Copper losses during the Peirce-Smith converter (PSC) operation is of great concern in the
copper smelting process. Two primary objectives of the PSC are to produce blister copper …

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 …

Experiments utilizing ice/water and frozen ethanol/water have been conducted as an analog
physical model to study the factors influencing the melting of solids in liquid metals. A …

SYNOPSIS Peirce-Smith converters (PSCs) are extensively used in the copper, nickel, and
platinum group metals industries. The typical converting operation involves lateral purging of …

Peirce—Smith copper converting involves complex multiphase flow and mixing. In this work,
the flow zone distribution and mixing time in a Peirce—Smith copper converter were …

In this work, a numerical and experimental analysis of the very early stages of biphasic flow
and the onset of turbulence in Peirce-Smith copper converters with submerged lateral air …

中文摘要铜锍吹炼是铜精矿火法冶炼工艺的关键工序之一, 目前全世界85% 的冰铜均是采用PS
转炉进行吹炼的. 铜锍PS 转炉吹炼是一个涉及化学反应, 传热, 传质的复杂的多相流体流动过程 …

This article reviews the principles and methods for formulating mathematical or physical
models that are useful in the design, analysis and optimization of metallurgical processes …

Аннотация Изменение конфигурации производства в Заполярном филиале (ЗФ) ГМК
«Норильский никель» после 2015 г. ставит новые задачи перед традиционными …

Both experiments and numerical modeling work have been carried out to understand the
phenomena contributing to the melting of solid condensate in liquid titanium alloys during …