Dataset produced by pilot-scale clay-gun for three tap-hole clays stored for extended time periods

Tap-hole clay is typically injected into the tap-hole of a pyrometallurgical furnace at the end of a tap in order to stop the flow of liquid process materials. The purpose of the clay is to create a seal between the liquid process materials inside the furnace and atmosphere. The clay needs to deform quickly under pressure to create a tight seal and therefore the rheological properties of the tap-hole clay play an important role. To ensure that their materials remain workable, commercial suppliers of tap-hole clays limit the shelf-life of their materials to between 6 and 24 weeks. Datasets , generated by pilot-scale clay-gun operations, are presented here for three different tap-hole clays for which the shelf-life was extended beyond the recommended shelf-life. The clays were stored in a controlled atmosphere for which the atmospheric conditions were logged. In all three instances, the data collection process was automated with raw and/or filtered data, available as Excel spreadsheets, published in an online repository. For the purpose of this paper, the data was analysed and presented as graphs or in tables. The data will be of future use for further studies into the effect of tap-hole clay rheology on clay-gun performance.出铁口泥料（tap-hole clay）通常在出铁作业结束时被注入火法冶金炉（pyrometallurgical furnace）的出铁口（tap-hole），以阻断工艺液体物料的流出。该泥料的作用是在炉内工艺液体物料与大气之间形成密封。该泥料需在受压条件下快速变形以形成紧密密封，因此出铁口泥料的流变学特性发挥着关键作用。为确保泥料保持可加工性能，商用出铁口泥料供应商将其储存期（shelf-life）限定为6至24周。本研究公开了由中试规模泥炮作业生成的三组数据集，分别对应三款超出建议储存期的不同出铁口泥料。这些泥料被储存在可控大气环境中，且大气条件均被记录存档。三组数据集的采集流程均实现自动化，原始和/或经过滤波处理的数据以Excel电子表格格式存储，并发布于在线存储库中。为本论文之需，我们对该数据集进行了分析，并以图表或表格形式呈现。该数据集未来可用于开展出铁口泥料流变特性对泥炮作业性能影响的相关研究。