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Reduction of chromium-bearing vanadium–titanium sinter (CVTS) was studied under simulated conditions of a blast furnace, and thermodynamics and kinetics were theoretically analyzed. Reduction kinetics of CVTS at different temperatures was evaluated using a shrinking unreacted core model. The microstructure, mineral phase, and variation of the sinter during reduction were observed by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, and metallographic microscopy. Results indicate that porosity of CVTS increased with temperature. Meanwhile, the reduction degree of the sinter improved with the reduction rate. Reduction of the sinter was controlled by a chemical reaction at the initial stage and inner diffusion at the final stage. Activation energies measured 29.22–99.69 kJ/mol. Phase transformations in CVTS reduction are as follows: Fe2O3→Fe3O4→FeO→Fe; Fe2TiO5→Fe2TiO4→FeTiO3; FeO·V2O3→V2O3; FeO·Cr2O3→Cr2O3.
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This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51604065 and 51674084), the Fundamental Funds for the Central Universities (Nos. 150203003 and 150202001), the Natural Science Foundation of Liaoning Province (20170540316), the China Postdoctoral Science Foundation (2017M611246), and the NEU Postdoctoral Science Foundation (No. 20160304).
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Yang, St., Zhou, M., Jiang, T. et al. Isothermal reduction kinetics and mineral phase of chromium-bearing vanadium–titanium sinter reduced with CO gas at 873–1273 K. Int J Miner Metall Mater 25, 145–152 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12613-018-1557-z
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