New Technology Implementation in Metallurgical Processes
Chair(s): Boyd Davis, Joel Kapusta
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New technology implementation is a critical step in the overall improvement of processes. This is especially true with modifications to metallurgical processes since they tend to have high capital costs and require downtime while the changes are being made. Often lessons learned during the construction and commissioning of new technologies can be applied to other processes. The purpose of this symposium is to bring together those individuals who have accomplished the implementation of new technologies, from complete plants to minor modifications of existing operations, to speak about the difficulties they encountered, the successes they achieved and even the failures that provided valuable lessons. The design and function of pilot plants, including the difficulties and importance of instrumentation, the extent to which computer models either replaced, supplemented or completed pilot operations, and an assessment of the contributions of pilot facilities to the successful implementation of new technologies are some of the aspects of interest in this symposium.
Specific sessions are being organized by session leaders. While most papers will be invited, concepts for unsolicited papers can be sent to the respective session leader or symposium technical chair (see below).
SESSIONS- Role of mini, pilot & demo plants in new technology implementation - Leader: Arthur Barnes (ABarnes@xstrataprocesssupport.ca)
- Scale-up of unit operations to full scale commercial plants (larger scale industrial projects)- Leader: John Peacey (john.peacey@mine.queensu.ca)
- Incremental improvements yielding substantial benefits (smaller scale projects) - Leader: Danny Rioux (danny.rioux@teck.com)
- Technology development through cross fertilization (industrial projects spawned by academia) - Leaders: Dave Dreisinger (drei@interchange.ubc.ca) – Hydrometallurgy Ken Coley (coleyk@mcmaster.ca) – Pyrometallurgy/Steelmaking
- Environmental technology implementation (for operating plants and clean up after closure) - Leader: Mike Sudbury (msudbury@cogeco.ca)
- Application/implementation of software & modeling with impact on commercial operations - Leaders: Pascal Coursol – Pyrometallurgy (coursolp@yahoo.com) - Angelo Stamatiou – Hydrometallurgy (astamatiou@hatch.ca)
- New technology implementation to process variable feeds - Leader: Jan Nesset (nessetech@videotron.ca)
- New technologies for energy recovery/efficiency - Leader: Sina Kashani-Nejad (SKashani-Nejad@hatch.ca)
- Paths to successful new technology implementation: examples from MetSoc Innovation Awards - Leaders: Boyd Davis (bdavis@kpm.ca) & Joel Kapusta (Joel.kapusta@bba.ca)