Celebrating the Megascale: Proceedings of the Extraction and Processing Division Symposium on Pyrometallurgy in Honor of David G.C. Robertson

Front Matter....Pages i-xxiii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
David Gordon Campbell Robertson: A Biographical Sketch....Pages 3-15
Evolution of the Large Copper Smelter — 1800s to 2013....Pages 17-37
Evolution of the Mega-Scale in Ferro-Alloy Electric Furnace Smelting....Pages 39-68
From Sulfide Flash Smelting to a Novel Flash Ironmaking Technology....Pages 69-76
Fostering Minerals Workforce Skills of Tomorrow through Education and Training Partnerships....Pages 77-84
Modeling of Ladle Metallurgy in Steelmaking....Pages 85-92
Horizontal Single Belt Casting (HSBC) of Ca-Based Bulk Metallic Glass (BMG) Strips....Pages 93-104
Front Matter....Pages 105-117
Developments in Manganese Ferroalloy Research and Production in the Last 25 Years....Pages 119-119
DC Arc Furnaces — Past, Present, and Future....Pages 121-128
Recent Developments in Factsage Thermochemical Software and Databases....Pages 129-139
Reduction of Agglomerated Manganese Ores in a 150 kW Pilot Scale Furnace....Pages 141-148
Arc Detection in DC Arc Furnaces....Pages 149-156
An Electromagnetically Stirred Slurry Model for the Smelting Zone of a Ferroalloy Furnace....Pages 157-167
Roles of Mn Carbides in Carbothermic Processes for Mn Alloys....Pages 169-178
Front Matter....Pages 179-186
Redoubling Platinum Group Metal Smelting Intensity — Operational Challenges and Solutions....Pages 187-187
Pyrometallurgical Processing Technologies for Treating High Arsenic Copper Concentrates....Pages 189-196
Arsenic and Antimony Capacities in Ni-Cu Mattes and Slags....Pages 197-211
Quartz-Cristobalite Transformation and Its Effect on Reactions in Si Production: Initial Studies....Pages 213-223
Modifications to a Smelter to Accommodate Recycled Materials....Pages 225-236
Front Matter....Pages 237-241
Removal of Pb from Molten Copper by FetO-SiO2 (-CaO, Al2O3) Slag Treatment in Mitsubishi Process....Pages 187-187
Simulation of the Gas Flow in a Peirce-Smith Converter....Pages 243-250
From Phase Equilibrium and Thermodynamic Modeling to Freeze Linings — The Development of Techniques for the Analysis of Complex Slag Systems....Pages 251-258
Modelling Simulation and Comparison of Refractory Corrosion at RHI’s Technology Center....Pages 259-266
Front Matter....Pages 267-273
Sustainability in Ironmaking: The Rise of Direct Reduction....Pages 275-275
Kinetics of Reaction Important in Oxygen Steelmaking....Pages 277-288
Current Status and Future Direction of Low-Emission Integrated Steelmaking Process....Pages 289-302
Analysis of Steelmaking Reactions by Coupled Reaction Model....Pages 303-316
Cold Modelling of Splashing Phenomena in Oxygen Steelmaking....Pages 317-324
Lean Operations Strategy to Combat Uncertainties in Temperture at BOF End Point, Tapping, Deoxidation, Alloy Addition and Thermal History....Pages 325-332
Ladle Metallurgy Kinetics: Inclusion-Inclusion Reactions....Pages 333-339
Valorization of Electrical Arc Furnace Oxidizing Slag....Pages 341-346
Front Matter....Pages 347-355
Computational Modelling of Metallurgical Processes: Achievements and Challenges....Pages 357-357
Metallurgical Plant Optimization Through the use of Flowsheet Simulation Modelling....Pages 359-366
Chemsheet as a Simulation Platform for Pyrometallurgical Processes....Pages 367-375
A Computational Fluid Dynamic Model for a Novel Flash Ironmaking Process....Pages 377-384
Application of the Combined Reactors Method for Analysis of Steelmaking Process....Pages 385-392
Modelling of Slag Foaming Coupled with Decarburisation....Pages 393-400
A Methodology for Modeling Electromagnetic Confinement Systems: Application to Levitation Melting....Pages 401-408
Electrochemical Characterization and Modeling of a Solid Oxide Membrane-Based Electrolyzer for Production of Magnesium and Oxygen....Pages 409-416
Front Matter....Pages 417-424
Phenomenological Models and Animations of Welding and their Impact....Pages 357-357
Front Matter....Pages 425-425
Current and Suggested focus on Sustainability in Pyrometallurgy....Pages 427-427
Teaching Process Simulation in Eleven Easy Lessons Using Excel and Its Tools....Pages 429-446
Enhancement of Pyrometallurgical Teaching Using Excel Simulation Models....Pages 447-454
The Engineering Design Sequence and Materials Development: 990 Gold-Titanium as a Case Study....Pages 455-463
The Challenges for Professional Metallurgical Education....Pages 465-472
Sustainability Education for Minerals and Materials Industry Professionals....Pages 473-480
Delivering a National Process Design Unit with Industry Support....Pages 481-487
The MetSkill Program — Rapidly Developing Effective Young Engineers in the Workplace....Pages 489-498
Front Matter....Pages 499-506
Oxidation of Flash Reduced Iron Particles in Various Gas Mixtures Under the Conditions of a Novel Flash Ironmaking Process....Pages 507-507
A New Approach to Investigating Coke Reactivity....Pages 509-517
The Use of Natural Gas for Reduction of Metal Oxides: Constraints and Prospects....Pages 519-527
Decomposition of Methane During Oxide Reduction with Natural Gas....Pages 529-536
Reduction of Mixtures of Ni-Oxide and Ti-Oxide Powder in a Natural Gas Containing Atmosphere....Pages 537-546
Kinetic and Thermodynamic Analysis of the Reduction of Oxides of Cu and Co in a SiO2-CaO-(Al,Fe)2O3 Slag....Pages 547-552
Carbothermic Reduction of Ilmenite Concentrate with Coke Assisted by High Energy Ball Milling....Pages 553-562
Front Matter....Pages 563-571
Electricity-Independent Generation of Silicon Based on the Use of Rice Husk: A Concept Process....Pages 573-573
Electrically Enhanced Metal Purification Using Slag....Pages 575-586
Crystallization Behavior of Molten Blast Furnace Slag Using Confocal Scanning Laser Microscope....Pages 587-595
Viscosity-Structure Relationship in the CaO-SiO2-MnO-CaF2 Slag for the Production of Manganese Ferroalloys....Pages 597-603
Front Matter....Pages 605-612
Recovery of Vanadium from a High Ca/V Ratio Vanadium Slag Using Sodium Roasting and Ammonia Leaching....Pages 573-573
Sintering Process for Limonitic Nickel Laterite....Pages 613-622
Front Matter....Pages 623-630
Development of a Thermodynamic Database for Mold Flux Applications to the Continuous Casting Process for Steelmaking....Pages 631-631
Thermodynamic Optimization of Mn-Si-C System....Pages 633-639
Removel of Non-Metallic Inclusions from Molten Steel Using a High Frequency Magnetic Field....Pages 641-649
Fluid Flow, Alloy Dispersion and Inclusion Motion in Argon-Stirred Steel Ladles....Pages 651-658
Front Matter....Pages 659-666
Nitrogen Solubility in Liquid Mn-Fe-Si-C Alloys....Pages 667-667
Study on Dezincification and De-Lead of Blast Furnace Dust by Fluidized Reduction Experiment....Pages 669-674
Back Matter....Pages 675-683
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