Development of the Process for Obtaining Iron-Ore Pellets with Required Metallurgical Properties

Abstract:

We have studied the influence of oxidation-reduction reactions on the structure and strength behavior of the Kachkanar fluxed pellets both in their initial condition and during reduction. It has been discovered that at heating rates and temperatures found in industrial units the roasted pellets that are not oxidized to a full extent and are characterized by zonal structure do not meet the requirements imposed for the blast-furnace smelting raw materials. To develop a process that would ensure high metallurgical properties, we have analyzed the hematite dissociation reaction. It was found that the temperature and the content of slag-forming oxides influence this reaction. A sinter pot was used to carry out the research and determine metallurgical properties of partially dissociated pellets. The obtained results helped to develop a process to dissociate hematite at lower temperatures with calcium ferrosilicate melt. Such pellets are reduced at the temperatures of over 700^оС, which prevents their destruction in blast furnaces.

• Periodical: Materials Science Forum (Volume 946)
• Pages: 450-455
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.946.450
• Online since: February 2019
• Authors: Boris P. Yur'ev*, Vyacheslav A. Dudko
• Keywords: Blast Furnace, Dissociation, Fluxed Pellets, Hematite, Liquid-Phase Sintering, Loss of Strength, Magnetite, Metallurgical Properties, Oxidation, Process, Reaction, Reduction, Temperature

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