The Synthetic Scale-up Data Generated by the Austin model and Their Estimation by the Kotake–Kanda Model

The Excel spreadsheet contains the synthetic scale-up data generated by the Austin model and their estimation using the Kotake–Kanda (KK) model, which overall yields the information presented in Table 2 of the manuscript. In view of all scale-up (SU) cases in Table 2, the Austin model, via Eqn. (12) of the manuscript, was used to produce the synthetic scale-up data, i.e., the specific breakage rate Si*, to which the Si* generated by the KK model, via Eqn. (13) of the manuscript, were compared (SU1–SU4 in Table 2). In SU1–SU4, standard values of the scale-up correction exponents, i.e., N1 = 0.5 and N2 = 0.2, were used. In SU5–SU8, N1 and N2 were estimated by fitting Eqn. (13) to the synthetic scale-up data for each diameter ratio D/DT separately. In SU9–SU12, they were fitted to the synthetic scale-up data for all D/DT data together. These two separate types of fits are presented in the Excel spreadsheet, which contains two separate spreadsheets entitled “Separately fitted” and “Simultaneously fitted.” For simplicity, Si* was replaced by Si in the Excel spreadsheet. Columns A and B yield, respectively, the ball size dB values and the particle size xi values from which the artificial Si values were calculated using the Austin model for different values of D/DT. A summary table is included at the far right side of the Excel spreadsheet, which presents the values used in Table 2 of the manuscript. Nomenclature Si,A and Si,K: Si* calculated by the Austin model and estimated by the KK model Si,Kmod: Si* estimated by the KK model with modified (fitted) N1 and N2 Sqrt(Si,A) and Sqrt(Si,K): Square root of Si,A and Si,K Sqrt(Si,Kmod): Square root of Si,Kmod SE original: square error between the Austin and the KK model for N1 = 0.5 and N2 = 0.2 SE modified: square error between the Austin and the KK model for fitted N1 and N2