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Application of Kumera Steam Dryers in Mineral Processing

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Drying, Roasting, and Calcining of Minerals

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Kumera Steam Dryer has been developed particularly for nonferrous metal concentrates with steam as heating source generated from waste heat boilers. Its unique structure enables the dryer to work at high capacity, up to 240 t/h, and high availability, over 95%. With half a century of engineering experience, and more than twenty industrial steam dryer installations worldwide during last 15 years, Kumera has demonstrated significant benefits of the steam drying technology in terms of energy efficiency and emission reduction to the end users. The dryer of this type can also be applied for other suitable mineral materials.

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  1. Kumera Corporation, Kumerankatu 2, 11100, Riihimäki, Finland

    Carl-Gustav Berg, Shaolong Chen & Hannu Mansikkaviita

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  1. Midrex Technologies, Pineville, North Carolina, USA

    Thomas P. Battle (Senior Metallurgist) (Senior Metallurgist)

  2. Montana Tech, USA

    Jerome P. Downey (Associate Professor, the Hazen Research Professor of Extractive Metallurgy, and Goldcorp Professor, the campus Director) (Associate Professor, the Hazen Research Professor of Extractive Metallurgy, and Goldcorp Professor, the campus Director)

  3. Montana University System Materials Science Ph.D. program, USA

    Jerome P. Downey (Associate Professor, the Hazen Research Professor of Extractive Metallurgy, and Goldcorp Professor, the campus Director) (Associate Professor, the Hazen Research Professor of Extractive Metallurgy, and Goldcorp Professor, the campus Director)

  4. Thermal Processing group, Hazen Research, Inc., Golden, Colorado, USA

    Lawrence D. May (Vice President, Facility Manager) (Vice President, Facility Manager)

  5. Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc., Kingston, Ontario, Canada

    Boyd Davis (principal) (principal)

  6. IND LLC, USA

    Neale R. Neelameggham

  7. University of Leeds, UK

    Sergio Sanchez-Segado

  8. Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA

    P. Chris Pistorius (POSCO Professor and Co-Director) (POSCO Professor and Co-Director)

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Berg, CG., Chen, S., Mansikkaviita, H. (2015). Application of Kumera Steam Dryers in Mineral Processing. In: Battle, T.P., et al. Drying, Roasting, and Calcining of Minerals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48245-3_10

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