Flash Reaction Processes (Hardcover)

Section 1 Basic Physics and Chemistry of Rapid Thermal Transformations.- 1. Structural chemistry of thermal processes accompanying flash calcination.- 2. Physical and chemical transformations of kaolinite caused by flash calcination.- 3. Thennochemical activation of crystalline compounds.- Section 2 Specialised Experimental Techniques used to Study Fast Thermally Driven Processes.- 1. Monitoring particle impact on a substrate during plasma spray process.- 2. Solid state NMR:a characterisation tool for flash calcines.- Section 3 Modelling of Flash Reaction Processes.- 1. Solid combustion synthesis of silicon-containing high-temperature materials.- 2. Experimental and mathematical investigation of the flash combustion of copper sulfide particles in a turbulent gas jet.- 3. Modelling the burners and reaction shaft of a flash smelting furnace.- 4. Modelling the impact of particles on a rigid substrate under plasma spraying conditions.- Section 4 Design and Development of Commercial Flash Reactors.- 1. Outokumpu flash technology - recent commercial applications.- 2. Flash reduction of metal oxides.- 3. Prototyping flash calciners for the manufacture of synthetic pozzolana from kaolinite clay.- 4. Cyclone flash reactors - fundamentals and applications in iron ore reduction.- Section 5 Some Applications of Microwave Heating.- 1. Microwave calcination of hydrated borax compounds.- 2. Microwave heating of asphalt-mix.- 3. Reduction of chemical oxygen demand of Kestelek colemanite by chemically enhanced decrepitation.