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Concentrate Burner Improvement and Swirl Disperser Technology Development
Achieving unprecedented smelting performance
BHP Billiton | Australia | 2013–2014
99%
oxygen efficiency
Reduced
fuel consumption
Increased
throughput
10x longer
intervals between maintenance
Challenge
- Achieve a step-change improvement in copper concentrate burner-combustion performance to debottleneck production at the Olympic Dam smelter.
Solution
- Developed innovative, patent-pending swirl disperser technology.
Highlights
- Exceptional improvement in burner-combustion efficiency
- Reduced oxygen and fuel consumption
- Increased throughput and smelter availability
“In addition to the other benefits, the new disperser has significantly improved process stability.”
Project numbers
11% improvement oxygen efficiency10x more concentrate smelted per disperser campaign
3x reduction in SO3 production in electrostatic precipitator
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