Towards electrode immersion control on lonmin's no 1 circular furnace

A control philosophy to be applied by Lonmin to maintain constant electrode immersion in their no. 1 circular smelting furnace is put forward. This control philosophy is facilitated though a combinationof thermodynamic models used to predict the slag composition and empirical correlations to estimat...

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Main Authors: Georgalli, G., Eksteen, Jacques, Bezuidenhout, R., van Beek, B., Goff, T.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 2008
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/29948