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The ISASMELT™ FurnaceISASMELT™ Furnace provides extreme flexibility for smeltingSmelting copper concentratesCopper concentrate and copperCopper-bearing materials. This technologyTechnology offers a large operational window and has the proven ability to quickly be optimised to changing operational conditions. However, to ensure that an ISASMELT™ FurnaceISASMELT™ Furnace is optimised for production and efficiencyEfficiency, like any smelting technologySmelting technology, operational rigour is required. The ease and consistency of the operationOperation and the maintenance requirements of a furnaceFurnace are the two main contributors that dictate the achievable smelterSmelter throughputThroughput. For an ISASMELT™ FurnaceISASMELT™ Furnace, the furnaceFurnace campaign length and lance life are two major contributors to the smelterSmelter's maintenance cost. This paper will explore how CopperCopper ISASMELT™ operationsOperation have optimised their lance life. The control and optimisation of the ISASMELT™ Lance, along with conditions leading to rapid lance damage, are examined in detail in this paper.

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Improvements in the Performance of Copper ISASMELT™ Furnaces with Operational Rigour

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年

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  • S. Nicol,
  • M. Prince,
  • J. Edwards,
  • B. Hogg

摘要

The ISASMELT™ FurnaceISASMELT™ Furnace provides extreme flexibility for smeltingSmelting copper concentratesCopper concentrate and copperCopper-bearing materials. This technologyTechnology offers a large operational window and has the proven ability to quickly be optimised to changing operational conditions. However, to ensure that an ISASMELT™ FurnaceISASMELT™ Furnace is optimised for production and efficiencyEfficiency, like any smelting technologySmelting technology, operational rigour is required. The ease and consistency of the operationOperation and the maintenance requirements of a furnaceFurnace are the two main contributors that dictate the achievable smelterSmelter throughputThroughput. For an ISASMELT™ FurnaceISASMELT™ Furnace, the furnaceFurnace campaign length and lance life are two major contributors to the smelterSmelter's maintenance cost. This paper will explore how CopperCopper ISASMELT™ operationsOperation have optimised their lance life. The control and optimisation of the ISASMELT™ Lance, along with conditions leading to rapid lance damage, are examined in detail in this paper.