Blast Furnace Ironmaking

L8-11: Principles of heat and material balance: material balances;

energy(enthalpy) balances, chemical and thermal reserve zones

1. A first course in Iron and Steelmaking: D.Mazumdar , University Press,

Hyderabad, 2015 (DM2015)
2. Ironmaking and Steelmaking: Principles and Practices: A.Ghosh and
Amit Chatterjee, Prentice Hall of India, 2008 (AG&AM2008)

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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Steady State Material Balance

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RIST Diagram

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Thermal and Chemical Reserve Zones

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 Thermal/Chemical Reserve Zones

Gas composition is does change (70 % CO and

30 % CO2) for the rection at 1200 ± 100 K
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Conceptual Division of Blast Furnace

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Conceptual
Division of
Blast
Furnace

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 Bottom
Segment

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 Bottom
Segment
Above CRZ, coke
does not react

or

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 Bottom
Segment

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Mass Balance for the Bottom Segment

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