Ron H. Schonewille, James M. Toguri
Experiments were conducted by injecting air-oxygen gas mixtures through a ceramic lance into molten copper matte and measuring the sulphur dioxide content of the offgas. The injection conditions were characterized by measuring pressure fluctuations immediately upstream of the lance and capturing the information on an oscilloscope screen. The parameters investigated were gas flowrate, lance geometry, lance immersion, orifice diameter and melt composition. An overhead nitrogen lance was used in specific tests to create an inert gas blanket directly above the bath surface to inhibit reaction in this region. The extent of oxidation was modeled by separating the gas-liquid contact into three stages: bubble growth, bubble rise, and bubble rupture. The contribution of each stage to oxygen utilization was determined by varying the lance immersion and by performing tests both with and without an inert gas blanket. Bubble rise was found to be relatively unimportant, accounting for less than 5% of the total oxygen utilization. Bubble rupture and bubble growth were found to contribute approximately equally, with bubble rupture becoming more important with increasing gas flow rate. This study highlights the importance of reactions taking place above the bath surface in a copper converter.
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