This post is part of a blog series on copper metallurgy optimization with ChemApp for Python. In Part I, we developed and introduced the integrated process model for the primary copper extraction process, which describes the Smelter → Converter → Converter for Blister flowsheet. This model is the basis for all subsequent studies aimed at […]
Introduction Process modelling is a key approach for optimizing industrial operations, delivering tangible gains in cost reduction, process efficiency, and environmental performance. In copper extraction, pyrometallurgical routes consist of multiple interconnected unit operations that must be considered together to understand overall behavior. Using its stream functionality, ChemApp for Python provides rigorous thermochemical calculations that allow
Introduction Process modeling is a critical component in the optimization of industrial operations, delivering significant benefits in cost reduction, efficiency enhancement, and environmental sustainability. Through its stream functionality, ChemApp for Python delivers advanced thermochemically sound calculation capabilities that provide engineers with a robust framework for modeling complex thermochemical processes. Several functions related to streams have
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We are excited to announce the commencement of our “Process Simulation for Decarbonization” project, funded by the European Union and the state of NRW. This initiative aims to enhance our capabilities in modeling mass transport, heat transfer, and reaction kinetics, all essential for predicting complex chemical processes. In keeping with the European spirit, our transformation
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KilnSimu is a standalone software that can be used for thermodynamic modelling rotary drum furnaces. It is a joint production by VTT and GTT. While it relies on the calculation routines of ChemApp, it is user-friendly and specialized to one specific application. The rotary kiln is concurrently used in several industries. The rotary drum provides
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Please note that SimuSage has been discontinued.We recommend ChemApp for Python and FactFlow, embedded in the FactSage package, as alternative process simulation tools. In connection with the Industry 4.0 initiative, tools for process simulation and process optimization are recently gaining in importance. In the context of metallurgy, its digitalization will work as an enabler of
Please note that SimuSage has been discontinued. We recommend ChemApp for Python and FactFlow, embedded in the FactSage package, as alternative process simulation tools. In recent years, there has been a continuous societal and industrial effort to promote the so-called „circular economy“. According to this paradigm, for producing engineering materials in general, and metals and
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Please note that SimuSage has been discontinued. We recommend ChemApp for Python and FactFlow, embedded in the FactSage package, as alternative process simulation tools. Harvey and Gheribi[1] developed a thermochemistry-based model for the iron blast furnace. In their work, the corresponding process model was developed with a flowsheeting approach based on the connected local equilibrium
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