QSL process
metallurgy
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lead smelting
- In metallurgy: Reduction smelting
…lead sulfide concentrate are the QSL (Queneau-Schuhmann-Lurgi) and the KIVCET (a Russian acronym for “flash-cyclone-oxygen-electric smelting”). In the QSL reactor a submerged injection of shielded oxygen oxidizes lead sulfide to lead metal, while the KIVCET is a type of flash-smelting furnace in which fine, dried lead sulfide concentrate combines with…
Read More - In lead processing: Direct smelting
The QSL, or Queneau-Schuhmann-Lurgi, process treats all grades of lead concentrates, including chemically complex secondary minerals, in a refractory-lined reactor into which oxygen and natural gas are blown through tuyeres at the bottom. The “green,” or unroasted, charge is first oxidized in a molten bath by…
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