| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2022 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Furnace Tapping 2022
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| Presentation Title |
Tapblock Refractory Wear Monitoring and Hearth Refractory Design Optimization in Metallurgical Furnaces |
| Author(s) |
Cameron Soltys, Jayant Borana, Hamid Ghorbani, Richard MacRosty, Tom Plikas, Chad Van der Woude |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Cameron Soltys |
| Abstract Scope |
Monitoring the refractory wear in the tapblock is key to achieving extended taphole and furnace hearth life through informing operation and maintenance plans. The utility of a tapblock condition assessment system can be maximized by enhancing thermal monitoring, using an online monitoring system, data processing, and first-principles process modeling to develop a robust model of the tapblock condition. <p>
Another key factor impacting furnace campaign life is the refractory design, which requires balancing of competing priorities such as cost, performance, and constructability. Structural assessment of a hearth system can be used to quantify and optimize these features while identifying potential fatal flaws in a design, avoiding short campaign life. This assessment can be used to determine the impact of design changes, providing confidence in refractory design decisions.<p>
This paper will present examples of wear monitoring in the taphole region of a flash converting furnace and refractory design optimization for electric arc furnaces. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Pyrometallurgy, Electrometallurgy, |