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Mathematical modeling of thermal behavior of single iron ore pellet during heat hardening oxidation

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In this study, a one-dimensional generic model capable of being integrated with reactor scale models is proposed for a single pellet through solving the transient differential conservation equations. Predicted results comparison with the experimental data showed close agreement. In addition, the model was used to investigate the relevance of physical characteristics of pellet, reacting gas composition, diffusion factors, and prevailing regime. It was found that the pure magnetite pellet could achieve a temperature rise of about 245 K at oxygen concentration of 40 vol.%, whereas the maximum temperature difference inside the pellet was approximately 24 K. Moreover, increasing pellet size, the maximum attainable temperature reached a peak and then leveled out. Furthermore, by decreasing the pore diameter, the pellet size with peak temperature shifted to the smaller pellet sizes. Analyzing the numerical results also showed that for the small pellet sizes, shortening the diffusion path leads to the spreading of the reaction interface. The modeling methodology herein can be applied to any particulate processes and is not limited to the aforementioned case.

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The authors acknowledge the Golgohar Iron Ore and Steel Company for the financial support.

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  1. Department of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), 424 Hafez Ave, Tehran, 15875-4413, Iran

    H. Amani & E. K. Alamdari

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology (Tehran Polytechnic), Tehran, Iran

    H. Ale Ebrahim

  3. Faculty of Science, Technology and Medicine, University of Luxembourg, 2 avenue de l’Université, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg

    A. Estupinan & B. Peters

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Amani, H., Alamdari, E.K., Ale Ebrahim, H. et al. Mathematical modeling of thermal behavior of single iron ore pellet during heat hardening oxidation. J Therm Anal Calorim 147, 2293–2303 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-020-10532-1

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