Investigation of hydrogen reduction of cuprous sulfide through the Law of Additive Reactions using a virtual model

Abstract

ABSTRACT A virtual structural model has been developed for predicting the behaviour of cuprous sulfide reduction by hydrogen in the presence of lime. This model treats the complex successive reactions as a simple reaction. Then the kinetic and structural parameters of this assumed simple reaction were obtained by fitting the experimental data to the additive reaction times equation. Finally, the results predicted by the virtual model have been evaluated and validated using experimental data, and compared with those of mathematical modelling. This virtual model could be useful for predicting the behaviour of complex reactions without needing time-consuming computations.