Sonic injection into a PGM Peirce-Smith converter: CFD modelling and industrial trials

Peirce-Smith converters (PSCs) are extensively used in the copper, nickel, and platinum group metals industries. The typical converting operation involves lateral purging of air into molten matte through a bank of tuyeres. This blowing operation occurs at low pressure from the blowers, resulting in...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Chibwe, D., Akdogan, G., Bezuidenhout, G., Kapusta, J., Bradshaw, S., Eksteen, Jacques
Format: Journal Article
Published: South African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/11100