Ausmelt has successfully
commercialised its Top Submerged Lance process in a wide variety
of non-ferrous applications, in each case successfully scaling
up from pilot plant operations.
This experience, coupled with operating
experience from both the AusIron Demonstration Plant and its wide
range of commercial operations provides a solid platform for commercial
application of the AusIron® Technology.
The AusIron® process has been developed
with a focus on the inherent process flexibility necessary for
commercial scale facilities to be rapidly optimised. The use of
multiple lances, each generating an effective 'process zone',
and distributed post-combustion allows scale up to be a combination
of size and number of lances. Effective use of oxygen enrichment
at both the lance tip and post-combustion shroud, controllable
independently, allows fundamental process characteristics to be
maintained on scale-up. |
