Manufacture of Foundry Pig Iron from Copper Smelting Slag
Manufacture of Foundry Pig Iron from Copper Smelting Slag
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铜冶炼渣制造铸造生铁
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2018
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J. Wang
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K. Hwang;Jin;Hyun;C. Ha;Y. Yu;Moo;J. Wang
The copper smelting slag is an industrial by-product obtained by cooling and crushing the by-products from the process of smelting copper. Since the slag contains ceramics such as SiO2, Al2O3, CaO, etc. and a large iron content (34~45%), it can be recycled as a resource. However, there are many difficulties in the process of recovering the iron. This study was intended to analyze the effect of reaction time on Fe content in slag in the process of manufacturing foundry pig iron (Fe-Cu) from the copper slag by a dry smelting reduction method. No residual Fe was observed in the slug after 30 minutes of smelting. INTRODUCTION The copper smelting slag is an industrial by-product obtained by cooling molten slag, which is a by-product generated in the process of smelting copper in a flash furnace or a continuous furnace, in water and crushing it.1) It is known that about 2 tons of slag is generated from the manufacture of 1 ton of cooper 2), and about 1,5million tons of copper slag are generated from copper smelters in Korea. The copper slag contains not only ceramic components such as SiO2, Al2O3 and CaO but also a large iron content (35~45%), which can be used as raw material of iron. 3) However, in Korea, it is simply recycled as agent for roadbed or additives for cement and bricks, or is landfilled. With increased global interest in environment and resources in recent years, recycling technologies of various by-products are being promoted, and efforts to treat and recycle slag generated in the production process are appropriately being made in Korea.4) The need for alternative resources due to depletion of natural resource is increasing, but its limitations are gradually appearing, indicating the possibility of utilizing by-products such as copper slag will increase 5~7). Various processes for recovering iron from copper have been proposed up to date and the proposed processes can be divided into physical separation process and dry smelting process. However, it has been reported that the physical separation is not effective in separating and recovering the iron, and the dry smelting process is difficult to use because it requires a high temperature of 1673K and increases the cost of process. Therefore this study was conducted to manufacture the foundry pig iron (Fe-Cu) from copper smelting slag, and to analyze the effect of reaction time on Fe content in the process of manufacturing pig iron.