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Investigation of the Oxygen Bottom Blown Copper Smelting Process

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The oxygen bottom blown copper smelting process is a new technology which has been widely applied to the copper production in China. In this work, a computational thermodynamics model for this technology has been established, based on smelting mechanism and theory of Gibbs free energy minimization . The calculated results from the model agree well with the actual industrial data, indicating that the model can be used for the predictions under different operating conditions. The tendencies of the key parameters (such as Cu losses and Fe3O4 content in slag ) and the distribution ratios of the minor elements (such as Pb, Zn, As, Sb and Bi) can be predicted by adjusting the oxygen/ore ratio charged into the bottom blown copper smelting furnace . The model can be used to monitor and optimize the industrial operations of the oxygen bottom blown copper smelting process.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to acknowledge the National Nature Science Foundation of China (No. 51620105013) for financial support, and Dongying Fangyuan Nonferrous Metals Co ., Ltd. for providing the production data.

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  1. School of Metallurgy and Environment, Central South University, Changsha, 410083, China

    Qinmeng Wang & Xueyi Guo

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  1. Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc., Kingston, Canada

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  2. Missouri University of Science and Technology, Rolla, USA

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  3. Rio Tinto Kennecott Utah Copper Corporation, South Jordan, USA

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  4. RHI Magnesita, Leoben, Austria

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  28. SGS Minerals, Lakefield, Canada

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  29. Newmont Mining, Greenwood Village, USA

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  30. Newmont Mining Corporation, Greenwood village, USA

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Wang, Q., Guo, X. (2018). Investigation of the Oxygen Bottom Blown Copper Smelting Process. In: Davis, B., et al. Extraction 2018. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-95022-8_36

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