Size distribution analysis for copper matte particles oxidized under flash-converting conditions

Pérez-Tello, Manuel; Tirado-Ochoa, José A.; Sohn, Hong Yong; Sánchez-Corrales, V. M.

doi:10.1007/bf02709217

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“…Also, agglomeration has been claimed to take place in RS. [50] It together with a sufficient particle temperature is a prerequisite for the slag formation in the suspension and may lead to lowering of the dust carry-over in the FSF. [51] The sampling in RS is, however, a very sensitive and demanding task, and the results are subject to experimental errors.…”

Section: Settlermentioning

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Reaction Sequences in Flash Smelting and Converting Furnaces: An In-depth View

Taskinen

2021

Metall Mater Trans B

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Flash smelting and flash converting are mature technologies in copper and nickel sulfide smelting. The sensitivity of operation concerning the furnace design is evident. It is obvious that when two unit operations are carried out in separate spaces in the same furnace, skills related to maintenance of suspension oxidation of fine minerals, fluxing, fluid as well as heat flows and the overall energy balance are required. Despite these fundamental features, the flow-sheet wide understanding of linking the suspension oxidation of sulfides with the subsequent smelting processes in the furnace as well as the chemistry of its off-gas train is largely absent in the scientific literature. This review gives a detailed outlook on the microscale phenomena in flash smelting and flash converting furnaces accumulated during the last decades. It connects their vital features and chemistries with the reaction tendencies and heat fluxes in the different parts and reaction zones of the furnace as well as in the off-gas train from the smelter to the acid plant. Graphic Abstract

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Section: Settlermentioning

confidence: 99%

Reaction Sequences in Flash Smelting and Converting Furnaces: An In-depth View

Taskinen

2021

Metall Mater Trans B

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“…Perez-Tello et al. have developed mathematical correlations and a model to represent size distributions and dust formation of copper matte particles oxidised under FCF conditions in a large laboratory furnace (2002, 2008; Duarte-Ruiz et al. 2016).…”

Section: Modelling the Flash Converting Furnacementioning

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Matte converting in copper smelting

Taskinen

Akdogan

Kojo

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Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy

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Copper matte converting is the key step to ensure high primary copper recovery in the smelting chain. Its development and the fundamental research carried out over the past decades will be reviewed. The operational challenges and environmental concern of batch-wise Peirce-Smith Converting vessel have induced more than 50 years ago attempts to continuous converting process which have materialized in the last two decades in the flash converting technology, utilized currently in one smelter in USA and three smelters in China. Their annual copper production is in excess of 1.5 Mt, and selected fundamental studies behind this major technological invention will be examined.

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