Production of pig iron from red mud waste fines using thermal plasma technology

International Journal of Minerals, Metallurgy and Materials

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 679-684

  Jayasankar, K ^a   Ray, P K ^a   Chaubey, A K ^a   Padhi, A ^a   Satapathy, B K ^b   Mukherjee, P S ^a  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b National Aluminum Company Ltd   (India)

Author keywords

Dolomite; Limestone; Pig iron; Red mud; Smelting; Thermal plasma; Waste utilization

Indexed keywords

ALKALI LEACHING; DOLOMITE; EXTENDED ARC; FIXED CARBONS; INSOLUBLE RESIDUE; IRON MAKING; IRON RECOVERY; OPTIMUM CONDITIONS; PROCESS PARAMETERS; RED MUD; REDUCTANTS; SMELTING REDUCTION; THERMAL PLASMA; THERMAL PLASMA REACTORS;

IRON; IRON ORES; LEACHING; LIMESTONE; METAL RECOVERY; PIG IRON; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; PLASMAS; WASTE UTILIZATION;

SMELTING;

EID: 84867527130     PISSN: 16744799     EISSN: 1869103X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12613-012-0613-3     Document Type: Article

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