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Ferrous Metallurgy
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Objectives:
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The removal of certain elements (impurities) present in the Blast furnace exhaust gas and to prevent plugging and damaging of the checkers or burners and keep dust away to be exposed in combustion 44
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If not removed these impurities would cause problems while burning in boiler-house or burning in blast furnace stoves.
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General description:
As, the blast furnace gas leaves the top of the furnace, it contains dust particles varying in size from about 6mm(about inch) to only a few microns(1 micron equals 0.001mm or about 0.00004 inch). The dust is carried out of the top of the blast furnace in the gas stream is generally referred to as flue dust,
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(flue dust) it normally contains dust particles along with fine particles of coke, burden material and chemical compounds that are formed in the blast furnace reactions. Sometimes there may be large lumps of coke, when the burden slips in the blast furnace operation.
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Q. How to clean the Blast Furnace Gas?
Ans. Using,
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a dustcatcher
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passed through a dustcatcher, where almost all of the particles coarser than 0.8mm (0.03 inch) are removed. The dustcatcher is a large, cylindrical structure and 20 to 30 meters(about 33 to 39 feet) in diameter and 20 to 30 meters (about 66 to 98 feet) high. It is usually lined with brick or gunite to insulate it and prevent condensation of moisture in the gas so that the dust will remain relatively dry and will not ball up but will flow freely into the conically shaped section at the bottom of the dustcatcher.
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The gas is conducted to the dustcatchers by a single downcomer and enters through the top by a vertical pipe that carries the gas downward inside the dustcatcher. These pipes flares outward at its lower extremity like an inverted funnel, so that as the gas passes downward its velocity (and thus its dust carrying potential) decreases, and most of the dust coarses than 0.8mm(0.03 inch) drops out of the gas stream and is deposited in the cone at the bottom of the dustcatcher, because the bottom of the dustcatcher is closed, and the gas outlet is near the top, the direction of the travel of the gas must reverse 180 degrees. This sudden reversal in the direction of flow causes more of the dust to drop out of the gas stream.
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The dust that accumulates in the dustcatcher is generally removed through a pug mill attached to the bottom cone below shut-off valve. Water is added to the dust as it passes through the pug mill to moisten it and prevent it from blowing into the atmosphere as it is discharged. Each Blast Furnace has set schedule of emptying dustcatcher.
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is taken to assure that massive amounts of gas are not discharged with the dust.
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Process
Now-a-days, Siemens VAI gas scrubber has been developed with the option of one or three annular scrubbing units. The scrubber completes the gas cleaning process to a guaranteed dust content of less than 5 mg/Nm3, whilst controlling the furnace pressure to within 1.5% of its set point.
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References:
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The Making, Shaping and Treating of steel By Harold E. Mcganon (Page # 561-565) www.siemens-vai.com\blast furnace technology
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Asad Kaleemullah (MME-07-09) Zahid Nazir (MME-07-16) Muhammad Usman Asghar (MME-07-17)