Editors: | Kongoli F, Kozlov P, Tsymbulov L, Fedorov A, Shumskiy V |
Publisher: | Flogen Star OUTREACH |
Publication Year: | 2015 |
Pages: | 310 pages |
ISBN: | 978-1-987820-28-7 |
ISSN: | 2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series) |
Theoretical foundations of sulfide raw material smelting in liquid bath developed at Moscow Institute of steel and alloys (MISA) in the department of non-ferrous metals metallurgy, led by Professor A.V. Vanyukov. Pilot tests and industrial development process is carried out at the Balkhash and Norilsk plants and Ryazan plant of Gintsvetmet Institute (Moscow) with his direct leadership. The process was proposed by A.V. Vanyukov in 1949 and for many years it has been learnt and improved. Since 1988, the melting process in liquid bath is called "Vanyukov process", oven for its implementation "Vanyukov furnace" with the abbreviation "VF".<br />Pilot tests of VF were first conducted at Balhash copper plant in 1974. In testing, employees of the Moscow Institute of Steel and Alloys, Institute of Metallurgy and Beneficiation (IMB) of the Academy of sciences Kazakh USR, Kazakh USR Ministry of metallurgy were involved. During the VF tests between 1974 and 1979 basic elements of furnace construction were developed. Also, basic technological characteristics of melting were defined and initial data to "Giprotsvetmet" institute for the design of industrial furnace were given.<br />The industrial development of melting process of high-iron copper concentrates in liquid melt bath - Vanyukov process was started at the Balkhash smelter in 1985-1987, when in industrial operation VF-1 and VF-2 complexes were put with involvement of scientists of MISA, IMB and Gintsvetmet. From 2004, Balkhash copper plant used only Vanyukov technology, which provided significant increment production of blister copper from low-grade copper concentrates.<br />Today in , Kazakhstan and China, there are several large complexes VF, whose work fully confirms the fundamental technological and design advantages of modern VF autogenous processes of copper and lead production from various raw materials.