Flowability of various dusts collected from secondary copper smelter off-gas--颗粒学报PARTICUOLOGY

Lanzerstorfer, C. (2016). Flowability of various dusts collected from secondary copper smelter off-gas. Particuology, 25, 68-71. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2015.05.003

Flowability of various dusts collected from secondary copper smelter off-gas

Christof Lanzerstorfer ^*

University of Applied Sciences Upper Austria, School of Engineering/Environmental Sciences, Stelzhamerstraße 23, A-4600 Wels, Austria

10.1016/j.partic.2015.05.003

Volume 25, April 2016, Pages 68-71

Received 11 September 2014, Revised 11 December 2014, Accepted 22 May 2015, Available online 23 July 2015, Version of Record 18 February 2016.

E-mail: christof.lanzerstorfer@fh-wels.at

Highlights

• Flowability of various dusts collected from the off-gas of secondary copper smelter was studied.

• Converter dust flowability dependence on consolidation stress was dissimilar to other dusts.

• The atypical converter dust behavior was explained by the presence of small agglomerates.

• Visualization of the flowability in a diagram was improved by using logarithmic scaled axes.

Abstract

Stable flow of off-gas dust from dust collector hoppers and storage silos is important for smooth operation. Flow properties of the collected off-gas dust are critical to achieve suitable flow. Various dust samples collected from secondary copper smelter off-gases were studied. The median diameter of the fine-grained dusts varied from 0.8 to 1.4 μm and the flowability ranged from “cohesive” to “very cohesive”. The flowability of shaft and anode furnace dust improved slightly with increasing consolidation stress and their wall friction angles decreased, which is a typical behavior. In contrast, the flowability of converter dust decreased with increasing consolidation stress and its wall friction angles increased. Pre-shear treatment of converter dust worsened its flowability, increased the wall friction angle, and improved the flowability with increasing consolidation stress. This is believed to occur because pre-shear treatment fragments small agglomerates in the dust that improve flowability. The presence of such agglomerates was confirmed by sieving tests. A diagrammatic representation of the flowability showing that the unconfined yield strength is dependent on consolidation stress can be improved by using logarithmically scaled axes.

Graphical abstract

Keywords

Copper smelter; Dust; Flowability; Shear test

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