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Minerals Engineering xxx (2010) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Minerals Engineering journal homepage: www.else /loc ate/mineng CFD–DEM modelling of particle flow in IsaMills – Comparison between simulations and PEPT measurements C.T. Jayasundara a, R.Y. Yang a,*, B.Y. Guo a, A.B. Yu a, I. Govender b,c, A. Mainza b, A. van der Westhuizen b, J. Rubenstein d a Lab for Simulation and Modelling of Particulate Systems, School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia b Center for Minerals Research, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Cape Town, P/Bag Rondebosch 7701, South Africa c Department of Physics, University of Cape Town, P/Bag Rondebosch 7701, South Africa d Xstrata Technology, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6B 2Z6 a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: The IsaMill™ is a high speed stirred mill with a horizontal configuration that offers advantages such as Available online xxxx energy efficiency and an inert grinding environment. A combined computational fluid dynamics (CFD) and discrete element method (DEM) approach was developed to investigate the particle and fluid flows Keywords: inside a simplified IsaMill™. The configuration of the mill was simpler than that of an actual IsaMill™ and Computational fluid dynamics no feed flow or rotor was considered. The CFD–DEM model is a progression from earlier DEM only models Discreet element modelling of ‘‘dry” systems which d