PAPER TITLE :PROMAX2100: A COMPUTER PROGRAMME FOR DESIGN AND OPTIMIZATION OF MINERAL PROCESSING PLANT

FUTA JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING AND ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY | VOLUME 8 NUMBER 1 2014

Paper Details

  • Author(s) : Ajaka, E. O. and Chukwuma O. C.
  • Abstract:

This article presents the development of a software programme ProMax2100 for design of an efficient mineral
processing plant. In developing this software package, flowsheets designed for concentration of some metallic
minerals were used. A complete plant design criteria document which contains detailed information on process
engineering including large volume of numeric and non-numeric data on ore properties, capacity or scale of
operation, results of comminution tests, bench scale and pilot scale recovery tests, process and equipment selection,
scheduling and proportioning, materials handling and analysis, waste treatment and disposal among others was
developed. An entire plant was divided into stages and all information and input data required for each stage were
compiled, sorted and converted (where necessary) to a programme developer's language for programme code
development. The Visual Basic Programme was used with C-Sharp and other language editors to develop the
package. The individual programmes for all stages were then linked to form a continuous string that can simulate an
entire plant in part or whole. The results of simulations carried out with the package show that the programme mimics
the plants flowsheets used for simulation close to 100%..