International Smelting Technology Symposium: Incorporating the 6th Advances in Sulfide Smelting Symposium

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International Smelting Technology Symposium: Incorporating the 6th Advances in Sulfide Smelting Symposium

Editor(s): Jerome P. Downey, Thomas P. Battle, Jesse F. White

Published Online: 15 MAY 2012 09:34AM EST

Print ISBN: 9781118291160

Online ISBN: 9781118364765

DOI: 10.1002/9781118364765

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Proceedings of a symposium sponsored by The Metallurgy and Materials Society of CIM and the Pyrometallurgy Committee of the Extraction and Processing Division of TMS (The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society)
Held during the TMS 2012 Annual Meeting & Exhibition Orlando, Florida, USA, March 11-15, 2012

Table of contents

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      Front Matter (pages i–xii)

  2. Part I: Plenary Session

    1. Aluminothermic Smelting: A Versatile Process Serving Demanding Markets (pages 1–8)

      James W. Robison

  3. Part II: Smelter Design, Construction, Commissioning and Operation

    1. Design and Commissioning of the Ausmelt TSL Lead Smelter at Yunnan Tin Company Limited (pages 9–21)

      Gu Helin, Song Xingcheng, Lan Xu, Ross Baldock, Ross Andrews and Markus Reuter

    2. Granulation as it Pertains to Electric Furnace Matte, Converter Slag, and Converter Matte in a PGM Smelter (pages 23–30)

      Greg Roset, Dayle Flynn and Jacob Bummer

    3. Waste Heat Recovery from Industrial Smelting Exhaust Gas (pages 31–38)

      Geir Wedde and Anders Sorhuus

    4. High Performance Brands for the Non-ferrous Metals Industry (pages 39–46)

      D. Gregurek, A. Spanring, S. B. Breyner and A. Ressler

    5. Sidewall Design to Improve Lining Life in a Platinum Smelting Furnace (pages 47–54)

      I. Mc Dougall and J.J. Eksteen

    6. SiC Formation in Submerged Arc Furnaces Producing Silicomanganese (pages 55–62)

      Per Anders Eidem, Jens Davidsen and Merete Tangstad

    7. Boliden Rönnskär Smelter: Challenges and Opportunities for Modern Smelting (pages 63–70)

      Theo Lehner and Jan Stål

  4. Part III: Current and Emerging Smelting Technologies

    1. Ferroalloy Research in Norway - Cooperation between Academia and Industry (pages 71–80)

      Merete Tangstad and Eli Ringdalen

    2. Status of the Alcoa Carbothermic Aluminum Project (pages 81–88)

      Christina Viklund White, Øyvind Mikkelsen and David Roha

    3. Outotec's Smelting Solutions in Non-Ferrous Metals (pages 89–97)

      Asmo Vartiainen and Tapio Ahokainen

    4. Atlantic Copper PS-Converters Environmental Improvements: A Continuous Commitment to the Future (pages 99–106)

      Antonio Martín, Jesús Hurtado and Francisco Jiménez

    5. Improvements on Converter Operating Practice at Mufulira Smelter (pages 107–114)

      John Sakala, Jeyapandian Sasikumar and Sydney Kwalela

  5. Part IV: Pretreatment and Recycling Processes

    1. Integrated Recycling at Boliden's Rönnskär Smelter; Formation of Slag Products (pages 115–124)

      Sina Mostaghe, Hannes Holmgren, Taishi Matsushita and Caisa Samuelsson

    2. Promotion of Recycling Business by Combination of a Pre-Treatment Plant and the Mitsubishi Process at Naoshima Smelter & Refinery (pages 125–132)

      Yuji Mizuta, Nobuhiro Oguma, Shigehiko Iwahori and Hideya Sato

    3. Optimum Feed Preparation for Sulfide Smelting (pages 133–140)

      Jyri Talja, Shaolong Chen and Hannu Mansikkaviita

    4. Partially Reduced Feedstocks and Blast Furnace Ironmaking Carbon Intensity (pages 141–146)

      P. Chris Pistorius

    5. Experiences of Using Various Metallurgical Reactors for Reduction of Vanadium Bearing Steel Slags and Other Wastes (pages 147–154)

      Mikael Lindval and Guozhu Ye

    6. Phase Change and Morphology in the Oxidation of Zinc Sulfide Powder (pages 155–160)

      Satoshi Okano, Hiromichi Takebe and Takahiko Okura

    7. Injection of Alternative Carbon Containing Materials in the Blast Furnace (pages 161–169)

      Lena Sundqvist Ökvist, Maria Lundgren, Gunilla Hyllander, Michael Hensmann, Erik Olsson, Olavi Antila and Stefan Schuster

  6. Part V: Fundamentals: Thermodynamics, Phase Equilibria, and Kinetics

    1. Departure from Equilibria in Ilmenite Smelting (pages 171–177)

      P. Chris Pistorius

    2. Distribution of Boron and Calcium between Silicon and Calcium Silicate Slags (pages 179–184)

      Lars Klemet Jakobsson and Merete Tangstad

    3. High Temperature Experimental Investigations and Thermodynamic Modelling in the FeTiO3-Ti2O3-TiO2 Ternary Slag System (pages 185–193)

      Stian Seim, Leiv Kolbeinsen and In-Ho Jung

    4. Reaction Mechanisms in Carbothermic Production of Silicon, Study of Selected Reactions (pages 195–203)

      Eli Ringdalen and Merete Tangstad

    5. Stabilities of Phases in the Cu2S-FeS-PbS System (pages 205–211)

      Hannu Johto1 and Pekka Taskinen

    6. Experimental Thermodynamic Study of the Equilibrium Phase Assemblage AgBi3S5-Bi2S3-S (pages 213–221)

      Fiseha Tesfaye and Pekka Taskinen

    7. Vacuum Distillation Refining of Crude Tin - Thermodynamics Analysis and Experiments on the Removal of Arsenic from the Crude Tin (pages 223–230)

      Yifu Li, Bin Yang, Dachun Liu, Baoqiang Xu and Yongnian Dai

    8. Investigation of Removing Cadmium and Thallium from Crude Indium by Vacuum Distillation (pages 231–237)

      Wenlong Jiang, Bin Yang, Dachun Liu, Baoqiang Xu and Yongnian Dai

  7. Part VI: Pyrometallurgical Process Modeling, Control & Instrumentation

    1. Comparison of Classical Tools and Modern Finite Element Modeling in the Electrical Design of Slag Resistance Furnaces (pages 239–249)

      Mark William Kennedy, Melina Garcia and Finn Olesen

    2. CFD Modelling of Combustion Behaviour in Slag Fuming Furnaces (pages 251–258)

      Nazmul Huda, J. Naser, G. A. Brooks, M. A. Reuter and R. W. Matusewicz

    3. Validating Temperature Measurements in Pyrometallurgical Applications - A Case Study (pages 259–277)

      H. Mølnås, J.D. Steenkamp and M. Tangstad

    4. Electric Slag Furnace Dimensioning (pages 279–290)

      Mark William Kennedy

    5. Physical Modeling Study on Mixing Phenomena in a C-H2 Smelting Reduction Furnace Bath with Asymmetric Side Blowing Process (pages 291–299)

      Jinyin Xie, Jieyu Zhang, Kongfang Feng, Jixu Wang, Fei Ruan, Zhiyu Liu, Shaobo Zheng and Xin Hong

    6. Successful Application of Model Based Predictive Control for Production and Thermal Efficiency Optimization of High Temperature Melters (pages 301–307)

      Erik Muijsenberg, Menno Eisenga and Jörg Buchmayer

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      Author Index (pages 309–310)

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      Subject Index (pages 311–312)

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