Flash smelting : analysis, control and optimization /: analysis, control and optimization. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: W.G. Davenport, E.H. Partelpoeg.
• Authors: Davenport, W. G (William George); Partelpoeg, E. H
• Contents: Preface; ; Acknowledgments; ; 1 Flash Smelting; ; 1.1 Products; ; 1.2 Raw Materials; ; 1.3 Chemical Reactions; ; 1.4 Impurity Behavior; ; 1.5 Industrial Flash Furnaces and Their Operation; ; 1.6 Recent Trends in Flash Smelting; ; 1.7 The Competitive Position of Flash Smelting; ; 1.8 Summary; ; Suggested Reading; ; References; ; Problems; ; 2 Outokumpu Flash Smelting; ; 2.1 The Outokumpu Furnace; ; 2.2 Peripheral Equipment; ; 2.3 Operation; ; 2.4 Control Strategies; ; 2.5 Major 1980s Trends in Outokumpu Smelting; ; 2.6 Other Trends; ; 2.7 Summary; ; Suggested Reading; ; References; ; Problems; ; 3 Inco Flash Smelting; ; 3.1 Construction Details; ; 3.2 Auxiliary Equipment; ; 3.3 Operation; ; 3.4 Inco Control Strategy; ; 3.5 1980s Trends in Inco Smelting; ; 3.6 Summary; ; Suggested Reading; ; References; ; Problems; ; 4 Mathematical Description of Flash Smelting; ; 4.1 Fundamental Equations-Mass and Heat Balances; ; 4.2 Feed and Product Specifications; ; 4.3 Adaptation of Mass and Heat Balances to Flash Smelting, Illustrative; ; Problem; ; 4.4 Useful Forms of Equations (4.2) to (4.7); ; 4.5 Solving the Section 4.3 Illustrative Problem; ; 4.6 Discussion; ; 4.7 Summary; ; Suggested Reading; ; References; ; Problems; ; 5 Mixed Mineralogy in Concentrate Feed-Copper-Iron-Sulphur-Oxygen-Silica Minerals; ; 5.1 Illustrative Problem; ; 5.2 Representing Mineralogy in Mass and Enthalpy Balances; ; 5.3 Calculation Matrix and Results; ; 5.4 Discussion; ; 5.5 Summary: General Treatment of Cu-Fe-S-O-SiO2 Materials; ; Problems; ; 6 Outokumpu Flash Smelting-Effects of Nitrogen in Flash Furnace Blast; ; 6.1 Illustrative Problem; ; 6.2 Nitrogen Equations; ; 6.3 Enthalpy Balance Modification; ; 6.4 Nitrogen in the Calculation Matrix; ; 6.5 Calculation and Results; ; 6.6 Discussion; ; 6.7 Summary; ; Problems; ; 7 Preheating the Flash Furnace Blast; ; 7.1 Illustrative Problem; ; 7.2 Results; ; 7.3 Blast Preheat Energy-An Alternative Representation of Hot Blast; ; 7.4 Illustrative Problem and Calculation Matrix; ; 7.5 Discussion; ; 7.6 Summary; ; Problems; ; 8 Combustion of Fossil Fuel in the Flash Furnace; ; 8.1 Illustrative Fossil Fuel Combustion Problem; ; 8.2 New Carbon and Hydrogen Balance Equations; ; 8.3 Mass Fossil Fuel Specification; ; 8.4 Oxygen Balance Modifications; ; 8.5 Enthalpy Balance Modifications; ; 8.6 Calculation Matrix and Results; ; 8.7 Discussion; ; 8.8 Summary; ; Reference; ; Problems; ; 9 Alternative Strategies For Producing Matte of a Specified Grade-60% Cu; ; 9.1 Objective of Chapter; ; 9.2 Calculations; ; 9.3 Results; ; 9.4 Discussion; ; 9.5 Off-Gas Volume; ; 9.6 Maximum Flash Furnace Smelting Rate; ; 9.7 Summary; ; Problems; ; 10 Energy and Industrial Oxygen Requirements for Producing Matte of a Specified Grade-60% Cu; ; 10.1 Modifications to the Calculation Matrix; ; 10.2 Results; ; 10.3 Energy Minimization; ; 10.4 Calculation of Energy Consumption; ; 10.5 Minimum Energy Requirement, 60% Cu Matte; ; 10.6 Discussion; ; 10.7 Summary; ; Reference; ; Problems; ; 11 Influence of Matte Grade on Energy and Industrial Oxygen Requirements for Steady-State Smelting; ; 11.1 Calculations and Results; ; 11.2 Effect of Matte Grade on Oil, Blast Preheat and Industrial Oxygen Requirements; ; 11.3 Physical Explanation of Matte Grade Effects; ; 11.4 Oil, Industrial Oxygen, Blast Preheat Trade-offs; ; 11.5 Minimum Flash Furnace Energy Consumption; ; 11.6 Summary; ; Reference; ; Problems; ; 12 Effects of Concentrate Composition on Constant Matte Grade Smelting-The CuFeS2-FeS2 and CuFeS2-Cu2S Systems; ; 12.1 CuFeS2-FeS2 System; ; 12.2 Types of Calculations and Calculation Matrix; ; 12.3 CuFeS2-FeS2 System-Effects of Concentrate Composition on the Energy and Oxygen Requirements for Producing 60% Cu Matte; ; 12.4 CuFeS2-FeS2 System-Effect of Concentrate Composition on Slag Production During Smelting to 60% Cu Matte; ; 12.5 CuFeS2-FeS2 System-Effect of Concentrate Composition on S02 Evolution During Production of 60% Cu Matte; ; 12.6 CuFeS2-FeS2 System-Effect of Concentrate Composition on Off-GasOutput During Production of 60% Cu Matte; ; 12.7 Overall Evaluation of Concentrate Composition Effects; ; 12.8 The CuFeS2-Cu2S System; ; 12.9 Summary; ; Problems; ; 13 Dust in Flash Furnace Off-Gas and its Recycle; ; 13.1 Characteristics of Flash Furnace Dust; ; 13.2 Adaptation of the Flash Furnace Matrix to Dust Generation/Recycle Calculations; ; 13.3 Calculations and Discussion; ; 13.4 Non-Recycle of Dust; ; 13.5 Representing Dust Quantity as a Function of Off-Gas Mass; ; 13.6 Off-Gas Masses and Dust Masses; ; 13.7 Summary; ; Problems; ; 14 Furnace Temperatures, Furnace Heat Losses, Fossil Fuels; ; 14.1 Effect of Smelting Temperature on Flash Furnace Energy and Oxygen Requirements; ; 14.2 Effect of Conductive, Convective Plus Radiative Heat Loss on Flash Furnace Energy and Oxygen Requirements; ; 14.3 Fossil Fuels-Carbon and Hydrogen; ; 14.4 Electrical Energy in the Flash Furnace; ; 14.5 Summary; ; References; ; Problems; ; 15 H2O in the Flash Furnace; ; 15.1 Effect of Liquid H2O on Flash S melting-Water Leaks into the Furnace; ; 15.2 H2Ol in Concentrate and Flux; ; 15.3 Humidity in Blast; ; 15.4 Summary; ; References; ; Problems; ; 16 Minor Feed Materials and Model Sensitivity; ; 16.1 Recycle of Converter Slag to the Flash Furnace; ; 16.2 Minor Oxides; ; 16.3 Carbonates and Hydroxides; ; 16.4 Minor Sulphides in Flash Furnace Feed; ; 16.5 Ignored Aspects of Flash Smelting Chemistry-Cu and S in Slag; ; 16.6 Fe3O4l in Slag; ; 16.7 Fe3O4l in Matte; ; 16.8 Summary; ; References; ; Problems; ; 17 Flash Converting; ; 17.1 The Peirce-Smith Converter; ; 17.2 Flash Converting; ; 17.3 Advantages of Flash Converting; ; 17.4 Energy Requirements for Flash Converting; ; 17.5 Flash Converting Matrix; ; 17.6 Results-Blast Composition, Blast Temperature and Fuel Requirements for Flash Converting; ; 17.7 Energy/Oxygen Requirements of Flash Converting; ; 17.8 Converter Off-Gas Volumes; ; 17.9 Flash Converting/Peirce-Smith Converting Energy Comparison; ; 17.10 Feasibility of Flash Converting; ; 17.11 Optimum Matte Grade for Flash Smelting/Flash Converting; ; 17.12 Mitsubishi Smelting/Converting-An Alternative to Flash Smelting/Converting; ; 17.13 Summary; ; References; ; Problem; ; 18 One-Flash-Furnace Coppermaking; ; 1
• Publisher Details: Amsterdam : Pergamon
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 669.0282; Smelting; Blast furnaces
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781483150901
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