Furnace Tapping 2022, held as a co-located event with TMS2022 and open to all TMS2022 registrants, will begin programming on Monday and Tuesday morning with an invited keynote presentation, feature a panel discussion of industry experts on Tuesday morning, and include a ticketed networking reception on Monday evening.
The in-person Tuesday morning Keynote Presentation and Panel Discussion at TMS2022 will also be livestreamed for virtual attendees to view in real-time.
Keynote Presenters
Furnace Tapping programming will open on Monday and Tuesday morning with an invited keynote presentation, and a featured panel discussion will be held on Tuesday morning.
Merete Tangstad, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Presentation Title: "Controlled Tapping–The Research Project"
Date: Monday, February 28, 2022
Time: 8:40 a.m. to 9:25 a.m.
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Room 213D
About the Presentation
Tapping is an experience-based sub-process that is developed over time at various plants. To expand the knowledge into the scientific world, computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modelling, industrial campaigns, and lab-scale experiments have been conducted. A variety of models have been developed describing the tapping rate. We also need to know the mechanisms affecting the tapping of industrial furnaces. Both industrial campaigns and investigations on mechanisms and material at the lab have been conducted. The industrial campaigns, as an example, have been to excavate both Mn-ferroalloy and Si furnaces. In lab scale, the formation of TiC banks in the SiMn furnaces, the formation of slag and the formation of SiO gas in Si furnaces and the pressure buildup in charges by fines, have been investigated.
About the Presenter
Merete Tangstad specializes in the primary production metals, with a focus on Mn-ferroalloys and silicon production processes. She works with raw materials, thermodynamic and kinetics of chemical reactions, electrical current paths, and tapping operation in the furnace operation. Tangstad has since 2004 been a professor within material science and engineering at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Previously she worked at the Mn-ferroalloy- and Si/FeSi-producers Eramet and Elkem. She has been the main supervisor of more than 30 PhD/postdoc candidates, has published over 200 peer-reviewed articles, and participated in six book projects.
Isabelle Nolet, Hatch
Presentation Title: "PGM-Ni-Cu Tapping: An Updated Industry Survey"
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Time: 8:05 a.m. to 8:50 a.m.
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Room 204B
About the Presentation
An industry survey of PGM-Ni matte tapping practices was published in 2014 with the aim of providing high-level information on matte taphole design, operation, and maintenance practices at different smelting operations. Since then, various innovation trends have been developing within the industry, with regards to safety and automation, environmental considerations and design, and monitoring technological advances aiming at enhancing taphole campaign life, minimizing tapping risks, and generally bringing the industry towards safer tapping. Hatch is proposing an updated industry survey, this time including PGM-Ni-Cu producers, with an extended view into those industry developments with specific objectives to encourage cross-pollination across industries and organizations and provide a useful reference documenting best practices in matte and metal tapping operations in the base metals industry.
About the Presenter
Isabelle Nolet is a process specialist with 18 years of experience in pyrometallurgy. She graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal in 2004, after which she worked at Hatch in Canada, Australia, New Caledonia, and, currently, in South Africa. She has experience on AC and DC furnaces and ancillary systems, converters, process modelling, process optimization, equipment upgrades and commissioning across a range of commodities including platinum group metals, ferronickel, nickel, ferromanganese, ferrochrome and copper. She has a strong interest in operational support, performance optimization, tapping practices, taphole management, and operational risk management.
Panel Discussion
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly of Furnace Tapping
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022
Time: 8:50 a.m. (following Isabelle Nolet’s keynote presentation)
Location: Anaheim Convention Center, Room 204B
Panelists
Stanko Nikolic
Glencore Technology
Harmen Oterdoom
Independent Consultant
Stefan Schmidt
Aurubis AG
Ryan Walton
Rio Tinto Kennecott
Christine Wenzl
RHI Magnesita
PubZone Networking Reception
Date: Monday, February 28, 2022
Time: 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Anaheim Marriott, Platinum Patio
All Furnace Tapping 2022 attendees are invited to join us for the PubZone Networking Reception on Monday evening, February 28. This event allows participants in the REWAS 2022 and Furnace Tapping symposia an opportunity to connect in a relaxed, casual setting at a local Anaheim restaurant. Drink tickets and light appetizers will be provided. You can purchase a ticket for $75 through the TMS2022 registration form by February 11. No tickets will be sold on site, so please purchase your tickets in advance. (Note: You must be 21 or older to attend. Please be prepared to present a valid photo ID at the event.)