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Oxidation of zinc sulfide in a fluidized bed

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Kinetics of oxidation of ZnS particles in a batch-type fluidized bed were studied at temperatures between 800 and 910°C. A two-phase model was employed for the fluidized bed, and the partial pressure of oxygen and the gas-film mass transfer coefficient on the particle surface were separately evaluated in gas bubbles and in the emulsion phase. The calculated fractional reaction coincided well with the experimental results. The difference in O2 partial pressure between gas bubbles and emulsion phase was found to be fairly large especially under the vigorous fluidizing condition. Furthermore, it was shown from the mathematical model that the reaction of ZnS particles in the gas bubbles is negligible because of the extremely low solid concentration and that the overall rate of reaction in the emulsion phase is virtually controlled by the rate of gas-film mass transfer at higher temperature. The resistance of interfacial reaction within the particle also becomes significant when the temperature is lowered.

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  1. University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Y. Fukunaka (Post-Doctoral Fellow)

  2. Musashino Communication Laboratories, Japan Telephone and Telegraph Cor-poration, Musashino, Tokyo, Japan

    T. Monta (Musashino Communication Laboratories)

  3. Depart-ment of Metallurgy, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Z. Asaki (member of AIME, Lecturer) & Y. Kondo (member of AIME, Professor)

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Y. Fukunaka and T. Monta are both former Graduate Students, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.

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Fukunaka, Y., Monta, T., Asaki, Z. et al. Oxidation of zinc sulfide in a fluidized bed. Metall Trans B 7, 307–314 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02652698

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