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Establishment and industrial practice of high-temperature process evaluation system in sintering

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The behaviors of typical iron ores at high temperature were observed by confocal scanning laser microscopy. Four critical temperature points and liquid flow velocity at high temperatures of iron ores were obtained and the temperature points contain temperature at which sample starts to shrink, temperature at which the initial liquid phase forms, temperature at which a lot of liquid forms and temperature at which liquid consolidation ends. Under the same CaO to Fe2O3 ratio, the liquid phase fluidity of iron ore fines of Carajas (IOC) is good. However, under the same basicity, as the content of SiO2 in IOC is low, the liquid phase fluidity of IOC is much smaller than that of Yandi fine. After analysis of the initial formation and development of the liquid phase and the final consolidation process, the high-temperature process evaluation system (HTPES for short) of iron ore was established. The idea of “dense ore matching fusible ore” instead of “relatively fusible ore” was proposed based on the results of HTPES and applied in ore matching of a sinter plant from Shougang Jingtang. The use of IOC (13–18%) instead of standard sintering fines (SSF) improved liquid phase fluidity and ensured the sinter quality. Furthermore, the use of IOC fine (18–23%) with Hainan fine (0–2%) instead of SSF, a mixture of hematite and Marra Mamba ore and concentrates guaranteed the quality of sinter ore through improving fluidity, in the meantime reducing ore matching costs. With the establishment and application of HTPES, the sinter plant has achieved good economic benefits under the premise of ensuring the quality of sinter ore.

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This work is supported by National Key R&D Program of China (2017YFB0304300 and 2017YFB0304301).

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  1. School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing, 100083, China

    Yuan-dong Pei & Sheng-li Wu

  2. Shougang Research Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100043, China

    Yuan-dong Pei, Xiao-jing Shao, Zhi-xing Zhao, Ze-jun Ma & Wei-dong Zhang

  3. Beijing Key Laboratory of Green Recyclable Process for Iron and Steel Production Technology, Beijing, 100043, China

    Yuan-dong Pei, Xiao-jing Shao, Zhi-xing Zhao, Ze-jun Ma & Wei-dong Zhang

  4. Shougang Jingtang Integrated Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Tangshan, 063200, Hebei, China

    Gang An

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Pei, Yd., Wu, Sl., Shao, Xj. et al. Establishment and industrial practice of high-temperature process evaluation system in sintering. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 25, 910–922 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42243-018-0132-1

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