Recovery of vanadium from spent catalysts of sulfuric acid plant by using inorganic and organic acids: laboratory and semi-pilot tests

C Erust, A Akcil, Z Bedelova, K Anarbekov… - Waste Management, 2016 - Elsevier
Catalysts are used extensively in industry to purify and upgrade various feeds and to
improve process efficiency. These catalysts lose their activity with time. Spent catalysts from …

Potential use of pyrite cinders as raw material in cement production: results of industrial scale trial operations

İ Alp, H Deveci, EY Yazıcı, T Türk, YH Süngün - Journal of Hazardous …, 2009 - Elsevier
Pyrite cinders, which are the waste products of sulphuric acid manufacturing plants, contain
hazardous heavy metals with potential environmental risks for disposal. In this study, the …

Off-design simulation and mathematical modeling of small-scale CHP plants at part loads

T Savola, I Keppo - Applied thermal engineering, 2005 - Elsevier
In this work a mathematical model of combined heat and power (CHP) plants at part loads
was developed on the basis of off-design simulations of four existing small-scale (1 …

Metal extraction from spent sulfuric acid catalyst through alkaline and acidic leaching

A Ognyanova, AT Ozturk, I De Michelis, F Ferella… - Hydrometallurgy, 2009 - Elsevier
Spent catalyst from manufacture of sulfuric acid production (main elemental composition:
3.5% V, 0.63% Ni, 7.9% Fe and 9.64% Si) can be used as a secondary source of vanadium …

Novel simulations for energy management of mine cooling systems

P Maré - 2017 - repository.nwu.ac.za
The South African mining industry purchased 13.8% of the electricity supplied by Eskom in
2015. Deep-level mines are some of the largest electricity consumers in the mineral …

Estimates of electricity saving potential in Chinese nonferrous metals industry

B Lin, G Zhang - Energy Policy, 2013 - Elsevier
The paper analyzes the electricity saving potential of nonferrous metals industry in China.
The cointegration method is applied to estimate electricity intensity of Chinese nonferrous …

Process optimization and reaction mechanism of removing copper from an Fe-rich pyrite cinder using chlorination roasting

J Liu, S Wen, Y Chen, D Liu, S Bai, D Wu - Journal of Iron and Steel …, 2013 - Springer
The aim is to remove copper from a pyrite cinder by optimzing the chlorination roasting
process using response surface methodology (RSM) and the reaction mechanism of …

Preparation and characterization of poly-silicic-cation coagulant from industrial wastes

R Li, C He, Y He - Desalination, 2013 - Elsevier
A simple and low-cost method was developed to prepare poly-silicic-cation coagulant
(PSiC) from industrial wastes. The structure and morphology of the coagulants with different …

A novel bioreactor system for simultaneous mutli-metal leaching from industrial pyrite ash: Effect of agitation and sulphur dosage

S Panda, A Akcil, S Mishra, C Erust - Journal of hazardous materials, 2018 - Elsevier
Simultaneous multi-metal leaching from industrial pyrite ash is reported for the first time
using a novel bioreactor system that allows natural diffusion of atmospheric O 2 and CO 2 …

Copper and cobalt recovery from pyrite ashes of a sulphuric acid plant

C Erust, A Akcil - Waste Management & Research, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
The pyrite ashes formed as waste material during the calcination of concentrated pyrite ore
used for producing sulphuric acid not only has a high iron content but also contains …