Copper Refining Plant Design: Critical Sizing Questions

Summary for copper refining plant Discussion

Copper refining plant sizing is the core issue in this thread: Ahmad Ali asks how to set up equipment to refine 100 kg of copper per day, including tank count and size, whether a 1200 amp rectifier is sufficient, and what anode/cathode dimensions, loading, agitation, circulation, and pump capacity should be used. The excerpt provided contains only the question and no posted answers, so there is no thread guidance to summarize on the engineering details. As a result, the practical takeaway is simply that the post is a request for design help covering electrolytic copper refining capacity, power supply, electrode sizing, and tank system layout, but the source excerpt does not supply a solution or recommendation from any answerer.

Q. Please help me.
I want to refine 100 kg of copper daily.
I want to know how many tanks (what size)
I need for this? Will a 1200 amp rectifier
be enough for this? What should be
the weight and sizes of anodes and cathodes?
How many anodes and cathodes should be used in one tank? Which is best for this, agitation or circulation? What capacity of water pump should be used in each tank?
Thanks in advance!
Ahmad Ali

Ahmad Ali
– Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
February 17, 2023