rolls.
RollLength / L	Input	Length of the rolls.
OperatingPressure / Rp	Input	Operating pressure of the rolls.
MaxRollsVelocity / Umax	Input	Maximum peripheral velocity of the rolls.
FeedBulkDensity / Rhoa	Input	Bulk density of solids in the feed.
CakeDensityFactor	Input	Cake density factor.
EdgeFraction / a	Input	Fraction of the product collected from the edge of the rolls length, appearing in the edge product stream.
NumBlocks / Nb	Input	Number of model blocks, i.e. instances of the Herbst-Fuerstenau mill model along the length of the rolls.
GapBetweenStuds / xgStud	Input	Gap between studs on opposing rolls.
StudPenetration / xp	Input	Penetration of the studs into the particle bed.
AutogLayerSurface / lambda	Input	Fraction of roll surface area corresponding to the autogenous layer.
Throughput.Phi	Input	Throughput parameter.
Throughput.Upsilon	Input	Throughput parameter.
Throughput.Tau	Input	Throughput parameter.
NipAngleParameter / kappa	Input	Nip angle parameter.
EnergyUtil.EPrime	Input	Energy utilisation material parameter.
EnergyUtil.Lambda	Input	Energy utilisation material parameter.
Selection
Method	User	The user specifies the selection function.
	Herbst and Fuerstenau	The Herbst and Fuerstenau selection function is used.
	Austin	The Austin selection function is used.
OreSpecific	CheckBox	Ore-specific parameters, allows the selection function to be separately input for all species. Default is all species have the same set of single input properties. This option is only available if there is more than one species in the project with the size distribution property.
The fields below are only visible if Herbst-Fuerstenau is selected.
S1E	Input	Input parameter of the Herbst-Fuerstenau selection function.
Zeta1	Input	Input parameter of the Herbst-Fuerstenau selection function.
Zeta2	Input	Input parameter of the Herbst-Fuerstenau selection function.
dp1	Input	Input parameter of the Herbst-Fuerstenau selection function.
The fields below are only visible if Austin is selected.
Alpha0	Input	Input parameter of the Austin selection function.
Alpha1	Input	Input parameter of the Austin selection function.
Alpha2	Input	Input parameter of the Austin selection function.
dCrit	Input	Input parameter of the Austin selection function.
Alpha02	Input	Input parameter of the Austin selection function.
Alpha12	Input	Input parameter of the Austin selection function.
Breakage
Method	User	The user specifies the breakage function.
	Austin and Luckie	The Austin and Luckie breakage function is used.
	King	The King selection function is used.
	Natural Selection	The Natural selection function is used.
OreSpecific	CheckBox	Ore-specific parameters, allows the breakage function to be separately input for all species. Default is all species have the same set of single input properties. This option is only available if there is more than one species in the project with the size distribution property.
The fields below are only visible if Austin and Luckie is selected.
Beta0	Input	Input parameter of the Austin and Luckie breakage function.
Beta1	Input	Input parameter of the Austin and Luckie breakage function.
Beta2	Input	Input parameter of the Austin and Luckie breakage function.
Beta01	Input	Input parameter of the Austin and Luckie breakage function.
The fields below are only visible if King is selected.
K	Input	Input parameter of the King breakage function.
n1	Input	Input parameter of the King breakage function.
n2	Input	Input parameter of the King breakage function.
n3	Input	Input parameter of the King breakage function.
y0	Input	Input parameter of the King breakage function.
Results
CakeDensity / Rhog	Display	Solids density of the cake.
Gap / s0	Display	Gap between the rolls.
CriticalSize / xc	Display	Critical size.
InterparComprAngle / alphaIP	Display	Interparticle compression angle.
Throughput / Gs	Display	Solids mass throughput flow rate of the HPGR.
FeedEjectionFrac / EjectDelta	Display	Fraction of the feed ejected from the edge of rolls.
MaterialVelocity / Ug	Display	Material velocity.
RollsVelocity / U	Display	Circumferential velocity of the rolls.
RollsSpeed	Display	Rotational speed of the rolls.
SpecificThroughput / mDot	Display	Specific throughput parameter of the HPGR unit.
CompressionForce / F	Display	Compression force of the rolls.
GrossPower / P	Display	Gross power draw of the HPGR unit
SpecificEnergy / W	Display	Specific energy of grinding.
EnergyUtilisation / Psi	Display	Energy utilisation factor.

Selection page

The Selection page is used to specify or display the selection function values.

Tag (Long/Short)	Input / Display	Description/Calculated Variables/Options
Distribution
Name	Display	Shows the name of the SysCAD Size Distribution (PSD) quality associated with the feed stream.
IntervalCount	Display	Shows the number of size intervals in the SysCAD Size Distribution (PSD) quality associated with the feed stream.
SpWithPSDCount	Display	Shows the number of species in the feed stream assigned with the SysCAD Size Distribution (PSD) quality.
Selection
Size	Display	Size of each interval in mesh series.
MeanSize	Display	Geometric mean size of each interval in mesh series.
Selection	Input/Display	Value of the selection function for each size interval, for each ore species.

Breakage page

The Breakage page is used to specify or display the breakage function values.

Tag (Long/Short)	Input / Display	Description/Calculated Variables/Options
Distribution
Name	Display	Shows the name of the SysCAD Size Distribution (PSD) quality associated with the feed stream.
IntervalCount	Display	Shows the number of size intervals in the SysCAD Size Distribution (PSD) quality associated with the feed stream.
SpWithPSDCount	Display	Shows the number of species in the feed stream assigned with the SysCAD Size Distribution (PSD) quality.
Breakage
Size	Display	Size of each interval in internal mesh series.
Breakage	Input/Display	Value of the breakage function for each parent size interval, progeny size interval and ore species.

Power page

The Power page is used to display power draw of model blocks along the length of the rolls.

Tag (Long/Short)	Input / Display	Description/Calculated Variables/Options
Power
Position / y	Display	Position along the rolls length.
Power / Pk	Display	Power draw of model block at position along the rolls length.
UtilPower / PsiPk	Display	Utilised power draw of model block at position along the rolls length.

About page

This page is provides product and licensing information about the Met Dynamics Models SysCAD Add-On.

Tag (Long/Short)	Input / Display	Description/Calculated Variables/Options
About
HelpLink		Opens a link to the Installation and Licensing page using the system default web browser. Note: Internet access is required.
Information		Copies Product and License information to the Windows clipboard.
Product
Name	Display	Met Dynamics software product name
Version	Display	Met Dynamics software product version number.
BuildDate	Display	Build date and time of the Met Dynamics Models SysCAD Add-On.
License
File		This is used to locate a Met Dynamics software license file.
Location	Display	Type of Met Dynamics software license or file name and path of license file.
SiteCode	Display	Unique machine identifier for license authorisation.
ReqdAuth	Display	Authorisation level required, MD-SysCAD Full or MD-SysCAD Runtime.
Status	Display	License status, LICENSE_OK indicates a valid license, other messages report licensing errors.
IssuedTo	Display	Only visible if Met Dynamics license file is used. Name of organisation/seat the license is authorised to.
ExpiryDate	Display	Only visible if Met Dynamics license file is used. License expiry date.
DaysLeft	Display	Only visible if Met Dynamics license file is used. Days left before the license expires.

Additional notes

When the edge stream is connected, the following applies to mass splits:

• Solid species without a particle size distribution property are split to the edge stream according to the overall mass split of the default particle size distribution species selected in the SysCAD Project Configuration
• If the default particle size distribution species is not present in the unit feed, the overall split of all other species with particle size distributions combined is used, as determined by the model.
• Liquids species are split between the edge and product streams in the same proportion as solid species.
• Gas phase species report directly to the product stream without split.

See also

• Morrell-Tondo-Shi HPGR model
• Torres HPGR model
• Herbst-Fuerstenau mill model