Simulation of Steady State Performance in Flotation Plants - helping to improve plant operating performance.

JKSimFloat is a general purpose computer software package for the simulation of flotation plant operations. The package is designed to service the diverse needs of plant metallurgists, operators, researchers and consultants.

JKSimFloat integrates tasks associated with data analysis, plant design and optimisation as well as circuit simulation in one software package. It is fully interactive and operates with high-resolution colour graphics. These graphics facilitate the display of detailed flotation flowsheets and accompanying information, allowing for easy interpretation of simulation data.

The model behind JKSimFloat has been applied to over 50 flotation operations world-wide in commodities including base metals (eg lead, zinc, copper, nickel) and precious metals (eg gold, platinum). The JKSimFloat modelling package has helped users improve plant operating performance with significant increases in recoveries and grades.

Three versions of JKSimFloat are available:

JKSimFloat V6.1^PLUS is a user-friendly software package that enables metallurgists and operators alike to assess the impact of various operating and circuit changes on the overall performance of a flotation circuit.
JKSimFloat V6.2^PLUS offers the additional capability of mass balancing on size-by-assay basis to produce a consistent data set.
JKSimFloat V6.4^PLUS gives the user the additional capability to construct their own flotation model. JKSimFloat V6.4^PLUS represents the most powerful  flotation simulation capability on the market.

JKSimFloat Allows the User to:

• Build a graphic-based flowsheet of the processing plant
• Mass balance on a size by assay basis to achieve the best consistent data set
  (only JKSimFloat V6.2^PLUS)
• Assign machine criteria and model parameters to each plant case study
• Simulate the effect of changes in the flowsheet to predict the flows, size distributions and element distributions
• Determine optimum grade and recovery via simulation
• Adjust floatability components to estimate the effect of regrinding and reagent addition

Standard Features:

• Graphical user interface
• Flowsheet created interactively on the graphics screen
• Size by assay mass balancing (only JKSimFloat V6.2^PLUS)
• Models selected from a built-in library
• Model parameters can be specified by the user
• Range of data output displays and printed reports
• Simple data transfer to other Windows-based packages

Models Available:

• AMIRA P9 flotation model
• Conventional, column, Jameson cells
• Hydrocyclone Size redistribution (regrind)
• Floatability transfer (reagent)
• Splitter
• Combiner

JKSimFloat Version Capabilities

JKSimFloat	V6.1PLUS	V6.2PLUS	V6.4PLUS
User interface and data structure
Flowsheet builder
Process models
Reporting functionality
Simulator manager
Size-by-assay mass balancer
Model fitting
Liberation data import and viewing
Data templates (gas dispersion, froth recovery, residence time)
Batch test data analysis
Nodal analysis