Observation of the reactions between iron ore and metallurgical fluxes for the alternative ironmaking HIsarna process

James Whiston; Stephen Spooner; Koen  Meijer; Zushu Li

doi:10.1080/03019233.2021.1948316

Observation of the reactions between iron ore and metallurgical fluxes for the alternative ironmaking HIsarna process

James Whiston, Stephen Spooner, Koen Meijer, Zushu Li

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This work investigates the melting behaviour of iron ore with calcium-based fluxes, including lime, limestone and basic oxygen furnace (BOF) steelmaking slag. With an aim to explore the potential kinetic benefits that can be obtained through the formation of a liquid medium on the overall productivity of HIsarna. A HT-CLSM was used to rapidly heat and observation the interface between a given pair of chosen materials in-situ. Through this method, the rate at which the reaction progressed and the possible disruptive phenomenon that may occur was observed directly. The molten interface of fluxed materials is compared against each other offering insight into relative dissolution rate. Each flux shows promise of increasing ore fluidity to a varying degree with limestone generating above a 60% liquid fraction in the 1400°C reaction temperature.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1142-1150
Number of pages	9
Journal	Ironmaking and Steelmaking
Volume	48
Issue number	10
Early online date	16 Jul 2021
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03019233.2021.1948316
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 16 Jul 2021
Externally published	Yes

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© 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis GroupThis is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use,distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited

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This work was supported by Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [grant number EP/N011368/1].

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HIsarna
calcination
fluxing
high-temperature reactions
in-situ
ironmaking
reaction kinetics

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