2017-Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit
SIPS 2017 Volume 1. Barrios Intl. Symp. / Non-ferrous Smelting & Hydro/Electrochemical Processing

Editors:Kongoli F, Palacios M, Buenger T, Meza JH, Delgado E, Joudrie MC, Gonzales T, Treand N
Publisher:Flogen Star OUTREACH
Publication Year:2017
Pages:264 pages
ISBN:978-1-987820-61-4
ISSN:2291-1227 (Metals and Materials Processing in a Clean Environment Series)
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    Optimization and Control of Hoboken Converter Operations With FLOGEN CONTOP Control Expert System

    Lucas C. Vieira1; Marcella F. Guzzo1; Mauricio Bittencourt Marques2; Marcos Henrique Carlos de Souza3; Redouane Merdjani4; Florian Kongoli4;
    1PARANAPANEMA, Dias d'Avila, Brazil; 2PARANAPANEMA S.A., BRAZIL, Dias d'Avila, Brazil; 3FLOGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC., Sao Paulo, Brazil; 4FLOGEN TECHNOLOGIES INC., Mont-Royal, Canada;
    Type of Paper: Plenary
    Id Paper: 360
    Topic: 6

    Abstract:

    FLOGEN CONTOP offline and online control expert system was commissioned in Paranapanema smelter in Dias D'Avila to compare different scenarios and support for the optimization of the Hoboken Converters operation. The software results indicate the possibility to decrease the amount of silica used as a flux, minimize the slag and copper blowing time, maximize the use of reverts, minimize slag volume, and decrease copper losses in the slag. The main process parameters (such as bath temperature, Sulphur content in Blister and Copper in the slag) is calculated during the operation, providing a clearer overview of the process and supporting to determine the end of blowing based on technical evaluation. This presentation will describe some of these achievements.

    Keywords:

    Copper; Energy; Environmental; Furnace; Industry; Metal; Non-Ferrous; Oxygen; Reactor; Recycling; Reduction; Slag; Smelting; Technology;

    Cite this article as:

    Vieira L, Guzzo M, Bittencourt Marques M, de Souza M, Merdjani R, Kongoli F. (2017). Optimization and Control of Hoboken Converter Operations With FLOGEN CONTOP Control Expert System. In Kongoli F, Palacios M, Buenger T, Meza JH, Delgado E, Joudrie MC, Gonzales T, Treand N (Eds.), Sustainable Industrial Processing Summit SIPS 2017 Volume 1. Barrios Intl. Symp. / Non-ferrous Smelting & Hydro/Electrochemical Processing (pp. 91-92). Montreal, Canada: FLOGEN Star Outreach