Iron ore sintering is one of the key steps in the ironmaking process, where granulated pellets are transformed into sinter in the sintering machine, providing an ideal raw material for ironmaking blast furnace. Drum granulation in the sintering process plays an essential role in determining the final sintering performance.
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829During sintering, water plays a key role, as a binder to granulate the iron ore mix. It permeates through ore particles under the influence of capillary force and reaches the surface and then migrates further into ore particles [6].
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Sintering is a thermal process of converting loose fine particles into a solid coherent mass by heat and/or pressure without fully melting the particles to the point of melting.
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The principal mechanism of iron ore granulation can be described as the layering of adhering fine particles onto the coarse nuclei particles under the action of water, as shown in Fig., this mechanism is commonly known as "autolayering" [5, 6].A typical iron ore granule is generally comprised of an inner seed coarse particle, which acts as the nucleus of the granule, and an ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Iron ore sintering is an important step in ironmaking by the blast furnace route. Sinter now accounts for more than 70% of the blast furnace burden. Raw sinter feed consisting of iron ore fines, coke breeze, limestone, lime, dunite or dolomite and the return sinter fines is initially agglomerated in a rotary drum.
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Sintering process for iron ore fines Like other sintering processes, iron ore sintering converts iron ore fines of often − 8 mm sizing into larger agglomerates, namely, sinter, between 5 and 50 mm particle size, which possess the physical and metallurgical characteristics and gas permeability required for efficient blast furnace operation.
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The appropriate content and distribution of sinter moisture play an important role in the granulation of iron ores. In this study, the effects of porosity, size distribution, and particle shape on the water absorption rate (WAR) of four types of iron ores were analyzed by using the immersion method and capillary water absorption method. In addition, the mechanism underlying the water ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Accurate computational models of sintering behavior would assist to enhance sinter quality and are anticipated to play a role in yield prediction. Sintering is a vital process in the manufacturing of iron and steel. As a consequence, the primary objective of these models will be a thorough simulation of mass and heat transport during the sintering process. In this paper, based on the ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Abstract and Figures. Sinter plants process a mixture of iron ore fines, recycled ironmaking products, slagforming agents and solid fuel (coke) with the finality of obtaining a product with the ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Therefore, the carbon and Cl content of the raw materials used for iron ore sintering are important to the formation of dioxins. This is supported by Kawaguchi et al. (2002c), who reported that the properties and contents of the solid fuels and chlorides in the raw mixture significantly affect dioxin emissions during the iron ore sintering process.
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The sintering process is an important production link in the iron and steel industry, and its energy consumption accounts for about 1116% of the total energy consumption of the industry, and the pollutants emitted by sintering account for about 50% of the total emissions of steel enterprises [1, 2].In April 2019, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment of the People's Republic of China ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Sintering is an agglomeration process that fuses iron ore fines, fluxes, recycled products, slagforming elements and coke. The purpose of sintering is to obtain a product with suitable...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Meanwhile, an iron ore sinter is a crucial material for the ironmaking process, and its chemical, physical, and metallurgical properties significantly impact the blast furnace (BF) performance. 9 In turn, the main materials used for a sinter are iron ore fines, and their chemical compositions play a critical role in the sintering process.
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829In the ironore sintering process, a lowmeltingpoint phase can be formed by solidstate reaction between iron ore and flux, such as CaOFe 2 O 3 and Fe 2 O 3 SiO 2. These compounds melt at increasing temperature and above 1100 °C the assimilation of solids into this primary melt occurs at a significant rate.
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The total reaction involved in the process of sintering is the sum of a number of reactions which involve reactions in heating zone, reactions in sintering zone and reactions in cooling zone. These reactions are illustrated schematically for typical sintering of a limefluxed haematite ore in Fig. 11. Fig. : Development of Minerals during ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Sintering is a thermal agglomeration process that is applied to a mixture of iron ore fines, recycled ironmaking products, fluxes, slagforming agents and solid fuel (coke).
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The iron ore sintering experiment was carried out according to the standard process. After weighing, mix all the raw materials, pour them into a firststage drum for dry mixing for 1 min, then pour them into a secondstage drum and add water for wet mixing, which continues for 10 min.
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Sintering or frittage is the process of compacting and forming a solid mass of material by pressure [1] or heat [2] without melting it to the point of liquefaction. Sintering happens as part of a manufacturing process used with metals, ceramics, plastics, and other materials. The nanoparticles in the sintered material diffuse across the ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Iron ore sinter is the main raw material feed to the blast furnace (BF), which is still the primary method for producing pig iron worldwide . Sintering technology was developed to reuse ironmaking residues and to agglomerate ore fines, making them suitable for use in the BF.
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829Zhang et al., Influencing factors and mechanism of water absorption process of iron ores during sintering 123 equation. V = M/t (1) where V (g/min), M (g), and t (min) indicate the WAR, the mass of water absorbed in and among iron ore particles, and the water absorption time, respectively. In principle, water
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829The sintering process is used to agglomerate a mix of iron ore fines, return fines, fluxes, and coke, with a particle size of less than 10 mm, so that the resulting sinter, with a screened size of 5 mm to 30 mm, can withstand pressure and temperature conditions in the blast furnace (BF). The process of sintering of iron ore fines was primarily ...
WhatsApp: +86 18838072829In iron making process, sintering of iron ore fines is an integral step to utilize not only the ore fines but also to introduce a part of flux (limestone and dolomite) along with the sinter in blast furnace burden. In this way, the productivity of the furnace considerably improves.
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