Monitoring the Ring Formation in Rotary Kiln for Pellet Firing

  • Deqing Zhu
  • Xianlin Zhou
  • Yanhong Luo
  • Jian Pan
  • Cailing Zhen
  • Guixiang Huang

Abstract

The grate-kiln process has been widely applied for oxide pellet production with the quick development of steel industry in China, but ring formation takes place which adversely affects the productivity and properties of fired pellets. Rotary kiln at high temperature seems a black box, and ring formation is difficult to measure directly by current technology. It’s of great importance to monitor ring formation during firing of pellets. Therefore, a method for estimating the thickness of ring formation in rotary kilns was studied, based on working out theoretically the relationship between ring thickness and the outside surface of the kiln, according to steady-state heat transfer across a cylinder, which provides a soft-sensing technique for ring formation at high temperature, and achieves stable pellet production.

Keywords

monitoring soft-sensing ring formation pellet rotary kiln 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Deqing Zhu
    • 1
  • Xianlin Zhou
    • 1
  • Yanhong Luo
    • 1
  • Jian Pan
    • 1
  • Cailing Zhen
    • 2
  • Guixiang Huang
    • 2
  1. 1.School of Minerals Processing and BioengineeringCentral South UniversityChangsha, HunanChina
  2. 2.WISCO MineralsWuhan, HubeiChina

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