| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2024 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Advances in Pyrometallurgy: Furnace Containment
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| Presentation Title |
The Importance of Understanding Mechanisms in Open-bath (DC) Processes Related to Furnace Containment |
| Author(s) |
Harmen Oterdoom, Markus Reuter, Johan Zietsman |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Harmen Oterdoom |
| Abstract Scope |
The paper starts with a discussion on “furnace containment systems”. Recently, there have been several experiences with DC furnaces for continuous processing of particulate feed, some of which have experienced containment challenges. The Kazakh high-carbon ferrochrome DC operation is used to investigate what process mechanisms could take place in such a furnace. Several scenarios have been simulated with a dynamic multi-zone model to see how and especially how rapidly deviations in feed composition, quantity, or charging location can affect the operation. Of interest also are how fast these deviations could be detected and especially what data could be monitored to recognise them. This paper contributes to understanding fundamental mechanisms inside DC furnaces, which are becoming even more important due to an increased interest in open-bath furnaces for smelting DRI. A better understanding of process mechanisms can support in de-risking new equipment and processes, ensuring a safer operation, also for green steel production |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Pyrometallurgy, Modeling and Simulation, Extraction and Processing |