MUMBAI, India, Oct. 5 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202637104137 A) filed by Sms Group Gmbh on August 29, 2026, for Method For Controlling And Optimizing A Copper Refining Process, Wherein The Copper Refining Process Comprises At Least The Steps Of Smelting, Oxidation And Reduction.
Inventors include Borowski, Nikolaus Peter Kurt; Reuter, Markus Andreas; Akouch, Ali; Degel, Rolf; Kirmse, Christoph; and Khadhraoui, Sabrine.
The application for the patent was published on October 02, 2026, under issue no. 40/2026.
Abstract: The invention relates to a method (1) for controlling and optimizing a copper refining process comprises the steps of smelting (2), oxidation (3) and reduction (4), wherein the method comprises the steps of: receiving input information (5) regarding the copper refining process; defining or receiving the desired output (6) of the copper refining process; creating a separate physics-based surrogate model (7, 8, 9) for each copper refining process step (2, 3, 4), wherein each physics-based surrogate model (7, 8, 9) represents the respective real-world copper refining process step (2, 3, 4) and bases on thermochemical and solution chemistry calculations and a process model (10, 11, 12) of a reactor that performs the respective copper refining process step (2, 3, 4); simulating the copper refining process using the created separate physics-based surrogate models (7, 8, 9) by feeding the input information (5) and the desired output (6) according to the received time schedule to the created separate physics-based surrogate models (7, 8, 9); and optimizing the copper refining process to achieve the desired output (6) based on the simulations by evaluating for each process step (2, 3, 4) an optimal flux combination, optimal process time, minimal costs and/or an optimal oxidation and/or reduction gas rate for the copper refining process based on the separate physics-based surrogate models (7, 8, 9).
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