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Porous Plug Gas Injection in Anode Refining Furnaces

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The technical feasibility of using bottom injection of gases for anode refining has already been established. In the present work, data have been collected using industrial-size porous plugs in a laboratory induction furnace. The data have been compared to predictions made by a thermodynamic model and are scaled up to industrial operation.

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  1. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc., 18105, Allentown, Pennsylvania

    Pradeep Goyal (Development Engineer) & Shriram V. Joshi

  2. Henry Krumb School of Mines, Columbia University, 10027, New York, New York

    Jimmy Wang (Graduate Research Assistant)

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Mr. Goyal received his bachelor’s in metallurgical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India, and his master’s in metallurgy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. As development engineer in the Applied Research and Development Department of Air Products, he is responsible for new industrial gas applications for the metallurgy industry. Mr. Goyal is a member of The Metallurgical Society of AIME.

Dr. Joshi received his bachelor’s in chemical engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India, and his doctorate from the University of Delaware. He is currently responsible for new industrial gas applications in high-temperature processes. He is a member of The Metallurgical Society of AIME.

Mr. Wang received his BA in biochemistry from Columbia College in 1981. He is completing his graduate studies at the Henry Krumb School of Mines at Columbia University and will receive his MS in mineral engineering in 1984. He is a member of The Metallurgical Society of AIME.

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Goyal, P., Joshi, S.V. & Wang, J. Porous Plug Gas Injection in Anode Refining Furnaces. JOM 35, 52–58 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03339189

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