Flash Smelting. Analysis, Control and Optimization

Content: 
Other Pergamon titles of interest, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Page xi
Acknowledgements, Page xii
1 - Flash Smelting, Pages 1-19
2 - Outokumpu Flash Smelting, Pages 20-37
3 - Inco Flash Smelting, Pages 38-49
4 - Mathematical Description of Flash Smelting, Pages 50-63
5 - Mixed Mineralogy in Concentrate Feed—Copper-Iron-Sulphur-Oxygen-Silica Minerals, Pages 64-70
6 - Outokumpu Flash Smelting—Effects of Nitrogen in Flash Furnace Blast, Pages 71-77
7 - Preheating the Flash Furnace Blast, Pages 78-87
8 - Combustion of Fossil Fuel in the Flash Furnace, Pages 88-94
9 - Alternative Strategies for Producing Matte of a Specified Grade—60% Cu, Pages 95-104
10 - Energy and Industrial Oxygen Requirements for Producing Matte of a Specified Grade—60% Cu, Pages 105-114
11 - Influence of Matte Grade on Energy and Industrial Oxygen Requirements for Steady-State Smelting, Pages 115-122
12 - Effects of Concentrate Composition on Constant Matte Grade Smelting—the CuFeS2-FeS2 and CuFeS2-Cu2S Systems, Pages 123-132
13 - Dust in Flash Furnace Off-Gas and its Recycle, Pages 133-148
14 - Furnace Temperatures, Furnace Heat Losses, Fossil Fuels, Pages 149-161
15 - H2O in the Flash Furnace, Pages 162-173
16 - Minor Feed Materials and Model Sensitivity, Pages 174-199
17 - Flash Converting, Pages 200-223
18 - One-Flash-Furnace Coppermaking, Pages 224-237
19 - Flash Furnace Control, Pages 238-253
20 - Flash Furnace Optimization, Pages 254-270
Appendix I - Stoichiometric Data for Minerals and Compounds Involved in Flash Smelting, Pages 273-274
APPENDIX IIa - Enthalpies,  /Molecular Mass, of Substances at 298 K, MJ/kg, Pages 275-276
APPENDIX IIb - Enthalpies of Smelting Products, H°T/Molecular Mass, at 1400, 1500, 1600 and 1700k, MJ/kg, Pages 277-278
APPENDIX IIc - Enthalpies of Nitrogen and Oxygen, 298–1300K, Page 279
APPENDIX III - Coal and Natural Gas Calculations, Pages 280-284
APPENDIX IV - Gross Heat of Combustion, Pages 285-286
APPENDIX V - CuFeS2-Cu2S System, Page 287
APPENDIX VI - Non-Autogeneity of 40% Cu2S-60% CuFeS2 Concentrate, Pages 288-289
APPENDIX VII - Flash and Peirce–Smith Converting Energy Requirements, Pages 290-293
APPENDIX VIIIa - Flash Smelting of Pb-Fe-S Concentrates, Pages 294-300
APPENDIX VIIIb - Lead Flash Smelting Problem, Page 301
APPENDIX IXa - Flash Smelting of Nickel Sulphide Concentrates, Pages 302-308
APPENDIX IXb - Nickel Flash Smelting Problem, Page 309
Answers to Numerical Problems, Pages 310-315
Index, Pages 317-324