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Drying Stages during the Heating of High-Alumina, Ultra-Low-Ce
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Murilo D. M. Innocentini, Fábio A. Cardoso, Mario M. Akyioshi, and Victor C. Pand


Department of Materials Engineering, Federal University of São Carlos, São Carlos, São Paulo 13565-90

se of this work was to investigate the drying kinetics (calcined aluminas A1000 SG and A3000 FL, 22 wt%, d
mina, ultra-low-cement refractory castables under ␮m, where dp is the particle diameter) and the aggregat
heating conditions. Three main drying stages were (white fused aluminas, grades 4/10, 8/20, 10/36, 20/40, an
during the castable heat-up and were related to the 76 wt%, dp ⬍ 4.5 mm). The particle size distribution
nge of free water and to the decomposition of composition was adjusted to a theoretical curve based on A
roducts present in the body. A clear correlation was en’s packing model to obtain a potentially self-flow casta
ween the actual heating profile inside the castable a coefficient of distribution (q) of 0.21.
ewatering stages under various heating schedules. Samples were cast as 4 cm diameter ⫻ 4 cm thick c
nalysis was used to assess the drying temperature cured in the mold at 50°C (relative humidity of ⬃100%)
ents the highest risk of steam pressure buildup and, and heat-treated for 6 h at 800°C (heating rate of 1°C/min)
plosive spalling. casting, two thin K-type thermocouples (diameter of 0.2 m
inserted into some of these samples at a height of 20 mm,
at a depth of 1 mm (lateral surface) and the second at
I. Introduction (center of the body). To focus the analysis on the rem
physically absorbed water, the samples were saturated w
ORY castables are hydrated materials that require
tilled water under a vacuum for 2 h before each test.
l attention during their first heat-up. Depending on Dewatering tests were conducted in an electric furn
schedule applied, the steam that is generated may trolled by a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) syst
essurized within the ceramic structure, occasionally maximum temperature of 700°C and according to various
acking or even explosive disintegration of the prod-
schedules. The test sample was suspended in the cente
r this reason, the dry-out schedules of preshaped furnace to enable heat to reach every face of the body
are often divided into steps, aiming for safe removal neously. No forced air convection was provided in the
ree casting water at around 100°C and cement during the heat-up.
tion products at higher temperatures. However, the In the first set of experiments, the temperatures at the
uitable heating rates and dwell times is based mostly and center of the saturated specimen were monitored dur
al knowledge that takes into account the ceramic heating program. New tests were then conducted with
n, and the geometry and size of the product. In fact, samples without thermocouples to monitor the sample
able data on the duration and intensity of transfor- loss under the same heating conditions. Data on m
hat take place inside the heated structure make
temperature were computer-recorded at 5 s intervals thr
schedules preferable. This minimizes the risks of the experiments.
palling but makes the dry-out of green castables an Mass loss during drying was assessed through the no
and time-consuming operation. parameter W, which measures the cumulative fraction
ontext, this study focused on the optimization of the expelled during the heat-up per total amount of water
process of high-alumina, ultra-low-cement refractory present in the body. W varies from 0%–100% and is def
mpositions. The drying kinetics of physically absorbed
assessed during the castable heat-up at various heating
water loss pattern was directly related to the temperature
easured in the sample, allowing for the identification of
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tested sample.
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II. Experimental Procedure through the derivative dW/dt by
able composition chosen for this study consisted of a dW Wi⫹1 ⫺ Wi⫺1

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III. Results and Discussion


(1) Drying Stages
—contributing editor
The dewatering of a moistened porous medium under
conditions occurs in stages that are driven by different
mechanisms.6 – 8 Initially, water evaporates adiabatically
No. 186688. Received September 17, 2002; approved December 30, surface of the body in a stage known as the constant rat
(CRP).6 In this stage, the evaporation rate is greatly influe
by the Brazilian research funding institution FAPESP, by Alcoa S.A.,
sita S.A. external conditions, such as temperature and partial vap
American Ceramic Society. sure. In an isothermal environment, the evaporation rate

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ng as the transport forces maintain the flux of water


es toward the body’s surface. However, as drying
evaporation front eventually recedes into the inter-
when the water transport, initially occurring by fluid
s driven by vapor diffusion through increasingly
engths. This process is characterized by gradual
e decreases with time, in a sequence of two stages
falling rate periods (FRP). 6
complete removal of moisture and hydrate decom-
dry-out of refractory castables must be conducted at
above the normal boiling point of water. Therefore,
f ambient temperature to 100°C, the drying process
rs at a constant heating rate rather than under
nditions, and the drying stages, as previously de-
go remarkable changes.
ce of continuous heating on the drying kinetics of a Fig. 2. Drying stages related to the actual sample temperature for v
table is shown in Fig. 1. Instead of the typical CRP furnace heating schedules.
blished for an isothermal environment, dewatering
e stages, identified by the peaks in the drying rate
the furnace heat-up. For the composition tested here, the pretreatment temperat
eaks appear to shift to higher temperatures as the 800°C is insufficient to start the sintering process. Henc
ncreases, the two first drying stages shown in Fig. 1 calcined phases of the calcium aluminate cement and th
ve the elimination of physically absorbed water. The alumina particles in the castable matrix can still be pa
misleading result is that the temperature of reference reactive, rehydrating when in contact with liquid water or w
’ location is set in the furnace rather than in the pressurized steam generated in the previous drying stages.
The aforementioned hypothesis that compares the dewa
uch more consistent pattern is observed when the profiles of three different samples heated at 10°C/min to 70
s involve the actual castable temperature, as illus- corroborated in Fig. 3. Sample A refers to a green, 2 wt%
2. The temperature range for each drying stage castable cured in the mold at 50°C and tested with its or
, and the main influence of the heating schedule is on moisture content; sample B, with a composition similar to t
and no longer on the location of the peaks. sample A, was prefired at 800°C and then moistened with di
tage, which takes place from ambient temperature to water for 2 h under vacuum; sample C refers to a cemen
main drying mechanism is evaporation of free water, composition also prefired and moistened before the test.
curs under adiabatic conditions. However, both CRP As depicted in Fig. 3, the lack of a third drying stage
affected by the temperature increase. Thus, although cement-free composition confirms that dehydration is in fa
on rate is enhanced by the greater water vapor cause of the minor water loss between 200°– 400°C for
simultaneously reduced by the progressive retreat of green and fired CAC-containing samples. According t
nt into the porous network. The temporary equilib- literature, this temperature range is typical for the decom
these two opposite effects is represented by the first tion of gibbsite (Al(OH 3)) and hexahydrated tricalcium a
ying rate curve at 50°– 60°C. nate (3CaO. Al 2O3 .6H2 O).10
able continues to be heated, the temperature at the Figure 3 also shows some changes in the drying rates in th
nterface eventually reaches the boiling point, and the first stages according to the type of sample tested. The fac
tant drying stage begins with the ebullition of free evaporation and ebullition occur in consecutive stages duri
s stage, the generation of steam is substantially drying process implies that as less water is evaporated, mor
ncrease in the castable temperature, when the steam remains during ebullition and vice versa. For this reaso
mes the main driving force for the flux of mass intensities of peaks in both stages usually display opposite
dy. The peak in the range of 100°-170°C results from when a variation occurs in the heating rate (as seen Fig. 2)
etween the increase of the rate at which steam is some property of the material. In the case of curves in Fig.
d the progressive shrinkage of the drying front differences in the permeability level among the samples
nter of the body. explain the different drying rates observed in each stage
tage in the drying profiles of Fig. 2 occurs in the instance, the green sample, displaying a lower permeability
ange of 200°– 400°C and is apparently not related to than the prefired one, had a higher resistance to dewatering
ut instead to hydrated products formed during the initial stage (lower evaporation peak), consequently leav
the sample or even during the dewatering process. larger amount of water to be boiled (higher ebullition

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g profiles as a function of the furnace temperature for Fig. 3. Drying profiles for CAC-containing and cement-free samp
schedules. furnace heating rate of 10°C/min.

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the similarities among the drying profiles of the and center of the body. In this case, the abrupt increase
d samples confirmed that removal of unbound water heating rate at the center signals the end of the boiling proce
t, be the main concern during the heat-up process of of the second dewatering stage, reestablishing similar h
w-cement compositions, requiring further attention to profiles for the center and surface for the remainder of the
ve pore pressurization and explosive spalling. Therefore, although heated to over 100°C, the body r
water in liquid form during most of the second drying stage
Changes during Dewatering may occur if the structure’s permeability is sufficiently l
is associated with important thermal transforma- increase the vapor pressure inside the pores, shifting the boil
e place inside the heated castable. Although part of water to higher temperatures. This effect is dangerously enh
heat is conducted into the body through the solid during the time interval in which the discrepancy in the h
profiles inside the body is maintained, when the heatin
of it is also absorbed by the liquid water retained in
st enhancing evaporation under 100°C and then increases rapidly on the surface while water is still boiling
iling above that temperature. 9 center.
s in Fig. 4 indicate that these endothermic phase Figure 4(c) shows that, for the castable heated at 10°C/mi
sses are remarkably intense during the first and critical displacement interval refers to a temperature increase
ering peaks, causing a temporary slowdown in the 160°–220°C. According to Antoine’s equation, 4 this imp
nside the castable. This effect is further accentuated theoretical steam pressure buildup from 0.6 –2.3 MPa, whic
of steam leaving the body, which decreases the be sufficiently high to cause the explosion of a green ca
heat absorption and increases the thermal gradient These values obviously refer to the maximum pressure bu
achievable in the center of the body if no release is provid
body and the surrounding atmosphere. The result is
f both dewatering stages is immediately followed by steam. In practice, the castable’s permeability and the h
n of the castable heating rate. 9 schedule determine the amount of water retained in the pore
g schedule also has a marked effect on the thermal hence, the actual intensity of the pressure buildup. Neverth
e the castable, as can be observed in Fig. 4. For the the values calculated by Antoine’s equation for the critical
ested here, the furnace heat-up at 1°C/min is suffi- tering interval represent the upper limit for steam pressuri
to produce no important internal thermal gradient, and may be reasonably compared with the mechanical t
center and surface of the sample becoming equally strength of green castables with the purpose of evaluating th
the dewatering stages. of explosive spalling.
ior changes with heating rates of 5°C/min and
pecially during the second stage when there is a
crepancy between the heating profiles at the surface IV. Conclusions
This investigation demonstrated that the dewatering proc
a continuously heated high-alumina, ultra-low-cement ca
occurs in stages and in different temperature ranges. The tw
stages involve the removal of free water, first by evaporation
100°C and by ebullition thereafter. The third stage takes pl
higher temperatures and involves the elimination of hy
phases in the castable matrix. Thermal analysis revealed th
sample’s center and surface were both remarkably sensit
endothermic processes involving the conversion of wate
steam and to the heating schedule applied. The heating p
inside the castable is therefore clearly related to the dewa
stages, providing an indirect assessment of the maximum
pressure buildup developed inside the pores, thus guidin
choice of heating schedules that minimize the risk of exp
spalling.

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