Abstract: The invention relates to a method of and a device for monitoring the operation of a flotation cell. In the method according to the invention, the electrical conductivity of the material (3, 7) in the flotation cell (1) is measured to observe any variations in the movement, the properties and/or the inner structure of the material. The device (10) according to the invention comprises a number of measuring sensors (11, 12, 13, 14) of electrical conductivity, which are to be fitted in the flotation cell (1) and embedded in the material (3, 7) contained in it for measuring its electrical conductivity and, on the basis of the conductivity values, defining the state and/or the properties of the material.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 24, 2006
Date of Patent:
August 30, 2011
Assignee:
Geologian Tutkimuskeskus GTK
Inventors:
Pekka Parvinen, Jouko Kallioinen, Veikko Eronen
Abstract: The invention relates to a method of and a device for monitoring the operation of a flotation cell. In the method according to the invention, the electrical conductivity of the material (3, 7) in the flotation cell (1) is measured to observe any variations in the movement, the properties and/or the inner structure of the material. The device (10) according to the invention comprises a number of measuring sensors (11, 12, 13, 14) of electrical conductivity, which are to be fitted in the flotation cell (1) and embedded in the material (3, 7) contained in it for measuring its electrical conductivity and, on the basis of the conductivity values, defining the state and/or the properties of the material.
Type:
Application
Filed:
October 24, 2006
Publication date:
September 3, 2009
Applicant:
Geologian Tutkimuskeskus GTK
Inventors:
Pekka Parvinen, Jouko Kallioinen, Veikko Eronen