Welcome to Clyde-WorleyParsons
Clyde-WorleyParsons is the pioneer of a revolutionary flash furnace feed solution, created to help transform the efficiency and economic performance of non-ferrous metals production processes.
Clyde-WorleyParsons is a 50:50 joint venture, which combines the particulate solids conveying and injection technologies of Clyde Materials Handling, with the flash furnace process knowledge and expertise of WorleyParsons.
By working together, Clyde-WorleyParsons is focused on creating high added value for flash furnace operators across the globe.
Clyde-WorleyParsons’ innovative and exciting flash furnace feed solution has been developed as a direct response to feed stability problems routinely faced by operators of flash furnace systems. Clyde-WorleyParsons has demonstrated and quantified the links between pulses in concentrate feed rate from conventional scraper chain conveyors (and other components of conventional Loss-In-Weight feed systems) and the stability of furnace performance indicators such as settler pressure.
By utilizing Clyde-WorleyParsons’ feed system solutions a number of powerful operational and economic benefits to flash smelters and converters can be realised, including:
- Pulseless, accurate and stable flow of feed material to the head of the burner and its disperser
- Uniform distribution within the burner and disperser
- Control of flame and reaction stoichiometry at the timescale of the reaction shaft residence time
- High feed system availability and reliability
- Reduced operating and maintenance costs
Furthermore, it has been proven that accurate control of flash furnace feed rate can lead to dramatic improvements in furnace output, higher metal recovery efficiency, increased oxygen efficiency and better control of the composition of furnace liquids, such as matte, blister or slag. These improvements lead to significant increases in smelter metal output and reductions in operating costs.
As a result of the high economic impact of the Clyde-WorleyParsons feed system solution the payback period relative to the investment cost is very short, typically less than one year.
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