Fluidized Bed Roasting Process for Desulphurization of Scheelite

Studies on roasting of sheelite concentrate have been carried out in fluidized bed to reduce its sulphur content to <5%. Initial investigations have been done using a 10 cm I.D. fluidized bed roaster and the data so generated was used for the design of a fluidized bed roaster of 50 kg/hr capacity. The experiences on roasting of sheelite concentrate with the fluid bed reactor and the methods for scale up to large size reactor are presented.