The Impact of Calcination Conditions on Production of Magnesium by the Magnatherm Process

Sever, James C.

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48245-3_14

James C. Sever⁹

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The mode of operation of dolomite kilns at a magnesium reduction plant using the Magnatherm process was designed to minimize operation cost and maximize kiln refractory life. Analysis of downstream operation issues shows the quality metric for dolime changed from loss on ignition to specific surface area. This produced a complete change in kiln operation; the net results being major plant productivity increases decrease in operating cost, and increases in both kiln operating costs and reline frequency.

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Midrex Technologies, Pineville, North Carolina, USA
Thomas P. Battle (Senior Metallurgist) (Senior Metallurgist)
Montana Tech, USA
Jerome P. Downey (Associate Professor, the Hazen Research Professor of Extractive Metallurgy, and Goldcorp Professor, the campus Director) (Associate Professor, the Hazen Research Professor of Extractive Metallurgy, and Goldcorp Professor, the campus Director)
Montana University System Materials Science Ph.D. program, USA
Jerome P. Downey (Associate Professor, the Hazen Research Professor of Extractive Metallurgy, and Goldcorp Professor, the campus Director) (Associate Professor, the Hazen Research Professor of Extractive Metallurgy, and Goldcorp Professor, the campus Director)
Thermal Processing group, Hazen Research, Inc., Golden, Colorado, USA
Lawrence D. May (Vice President, Facility Manager) (Vice President, Facility Manager)
Kingston Process Metallurgy Inc., Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Boyd Davis (principal) (principal)
IND LLC, USA
Neale R. Neelameggham
University of Leeds, UK
Sergio Sanchez-Segado
Center for Iron and Steelmaking Research in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
P. Chris Pistorius (POSCO Professor and Co-Director) (POSCO Professor and Co-Director)

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Sever, J.C. (2015). The Impact of Calcination Conditions on Production of Magnesium by the Magnatherm Process. In: Battle, T.P., et al. Drying, Roasting, and Calcining of Minerals. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48245-3_14

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