Thermogravimetric study of the reduction of copper slag by biomass

• Published in: Journal of thermal analysis and calorimetry Vol. 126; no. 2; pp. 481 - 491
• Main Authors: Zuo, Zongliang, Yu, Qingbo, Wei, Mengqi, Xie, Huaqing, Duan, Wenjun, Wang, Kun, Qin, Qin
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht Springer 01.11.2016; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Activation energy; Air pollution; Analysis; Biomass; Biomass energy production; Chemical reduction; Copper; Energy consumption; Greenhouse gases; Heating rate; Kinetics; Lime; Pyrolysis; Reducing agents; Sawdust; Shrinking core model; Slag; Thermogravimetric analysis

The utilization of copper slag is an attractive option of iron resource. However, extra energy consumption is required and contributes to greenhouse gases. In this paper, biomass was introduced as a new kind of reductant for the reduction of copper slag to decrease the energy consumption. The reduct...