Method for increasing the charring ratio of coal
AssigneesPohang Iron & Steel Co., Ltd., Research Institute of Industrial Science & Technology, Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH
InventorsMin Young Cho, Myoung Kyun Shin, Young Che Chung, Dael Whei Lee
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method for increasing the charring ratio of coal. In manufacturing an ingot iron using the coal, magnesium oxide or limestone is used as an additive for charring the coal. The additive increases the charring ratio of the coal while giving no affection onto slag. An MgO suspension or limestone suspension is mixed with the coal and thus obtained mixture is dried to attach MgO or the limestone onto the surface of the coal. The charring effect is increased and the using amount of coke can be reduced.
Claims2
A method for increasing a charring ratio of coal used for reducing and melting an iron ore in a melter-gasifier in the smelting reducing ironmaking process, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a magnesium oxide (MgO) suspension;
- mixing said prepared MgO suspension with said coal wherein said MgO suspension is mixed with said coal so that the amount of MgO in said MgO suspension is in the range from about 2 g to about 9.7 g based on 100 g of dried coal when said basicity of said slag required in said ironmaking process is about 1.0 to about 1.3;
- drying said mixture to attach MgO onto a surface of said coal so as to restrain the generation of volatile matter of the thus obtained coal in the melter-gasifier;
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- feeding said coal into the melter-gasifier in the smelting reducing ironmaking process.
A method for increasing a charring ratio of coal used for reducing and melting an iron ore in a melter-gasifier in the smelting reduction ironmaking process, comprising the steps of:
- preparing a limestone suspension;
- mixing said prepared limestone suspension with said coal wherein said limestone suspension is mixed with said coal so that the amount of said limestone in said limestone suspension is in the range from about 2 g to about 17.0 g based on 100 g of dried coal when said basicity of said slag required in said ironmaking process is about 1.0 to about 1.3;
- drying said mixture to attach said limestone onto a surface of said coal so as to restrain the generation of the volatile matter of the thus obtained coal in the melter-gasifier;
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- feeding said coal into the melter-gasifier in the smelting reducing ironmaking process.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.