Formulae for the technical efficiency of mineral separations |
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| Authors: | A Jowett |
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| Institution: | Department of Mining and Mineral Sciences, University of Leeds Great Britain |
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| Abstract: | The nature of efficiency formulae is discussed, and a recommendation is made that a formula of the general type: technical efficiency = amount recovered/amount recoverable be used in that such an expression, when suitably interpreted, can satisfy all the requirements for a statement of technical efficiency.Such formulae are inadequate expressions for use as objective functions in optimization work. A suitable objective function must include economic factors, and entirely adequate expressions do not appear to exist at present (or at least have not been found in the literature). There is considerable scope for research into suitable formulae.An example is given of the use of maximising technical efficiency in connection with inherently inefficient separations. |
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