S. Komar Kawatra

Presentations and Reports:

Comminution


    Kawatra, S. K. and Moffatt, S. A., "Effect of Media Competency on Autogenous Grinding," Contractors' Meeting, Comminution Center, Salt Lake City, UT, December 1991.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Eisele, T. C., "Effect of Temperature on the Performance of an Autogenous Grinding Circuit," Advances in Autogenous and Semiautogenous Grinding Technology, an international seminar sponsored by the Canadian Inst. of Mining and Metallurgy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 1990.

    Kawatra, S. K., Eisele, T. C., Zhang, D., Rusesky, M. T., and Sutter, L. L., "Temperature Effect on Grinding Circuit Performance," presented at the 117th AIME Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, 1988, Preprint No. 88-001.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Eisele, T. C., "Rheological Effects in Wet Grinding Circuit," 16th International Congress on Mineral Processing, Stockholm, 1988.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Eisele, T. C., "Autogenous Grinding Process Analysis," USBM Contractors Meeting, Phoenix, 1988.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Eisele, T. C., "Rheology Studies in Wet Grinding Circuits," USBM Contractors Meeting, Golden, CO, 1987; Phoenix, 1988.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Laurila, M. J., "An Analysis of an Industrial Grinding Circuit," presented at the Upper Peninsula Section Annual Meeting, Houghton, MI, 1980.



Instrumentation and Control
    Kawatra, S. K., K. Laamanen and J. Raatikainen, "The Theory and Development of a Slurry Ash Analyzer at the Laboratories of the Outokumpu, Oy," Annual Meeting, Society for Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration, Feb. 1992, Preprint No. 92-79.

    Kawatra, S. K., "On-Stream Composition Analysis," presented at the 115th AIME Annual Meeting, New Orleans, 1986.

    Kawatra, S. K., "The Development and Plant Trials of an Ash Analyzer for Control of a Coal Flotation Circuit," presented at the XVth International Mineral Processing Congress, Cannes (France), 1985.

    Laurila, M. J. and Kawatra, S. K., "On-Line Measurement Techniques for the Control of a Coal Preparation Facility," ISA Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, 1985.

    Seitz, R. A. and Kawatra, S. K., "Coal Flotation Process Analysis," presented at the 114th AIME Annual Meeting, New York, Preprint No. 85-119, 1985.

    Kawatra, S. K., "Radioisotope Methods for On-Stream Analysis of Mineral and Coal Slurries," presented at the 15th Annual Meeting of the Fine Particle Society, Orlando, 1984.

    Kawatra, S. K., "Methods of On-Stream Analysis," presented at the 113th AIME Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Preprint No. 84-113, 1984.

    Laurila, M. J. and Kawatra, S. K., "Sensors for Iron Ore Beneficiation," presented at the 113th AIME Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, Preprint No. 84-104, 1984.

    Kawatra, S. K., Seitz, R. A., and Suardini, P. J., "Control of Coal Flotation Circuits," presented at the 113th AIME Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, 1984.

    Kawatra, S. K., "Use of Ash Analyzer in the Control of Coal Flotation Circuits," presented at the 112th AIME Annual Meeting, Dallas, 1982.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Seitz, R. A., "An Analysis of Wet Grinding Circuit Control Using Inferential Particle Size Measurement," presented at the 112th AIME Annual Meeting, Dallas, Preprint No 82-18, 1982.

    Kawatra, S. K., Nageswararao, K., and Thayer, D. M., "A Comparative Analysis of Particle Size Measurement in Wet Grinding Circuits," presented at the 4th Joint Meeting of MMIJ and AIME, Tokyo, 1980.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Dalton, J. L., "On-Stream Analysis of Lead and Zinc Ore Fractions Using Energy Dispersive and Wavelength Dispersive Techniques," presented at the 29th Annual Conference on Applications of X-Ray Analysis, Denver, 1980.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Thayer, D. M., "Particle Size Control in a Wet Grinding Circuit," presented at the 16th APCOM Symposium, Tucson, Oct. 1979.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Larson, D.M., "Radioisotope Techniques for Coal Cleaning Processes," presented at the Symposium on Instrumentation and Control for Fossil Energy Processes, Denver, August 1979.

    Kawatra, S. K., "A Gamma Density Gauge for Coal Cleaning Processes," presented at the 25th American Nuclear Society Meeting, Atlanta, GA, June 1979.

    Kawatra, S. K., "A Complete System for On-Line Analysis of Copper in Mineral Slurries," Fall Meeting of AIME, Orlando, 1978.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Dalton, J. L., "X-ray Fluorescence Analysis of Lead and Zinc Ore Fractions in Mineral Slurries-A Comparison of Wavelength Dispersive and Energy Dispersive Techniques," Energy, Mines and Resources, Canada. Report No. CANMET-77-34, available from Ministry of Supply and Services, Canada, 1977.

    Kawatra, S. K., "Effect of Variation of Entrained Air in Flotation Slurries on the On-Stream Determination of Copper by Radio-Isotope X-ray Fluorescence Analysis," 22nd Spectroscopy Symposium, Montreal, Oct. 1975.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Dalton, J. L, "The On-Line Measurement of Ash in Coal Slurries," 22nd Spectroscopy Symposium, Montreal, Oct. 1975.

    Kawatra, S. K., "Use of Scattered Radiation in the Determination of Copper in Mineral Slurries," 14th Annual Conference of Metallurgists, Metallurgical Society of CIM, Paper No. 117, Session C-6, 1975.

    Kawatra, S. K., "Choice of Appropriate Radiation Characteristics for Gauging in Mineral Processing," presented at the 2nd Australian Conference of X-ray Analysis, Paper No. 13, Session No. 4, 1974.

    Kawatra, S. K., "The Limit of Precision for Gauging Problems in the Mineral Industry," Internal Report No. 32, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Center, Brisbane, Australia, 1973.

    Kawatra, S. K., "Methods of On-Stream Analysis," Internal Report No. 37, Julius Kruttschnitt Mineral Research Center, Brisbane, Australia, 1974.



Flotation

    T. C. Eisele and S. K. Kawatra "Pyrite Recovery Mechanisms in Coal Flotation", International Journal of Mineral Processing, Vol. 50, 1997, pp. 187-201.

    Kawatra, S. K., "Floatability of Pyrite in Coal Flotation" American Filtration Society Annual Meeting, 1992, Chicago, Il.,Session,A11.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Eisele, T. C., "Rejection of Pyrite in Coal Flotation," International Conference in Chemical Metallurgy, Bombay, India, Jan. 1991.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Eisele, T. C., "Recovery of Pyrite in Flotation: Entrainment or Hydrophobicity?" 120th AIME meeting, Denver, CO, Preprint No. 91-89, Feb. 1991.

    Kawatra, S. K., Eisele, T. C., and Johnson, H. J., "Desulfurization of Coal by Column Flotation," 2nd International Conference on Desulfurization of Coals, Carbondale, IL, 1987.

    Seitz, R. A. and Kawatra, S. K., "The role of Frothers in Coal Flotation," presented at the 116th AIME Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 1987; Preprint No. 87-7.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Waters, J. L., "Metallurgical Analysis of a Coal Flotation Circuit," presented at the Upper Peninsula Section Annual Meeting, Houghton, MI, 1982.



Mineral Processing and Coal Preparation

    Kawatra, S. K., and DeLa'O, K. A., "Mineral Processing: A Viable Career Option," Proceedings of Career Opportunities-Changing with the Changing Times" (ed. S. K. Kawatra), Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration, 1991, pp. 25-30.

    Kawatra, S. K. and Eisele, T. C., "Coal Desulfurization by Bacteria," presented at the 116th AIME Annual Meeting, Denver, CO, 1987, Preprint No. 87-133.