The Advances in Pyrometallurgy: Furnace Containment symposium will begin on Monday, March 4, with a series of keynote talks at the Furnace Design and Operations session, followed by the Panel Discussion: On No! What Went Wrong. Furnace Design Lesson Learnt on Monday afternoon and a Poster Session on Monday evening. The symposium will conclude with a Refractories session on Tuesday morning. View the TMS2024 Session Sheets for a complete listing of planned presentations for this event.
About the Symposium
The purpose of the furnace containment system is to hold both process materials and energy associated with pyrometallurgical processes. The methods in which the challenges of containing corrosive and abrasive materials at extreme temperatures will be addressed, whether they are used across commodities or technology specific. There is much to be learned from cross-commodity and cross-technology perspectives.
The intention of this symposium is to create a platform for the exchange of ideas on the challenges, solutions, failures, and successes in furnace containment designs and applications, bringing together perspectives from industry, design houses, and research institutions. For the symposium, the furnaces associated with solid-state processes are included although the focus will be smelters.
Themes will include:
- Advances in furnace lining design philosophies
- Advances in furnace design configurations and other design considerations
- Problems experienced and their solutions implemented during construction and commissioning
- Integration of new concepts into old smelters
- Back to basics: refractory materials, shells, and cooling systems
- Maintaining and monitoring
- Process control and slag design
- Lessons learned
Proceedings Plans
Online access to the standalone proceedings volume, Advances in Pyrometallurgy: Furnace Containment, is included with the TMS2024 registration fee for most registration classes.
Symposium Organizers
- Gerardo Raul Alvear Flores, CaEng Associates
- Camille Fleuriault, Eramet Norway
- Dean Gregurek, RHI Magnesita
- Quinn Reynolds, Mintek
- Hugo Joubert, Tenova Pyromet
- Stuart Nicol, Glencore Technology
- Phillip Mackey, P.J. Mackey Technology, Inc.
- Jesse White, Elkem Carbon
- Isabelle Nolet, Hatch
Symposium Sponsors
- TMS Extraction and Processing Division
- TMS Pyrometallurgy Committee
- TMS Process Technology and Modeling Committee
- TMS Materials Characterization Committee
- TMS Industrial Advisory Committee