A monitoring system for the copper solvent extraction - Electrowinning process

Ville Suontaka, Kari Saloheimo, Tom Marttila, Sirkka-Liisa Jämsä-Jounela

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    Abstract

    In this paper the current status of the modeling, simulation and control of the copper-leaching, solvent-extraction and electrowinning process (LX/SX/EW) is investigated. No implementations of advanced process control in the copper LX/SX/EW process have so far been reported. However, model-based control has been successfully applied to solvent extraction processes in the chemical industry, as well as to some other electrowinning processes. A prototype of a process monitoring application based on copper SX/EW steady-state mass balances was designed and implemented. In this paper the structure of the system is described and the test results presented and discussed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)257-262
    Number of pages6
    JournalIFAC Proceedings Volumes (IFAC-PapersOnline)
    Volume36
    Issue number24
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2003
    MoE publication typeA4 Conference publication
    EventIFAC Workshop on New Technologies for Automation of the Metallurgical Industry - Shanghai, China
    Duration: 11 Oct 200313 Oct 2003

    Keywords

    • hydrometallurgy
    • material balance
    • performance monitoring ,data processing
    • process control
    • data processing

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