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Effect of Harmful Elements On The Coke Ratio of Blast Furnace
Effect of Harmful Elements On The Coke Ratio of Blast Furnace
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To cite this article: Y. J. Wang, X. J. Ning, J. L. Zhang, K. X. Jiao & C. Wang (2017): Effect
of harmful elements on the coke ratio of blast furnace, Ironmaking & Steelmaking, DOI:
10.1080/03019233.2017.1368955
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coke ratio than the decrease of gas utilisation. The total increase of coke ratio by the effect of K, Na consumption; coke ratio
and Zn is 14.2, 35.8 and 9.3 kg/tHM, respectively, of which the effect of heat consumption accounts
for 55.9, 60.9, 60.9%, respectively.
CONTACT Kexin Jiao jiaokexin_ustb@126.com School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing
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The Rist operation diagram describes the oxygen transfer in w(S) · U/32
yS = (12)
Fe–C–O system, which is generally used to analyse the 1000w[Fe]/56
energy utilisation in the blast furnace [19]. In this study, the where w[i] is the weight percent of specie i in hot metal, w(S)
Rist operation diagram is used to analyse the effect of is the weight percent of S in slag, U is slag volume.
harmful elements on the coke ratio.
(3) Oxygen atoms come from hot blast
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The ordinate n(O)/n(Fe) The moles of oxygen atoms consumed by carbon combus-
The main sources of oxygen that reacted with carbon are iron tion in front of tuyere for producing 1 mol of metal iron: yb can
oxides, other oxides and hot blast. be calculated by the following equation.
n(O) V · w(O2 ) × 2/22.4
(1) Oxygen atoms come from iron oxides yb = = (13)
n(Fe) 1000w[Fe]/56
Iron oxides in burden exist in the form of FeO, Fe2O3 and where V is the blast volume, m3/tHM, w(O2 ) is the volume
Fe3O4. Fe3O4 consists of equal moles of FeO and Fe2O3 for cal- percent of oxygen in blast.
culating easily. The moles of oxygen atoms removed from iron
oxides for producing 1 mol of metal iron: yA can be calculated
by the following equation. The abscissa n(O)/n(C)
n(O) w(Fe2 O3 ) × 3/160 + w(FeO) × 1/72 The ratio of oxygen to carbon can be calculated approxi-
yA = = (7) mately by Equation (14) according to the composition of
n(Fe) w(TFe)/56
top gas.
where n(O) is the number of moles of oxygen atoms in the
ore, n(Fe) is the number of moles of iron atoms in the ore, n(O) 2w(CO2 ) + w(CO)
xA = = (14)
w(Fe2 O3 ) is the weight percent of Fe2O3 in the ore, w(FeO) n(C) w(CO2 ) + w(CO)
is the weight percent of FeO in the ore, w(TFe) is the grade where w(CO) and w(CO2 ) are the CO and CO2 contents of the
of iron ore. top gas, %, respectively.
Figure 1. The mechanism of alkali and zinc reduction, oxidation and circulation.
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Table 1. Composition of raw materials and fuel (wt-%). Table 3. Composition of hot metal (wt-%).
Compositions TFe FeO Fe2O3 w(C)K w(C)M Compositions Fe C Si Mn P S THM (°C)
Values 56.65 7.71 71.26 85.63 77.48 Values 94.56 4.57 0.36 0.36 0.12 0.03 1505
2C + O2 = 2CO (15)
Effect of harmful elements on the coke ratio
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yb · qb = yd · qd + Q (16)
In this study, the effect of harmful elements on the coke ratio
yb qd is researched on a commercial blast furnace with an inner
= (17)
yd + Q/qd qb volume of 1780 m3. Tables 1–6 [14] show the compositions
where yd is the degree of direct reduction, qd is the heat of raw materials and fuel, blast furnace operating parameters,
consumed by reducing 1 kg FeO molecule, which is deter- the compositions of hot metal, slag and gas as well as the
mined by the heat effect of Equation (18). Here, qd is loads and accumulation times of harmful elements, respect-
153,200 kJ kg−1. Q is the heat that is consumed by the ively. Based on the results of dissection study of the blast
reduction of other oxides, desulphurisation and melting furnace, the accumulation times of K, Na and Zn are
ore and slag. qb , the effective heat produced by combusting assumed to be 50, 50 and 80, respectively.
1 kg carbon atom in front of tuyere, is given by Equation The Rist operation diagram is obtained according to the
(19). above method, as shown in Figure 2.
The oxides of harmful elements are reduced by CO in the
FeO + C = Fe + CO (18) lower part of furnace and oxidised by CO2 in the upper part
(9800w(C)blast + vblast · cblast · tblast − vgas · cgas · tgas ) of furnace, which leads to a decrease in gas utilisation and
qb = an increase in heat consumption. As a result, the positions
w(C)blast /12
of A and P in the Rist operation diagram are changed accord-
(19)
ing to the following equations:
where w(C)blast is the mass of carbon combusted in front of
Xi Yi
tuyere for producing 1 t of metal iron, kg/tHM, vblast is the 2V(CO2 ) + V(CO) − Vm
m(O) Mi
volume of blast for producing 1 t of metal iron, m3/tHM, xA′ = = (24)
m(C) V(CO2 ) + V(CO)
cblast is the specific heat capacity of blast, kJ (m3 K)−1,
⎛ ⎞
tblast is the blast temperature, °C, vgas is the volume of Xi · Yi · DHi ⊖ /Mi
⎜ Q + ⎟
gas for producing 1 t of metal iron, m3/tHM, cgas is the 1000w[Fe]/56
yP′ = yf + xP ⎜
⎝ − yf ⎟
⎠ (25)
specific heat capacity of gas, kJ (m3 K)−1, tgas is the gas qd
temperature, °C.
The coordinate of point P is determined by the following
where Xi is the load of harmful elements, kg/tHM, Yi is the
equations according to the similar triangle principle.
accumulation times of harmful elements, Mi is the molar
qd mass of specie i, V(CO) and V(CO2 ) are the volumes of CO
xP = (20)
qd + qb and CO2 in the top gas, m3.
Figure 3 shows the impact of harmful elements on the Rist
Q
yP = yU + xP (yV − yU ) = yf + xP − yf (21) operation diagram. The line AE is the Rist operation diagram
qd
current condition, and the line A′ E′ is the Rist operation
The slope of the Rist operation diagram is given by the fol- diagram under ideal condition that no harmful elements
lowing equation. into blast furnace. It is concluded that harmful elements can
lead to an increase in the slope of Rist operation diagram,
m(O)/m(Fe)
tan a = (22) which means that the coke ratio increases. The calculation
m(O)/m(C)
results show that the loads and accumulation times of K, Na
Considering the carbon dissolved in hot metal and existed in and Zn under current condition lead to an increase in the
coal, the certain relationship between the slope of the Rist coke ratio by 14.2, 35.8, 9.3 kg/tHM compared to the ideal con-
operation diagram and coke ratio is expressed as the follow- dition. It is clear that harmful elements have significant impact
ing equation. on the coke ratio in the blast furnace.
Figure 7. Effect of loads of harmful elements on gas utilisation. Figure 10. The coke rate increased by the effect of harmful elements.
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