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Model Input

125 MTPH Solids

O/F Size at 60% passing 100 (um) MTPH Water

O/F %Solids 54 MTPH Slurr

!/F %Solids 80 % solids" #t

S$$ o& solids 2.65 % solids" 'ol

ppro *ir+ulating ,oad 300 (%) S$$ slurr

82.7 Slurr Flo# (l/s)

Units Conversion !SPM slurr

psi 12.0

-pa 82.7

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We +an a

*" *orre+tion &or &eed densit

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*2" *orre+tion &or sp gr solids

*+lone diameter (in+)

Size o& 'orte 4nder (in+)

+tual trougput o& a single ++lone o& tis size (!SPM)

5umer o& ++lone units re7uired

!nder3o# per unit (!SPM)

Size o& ape (in+)

Parti+le 8 .edu+ed

size" 9m re+o'er

(+orre+ted) (+orre+ted)

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Model Output

'+,& 1 !aterial -alance

O'er3o# !nder3o# Feed

125 375 500

188 125 313

313 500 813

54 80 62

31 60 38

1.507 1.992 1.621

58 70 139

913 1105 2207

208  (9m)

re generated &rom emperi+all

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5.9 rap 2

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6.80

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2.5

451

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size" 9m

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