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Derivation ScreenEffectiveness

Screen effectiveness measures how well a screen separates materials A and B, ideally with all of A in the overflow and all of B in the underflow. It is calculated using material balance equations that relate the mass flow rates and mass fractions of the materials in the feed, overflow, and underflow. The effectiveness can be expressed as ratios based on oversize and undersize material, with an overall effectiveness derived from these individual ratios.

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Derivation ScreenEffectiveness

Screen effectiveness measures how well a screen separates materials A and B, ideally with all of A in the overflow and all of B in the underflow. It is calculated using material balance equations that relate the mass flow rates and mass fractions of the materials in the feed, overflow, and underflow. The effectiveness can be expressed as ratios based on oversize and undersize material, with an overall effectiveness derived from these individual ratios.

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3.3.3, Screen effectiveness : The effectiveness of a screen (often called as screen efficiency) is a measure of the success of a sereen in closely separating materials A and B. If the screen functioned perfectly, all of material A would be in the overflow and all of material B would be in the underflow. Screen effectiveness is calculated by applying -——> D, x, L_. B, x, Fig. 3.1 : Material flow over a screen. simple material balance over a screen which are useful in calculating the ratios of feed, oversize and undersize from the screen’ analysis of the three streams. Let, F mass flow rate of feed. mass flow rate of overflow. = mass flow rate of underflow. D B X, = mass fraction of material A in feed. X, mass fraction of material A in underflow, X, = mass fraction of material A in overflow. A common measure of screen effectiveness is the ratio of oversize material A that is actually in the overflow (DX,) to the amount of A entering with thé feed (FX,). Thus E, = DX,/FX, Where E, is screen effectiveness based on oversize. Similarly, an effé material is given by Hee (3.1) feness E, based on undersize +-(3.2) A combined overall effectiveness can be f the two individual ratios and if this product is denoted by E, 2 " 5 Mechanical Separation 42 vy Balenie material fed to the sercen must leave it cither as underflow or as overflow, F=b4Dd BA) Pmeetialal The material A in the feed must also leave in these two streams and 1X, = BX, + DX, BS) From equation (3.4) B (36) Substitution of equation (3.6) in (3.5) gives FX, =(F— D) X, + DX, =FX, ~ DX, + DX, F(X, — X,) = D&, ~ Xp) or ABI), Again from equation (3.4) G8) Substitution of equation (3.8) in (3.5) gives BX, + (F - B) X, FX, = BX, + FX, - BX, - FX, = — BX, ~ FX, + BX, FOX, — X,) = BK, - X,) B -x, « 2k G9) FOXX, Substitution of equation 3.7 and 3.9 in 3.3 gives =X) =H) %HMI=X) ug 7% — XX, = XP)

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