PDF Mathematical Modelling and Simulation of the Iron Ore Sintering Process
As sintering plays a crucial role in the ironmaking process, attempts are continually being made to improve the productivity of sinter plants and the quality of
As sintering plays a crucial role in the ironmaking process, attempts are continually being made to improve the productivity of sinter plants and the quality of
During iron ores granulation process minimization of the volume of water is of vital economic importance due to the associated energy cost of evaporation in the second sintering step. The optimisation of water addition demands understanding of capillarity properties of iron ore mixtures to ensure at the same time good mechanical strength of iron ore granules and just needed minimum of water in ...
Twothirds of the global nickel output is produced by the rotary kilnelectric furnace (RKEF) process. Due to the high contents of MgO and SiO2 and low content of iron in laterite ore, high ...
The appropriate content and distribution of sinter moisture play an important role in the granulation of iron ores. In this study, the effects of porosity, size distribution, and particle shape on the water absorption rate (WAR) of four types of iron ores were analyzed by using the immersion method and capillary water absorption method. In addition, the mechanism underlying the water ...
Zhang et al., Influencing factors and mechanism of water absorption process of iron ores during sintering 123 equation. V = M/t (1) where V (g/min), M (g), and t (min) indicate the WAR, the mass of water absorbed in and among iron ore particles, and the water absorption time, respectively. In principle, water
Abstract In this study, a sintering test of highalumina limonite from Indonesia, matched with an appropriate magnetite concentration, is performed. The sintering yield and quality index are effectively improved by optimizing the ore matching and regulating the basicity.
Iron ore sintering is the iron ore powder agglomeration process that changes fine iron ore powder into the lumpy ironbearing raw material used for blast furnace ironmaking. Hightemperature process and addition of alkaline flux will improve metallurgical performance of ironbearing raw material. Besides, the sintering process will consume the ...
The roles of iron ore, fuel, fluxes, and moisture in sintering granulation are also analyzed, and finally advanced ... Iron ore granulation has been introduced into the steel production process since iron ore agglomeration was proven to have better metallurgical properties and more efficient iron ... Iron ore sintering is being restricted due ...
Summary. In this chapter, we learned that three main ferrous burden materials are used in BF operation; lump ore, sinter, and pellets. The types of iron ores used to produce these three ferrous charge materials and the related production methods were described. The various analysis methods used to determine the quality of the BF charge ...
Lv et al. defined a moisture capacity of iron ore particles as the water holding ability, and found that moisture capacity of iron ores had a strong positive relation to the optimal water content ...
Sintering process for iron ore fines Like other sintering processes, iron ore sintering converts iron ore fines of often − 8 mm sizing into larger agglomerates, namely, sinter, between 5 and 50 mm particle size, which possess the physical and metallurgical characteristics and gas permeability required for efficient blast furnace operation.
Meanwhile, an iron ore sinter is a crucial material for the ironmaking process, and its chemical, physical, and metallurgical properties significantly impact the blast furnace (BF) performance. 9 In turn, the main materials used for a sinter are iron ore fines, and their chemical compositions play a critical role in the sintering process.
Granulation and sintering are the two most important steps of the iron ore agglomeration process to produce sintered ore. Since granulation takes place at room temperature and is mainly characterized by physical and interfacial phenomena, while sintering is a thermal densification process involving extensive chemical reactions, the characteristics of the ore blends during these processes are ...
Sintering is the most extensively used and economic agglomeration process to prepare iron ore fines for blast furnace use. Granulation is the most critical factor controlling iron ore sintering process, as it improves sinter mix permeability. Currently, sinter plants are receiving significant proportion (up to 40%) of − 150 μm microfines in iron ore fines, which makes sintering difficult ...
Abstract and Figures. Sinter plants process a mixture of iron ore fines, recycled ironmaking products, slagforming agents and solid fuel (coke) with the finality of obtaining a product with the ...
Mineralization testing process included ore matching, agglomeration, roasting and mineralogical analysis. Iron ores and fluxes (dolomite, limestone, and quicklime) were mixed to a feed, which then was used to produce sinter with SiO 2 %, basicity (CaO/SiO 2) and MgO %, the proportions of each material were shown in Table principle of ore matching for adhesion layer was ...
The emission of dioxins from the iron ore sintering process is the largest emission source of dioxins, and the reduction in dioxin emission from the iron ore sintering process to the environment ...
The sintering process can be defined as a thermal agglomeration process that is applied to a mixture of iron ore fines, recycled ironmaking products, fluxes, slagforming agents, and solid fuel (coke) with the objective of obtaining a product with the suitable characteristics (thermal, mechanical, physical, and chemical) to be fed to the blast furnace.
Sintering or frittage is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by pressure [1] or heat [2] without melting it to the point of liquefaction. Sintering happens as part of a manufacturing process used with metals, ceramics, plastics, and other materials. The nanoparticles in the sintered material diffuse across the ...
The principal mechanism of iron ore granulation can be described as the layering of adhering fine particles onto the coarse nuclei particles under the action of water, as shown in Fig., this mechanism is commonly known as "autolayering" [5, 6].A typical iron ore granule is generally comprised of an inner seed coarse particle, which acts as the nucleus of the granule, and an ...
Iron ore is regarded as the second most important commodity behind oil. As an essential input for the production of crude steel, iron ore feeds the world's largest trilliondollarayear metal market and is the backbone of global infrastructure. To meet the growing demand for steel products, world iron ore production has increased ...
Therefore, the carbon and Cl content of the raw materials used for iron ore sintering are important to the formation of dioxins. This is supported by Kawaguchi et al. (2002c), who reported that the properties and contents of the solid fuels and chlorides in the raw mixture significantly affect dioxin emissions during the iron ore sintering process.
FeO so formed combines with SiO 2 and fluxes resulting in the formation of fluxed sinter.. The flexibility of the sintering process permits conversion of a variety of materials, including iron ore fines, captured dusts, ore concentrates, and other ironbearing materials of small particle size (, mill scale) into a clinkerlike agglomerate.
Iron ore sintering is a pretreatment step of smelting that agglomerates the iron ore using surface melting of green pellets to improve the quality of the steel product. The sintering process not only improves the quality of steel products, but also releases CO and CO2 gases, evaporates moisture, and improves the reducibility of iron ore to ensure smooth operation of the blast furnace. These ...
The sintering process is an important production link in the iron and steel industry, and its energy consumption accounts for about 1116% of the total energy consumption of the industry, and the pollutants emitted by sintering account for about 50% of the total emissions of steel enterprises [1, 2].In April 2019, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China ...
Abstract Iron ores are principal input materials for iron and steelmaking industries. Quality of iron ores is one of the critical parameters for formation of environmental pollutants related to the steelmaking process. Dioxins are identified as one of the most toxic pollutants emitted during ironmaking, specifically during the sintering process.
Textural classification allows mines to better predict where different types of goethite are present, allowing blending processes to be adjusted to address differences between ore types. Sintering. Fine (1mm) goethite is very reactive during the sintering process and can be leveraged to enhance melting and matrix strength.
Accurate computational models of sintering behavior would assist to enhance sinter quality and are anticipated to play a role in yield prediction. Sintering is a vital process in the manufacturing of iron and steel. As a consequence, the primary objective of these models will be a thorough simulation of mass and heat transport during the sintering process. In this paper, based on the ...
Sintering process involves iron ore fines, but also other addi ... (with high combined water content). Prereduced iron ore is ... t sinter (Mo et al., 1997); or, CaFe oxides, which play a role
The iron ore sintering experiment was carried out according to the standard process. After weighing, mix all the raw materials, pour them into a firststage drum for dry mixing for 1 min, then pour them into a secondstage drum and add water for wet mixing, which continues for 10 min.