Online prediction of the actual melt chemistry in an Ausmelt converter using a thermodynamic-system identification hybrid modeling technique

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2002, Pages 457-467

  Eksteen, J J ^a   Georgalli, G A ^a   Reuter, M A ^b  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITION; COOLING; COPPER ALLOYS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PILOT PLANTS; PLATINUM METAL COMPOUNDS; SEGREGATION (METALLOGRAPHY); SEPARATION; SMELTING; THERMODYNAMICS;

AUSMELT CONVERTER; HYBRID MODELING TECHNIQUE; MAGNETIC SEPARATION PROCESSES; MELT CHEMISTRY; MODEL PREDICTION PERFORMANCE;

MELTING;

EID: 0036445011     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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