Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and arrangement for refining copper concentrate
- Patent Title (中): 精炼铜精矿的方法和布置
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Application No.: US14402166Application Date: 2013-06-12
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Publication No.: US09580771B2Publication Date: 2017-02-28
- Inventor: Tapio Ahokainen , Peter Björklund , Tuomo Jokinen , Harri Rannikko , Maija Metsärinta , Markku Lahtinen
- Applicant: Outotec (Finland) Oy
- Applicant Address: FI Espoo
- Assignee: Outotec (Finland) Oy
- Current Assignee: Outotec (Finland) Oy
- Current Assignee Address: FI Espoo
- Agency: Chernoff, Vilhauer, McClung & Stenzel, LLP
- Priority: FI20125653 20120613
- International Application: PCT/FI2013/050646 WO 20130612
- International Announcement: WO2013/186440 WO 20131219
- Main IPC: F27B19/04
- IPC: F27B19/04 ; C22B15/00 ; C22B15/02 ; C22B4/04 ; C22B4/08 ; C22B7/04

Abstract:
The invention relates to a method and to an arrangement for refining copper concentrate. The arrangement includes a suspension smelting furnace comprising a reaction shaft, and a settler. The reaction shaft is provided with a concentrate burner for feeding copper concentrate such as copper sulfide concentrate and/or copper matte and additionally at least reaction gas into the reaction shaft to obtain a blister layer containing blister and a first slag layer containing slag on top of the blister layer in the settler, and a slag cleaning furnace. The arrangement includes a feeder configured for feeding blister from the blister layer in the settler and for feeding slag from the first slag layer in the settler into the slag cleaning furnace.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150143951A1 METHOD AND ARRANGEMENT FOR REFINING COPPER CONCENTRATE Public/Granted day:2015-05-28
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