Author(s)

Yerko Aguilera-Carvajal¹, Sebastián Pérez-Cortés^1*, Juan Hurtado-Cruz¹, Erick Morales-Quezada²

¹Faculty of Engineering, University of Santiago, Santiago, Chile.
²ESSS Chile, Santiago, Chile.

In copper sulfide concentrates smelting, the off-gases from the Pierce Smith converter (PSC) furnace must be treated to prevent environmental impacts as they are highly corrosive and toxic. The purpose of this research project is to present a methodology for the simulation of a capture and cooling system of the smelting off-gases from a Pierce Smith copper converter, using computational fluid dynamics. Through this methodology, it is possible to obtain a simulation model of the smelting off-gases behavior with an average error of 9.88%. Basically, it demonstrates that the simulated tendencies of the metallurgical off-gases on the cooling hood and chamber can be reliable to predict the thermo-fluid dynamic behavior of the off-gases inside the studied off-gases handling system.

Capture Hood, Radiant Cooling System, Copper Sulfide Smelting Off-Gases, Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Simulation

Aguilera-Carvajal, Y. , Pérez-Cortés, S. , Hurtado-Cruz, J. and Morales-Quezada, E. (2014) Computational Thermo-Fluid Dynamic Simulation of a Radiant Off-Gases Cooling System for Copper Smelting in a Pierce Smith Converter. International Journal of Modern Nonlinear Theory and Application, 3, 236-247. doi: 10.4236/ijmnta.2014.35026.