Improving flotation energy efficiency by optimizing cell hydrodynamics
3.4. Effect of cell hydrodynamics on flotation performance. Overall recovery (R O) in a flotation cell is a function of recovery in the collection (R C) and froth (R f) phase, Eq. (4), ( Dobby, 1984 ): (4) R o = R f R c R f R c + 1 - R C. The drivers of recovery are very different in these two phases.