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EP2840152B1
EP2840152B1 EP12878418.8A EP12878418A EP2840152B1 EP 2840152 B1 EP2840152 B1 EP 2840152B1 EP 12878418 A EP12878418 A EP 12878418A EP 2840152 B1 EP2840152 B1 EP 2840152B1
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Takeshi Sato
Hiroyuki Sumi
Hidekazu Fujimoto
Takashi Anyashiki
Hideaki Sato
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21B—MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
    • C21B5/00—Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21B—MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
    • C21B5/00—Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
    • C21B5/006—Automatically controlling the process
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21B—MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
    • C21B5/00—Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
    • C21B5/008—Composition or distribution of the charge
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B1/00—Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
    • C22B1/14—Agglomerating; Briquetting; Binding; Granulating
    • C22B1/24—Binding; Briquetting ; Granulating
    • C22B1/242—Binding; Briquetting ; Granulating with binders
    • C22B1/244—Binding; Briquetting ; Granulating with binders organic
    • C22B1/245—Binding; Briquetting ; Granulating with binders organic with carbonaceous material for the production of coked agglomerates

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  • the present invention relates to a method for operating a blast furnace using carbon iron composite produced by briquetting a mixture of coal and iron ore and carbonizing the briquetted material.
  • Carbon iron composite produced by carbonizing a briquetted material prepared by briquetting a mixture of coal and iron ore has high reactivity, accelerates reduction of sintered ore, can decrease the thermal reserve zone temperature of the blast furnace since reduced iron ore is partly contained, and thus can decrease the reducing agent rate.
  • Patent Literature 1 An example of a method for operating a blast furnace using carbon iron composite is disclosed in Patent Literature 1, in which ore and carbon iron composite are mixed and charged into a blast furnace.
  • carbon iron composite is characterized by its high reactivity with CO 2 gas shown in formula (a) below.
  • Metallurgical coke is hereinafter referred to as "conventional coke” to distinguish from the carbon iron composite.
  • the reaction of formula (a) is a reaction through which CO 2 generated by reduction of ore shown in formula (b) below is recycled into CO gas having a reducing ability.
  • the region with a high CO 2 gas concentration in the blast furnace is closely related to the gas distribution in the radius direction.
  • Control of gas flow in a radius direction of a blast furnace is a critical operational item that affects permeability and reducing performance.
  • Iron raw materials such as sintered ore, lump ore, and pellets have smaller grain size than the conventional coke produced in a chamber-type coke oven and become fused at high temperature; thus, permeation resistance is increased in a region where the amount of ore is large with respect to the amount of the conventional coke in the radius direction, namely, where the ore/coke amount ratio is high, thereby inhibiting gas flow. Accordingly, the gas flow in the radius direction is controlled by introducing a deviation in the ore/coke amount ratio in the radius direction.
  • EP 2 450 459 A1 discloses a method for operating a blast furnace, comprising forming a coke layer and an ore layer in a blast furnace, in which the coke layer is formed of conventional coke; and the ore layer is formed of carbon iron composite, conventional coke and ore, wherein the ore layer comprises a first ore layer and a second ore lawyer that are charged in two batches, and in both of the first and second ore layers, the carbon iron composite, the conventional coke, and the ore are mixed together.
  • EP 2 431 484 A1 discloses a method for operating a blast furnace, comprising: charging the blast furnace with a charging material including iron ore, coke, and carbon iron composite; injecting gas into the blast furnace from a shaft portion of the blast furnace; and controlling injection temperature, injection rate, or/and vertical injection position of the gas depending on a top gas temperature of the blast furnace.
  • the gas distribution in the radius direction of the blast furnace is generally controlled by adjusting the ore/coke amount ratio in the radius direction.
  • the region where the ore/coke amount ratio is high corresponds to the region with a high CO 2 concentration.
  • carbon iron composite is used by being mixed into the ore layer and the carbon iron composite is uniformly mixed in all parts of the ore layer, it is difficult to increase the carbon iron composite ratio in the region where the ore/coke amount ratio is high.
  • an object of the present invention is to address such issues of the related art and provide a method for operating a blast furnace using carbon iron composite, with which, when carbon iron composite is mixed with ore and used in a blast furnace, the carbon iron composite's function of recycling CO 2 generated by ore reduction into CO gas having a reducing property can be more effectively yielded.
  • the concentration of the carbon iron composite can be increased in a blast furnace in a region where the CO 2 concentration is high, ore reduction can be accelerated through a gasification reaction of the carbon iron composite, and thus the reducing agent rate can be decreased.
  • a blast furnace operation method that uses carbon iron composite includes forming a coke layer and an ore layer, in which the ore layer is formed as a plurality of batches ore layer divided into two or batches, carbon iron composite is mixed into at least one batch of an ore layer in the plurality of batches ore layer but not into at least one different batch of an ore layer.
  • the carbon iron composite ratio at the position in the blast furnace radius direction where the ore layer thickness ratio is large is increased, the carbon iron composite ratio in the region where the CO 2 concentration is high can be increased and the effect of mixing the carbon iron composite can be further enhanced. Accordingly, in an operation in which the ore layer thickness ratio is varied in the furnace radius direction, ore is charged so that the furnace radius direction position varies among the batches of the ore layers and a carbon composite is mixed into a batch of an ore layer at a furnace radius direction position where the ore layer thickness ratio is relatively large.
  • the carbon iron composite is mixed into the batch having a larger ore layer thickness ratio.
  • the carbon iron composite is mixed into at least the batch having the highest ore layer thickness ratio and no carbon iron composite is mixed into the batch having the lowest ore layer thickness ratio.
  • the position where the carbon iron composite ratio is to be increased is preferably an upper portion of the ore layer.
  • Increasing the carbon iron composite ratio in the upper portion of the ore layer can increase the carbon iron composite ratio in the region having a high CO 2 concentration and the effect of mixing the carbon iron composite can be further enhanced.
  • operation is conducted so that the ore layer is divided into two or more batches in the height direction of the ore layer and no carbon iron composite is mixed into at least the ore layer of the batch located at the bottom.
  • the carbon iron composite is preferably mixed into at least the ore layer of the batch located at the top.
  • Fig. 1 shows the case in which the ore layer thickness ratio in the middle portion is large.
  • Fig. 2 shows the case in which the ore layer thickness ratio in the peripheral portion is large.
  • the carbon iron composite is mixed into the batch of an ore layer 5 which is the second batch corresponding to a high-thickness-ratio portion.
  • the carbon iron composite can be selectively mixed into a portion in the radius direction where the ore layer thickness ratio is high.
  • the carbon iron composite is mixed into a batch of an ore layer 7 corresponding to the upper part of the entire ore layer and thus the carbon iron composite can be selectively mixed into the ore upper layer portion.
  • the ore layer may be divided into three or more batches and the carbon iron composite may be mixed into only a particular batch or batches (one or more batches but the number of batches is at least 1 smaller than the total batch number) in order to selectively mix the carbon iron composite in a particular region.
  • the amount of the carbon iron composite to be mixed into the ore is discussed here.
  • To 500 g of sintered ore serving as ore, conventional coke and carbon iron composite were mixed and the mixture was reacted in a CO:N 2 0.3:0.7 (volume ratio) atmosphere at 900°C for 3 hours.
  • the results are shown in Fig. 4 .
  • the amount of the conventional coke mixed was 6% by mass.
  • the amount of the carbon iron composite mixed with the ore is 1.0% by mass or more, the effect of increasing the sintered ore reduction degree is exhibited but the effect is saturated at about 9% by mass.
  • the amount of the carbon iron composite mixed into the ore is preferably 1.0% by mass or more and 9% by mass or less.
  • Fig. 5 shows the relationship between the iron content in the carbon iron composite and the start temperature of the reaction of the carbon iron composite with the CO 2 -CO mixed gas. According to Fig. 5 , along with the increase in the iron content in the carbon iron composite, the reactivity is improved and the reaction start temperature is decreased. A large effect is exhibited at the iron content of 5% by mass and onward and the effect is saturated at 40% by mass or higher. Accordingly, it can be deduced that the preferable iron content is 5% to 40% by mass and more.
  • the iron content in the carbon iron composite is preferably 5% to 40% by mass and more preferably 10% to 40% by mass.
  • a blast furnace operation test was conducted by applying the method of the present invention.
  • the carbon iron composite used was manufactured by briquetting a mixture of coal and iron ore with a briquetting machine, charging the briquettes into a vertical shaft furnace, and performing carbonizing.
  • the shape of the carbon iron composite is illustrated in Fig. 6 .
  • the upper diagram of Fig. 6 is a plan view and the lower diagram of Fig. 6 is a front view.
  • the iron content in the carbon iron composite was 30% by mass. Sintered ore was used as the ore.
  • Charging of raw materials into the blast furnace was conducted as follows: First, a coke layer constituted only by conventional coke was formed and then the ore was charged in two batches as illustrated in Fig. 1 .
  • the average carbon iron composite amount mixed was 100 kg/t.
  • the same percentage of the carbon iron composite was mixed into each of the two ore batches in one case and, in another case, the carbon iron composite was mixed into one (ore layer 2) of the two ore batches only. For the purposes of comparison, operation was also conducted without mixing the carbon iron composite.
  • Case a is a comparative example where the carbon iron composite was not mixed into any of the ore layers 2 and 3 in the distribution control shown in Fig. 1 .
  • Case b is also a comparative example where the carbon iron composite was mixed into both the ore layers 2 and 3 in the distribution control shown in Fig. 1 .
  • Case c is an example of the present invention where the carbon iron composite was mixed into the ore layer 2 only in the distribution control shown in Fig. 1 .
  • the reducing agent rate is low in Case b and Case c where the carbon iron composite was used.
  • the gas utilization rate was higher and the reducing agent rate was lower in Case c where the carbon iron composite was mixed into the ore layer 2 only than in Case b. This is presumably because selectively mixing the carbon iron composite into a portion with a high ore layer thickness ratio promoted gasification of the carbon iron composite and allowed the reduction of the ore to progress.
  • the ore was divided into two batches and charged as illustrated in Fig. 2 .
  • the average amount of the carbon iron composite mixed was 100 kg/t.
  • the same percentage of the carbon iron composite was mixed into each of the two ore batches in one case and, in another case, the carbon iron composite was mixed into one of the two ore batches only. Operation was also conducted without mixing the carbon iron composite.
  • Case d is a comparative example where the carbon iron composite was not mixed into any of the ore layers 4 and 5 in the distribution control shown in Fig. 2 .
  • Case e is also a comparative example where the carbon iron composite was mixed into both the ore layers 4 and 5 in the distribution control shown in Fig. 2 .
  • Case f is an example of the present invention where the carbon iron composite was mixed into the ore layer 5 only in the distribution control shown in Fig. 2 .
  • the reducing agent rate is low in Case e and Case f where the carbon iron composite was used.
  • the gas utilization rate was higher and the reducing agent rate was lower in Case f where the carbon iron composite was mixed into the ore layer 5 only than in Case e. This is presumably because selectively mixing the carbon iron composite into a portion with a high ore layer thickness ratio promoted gasification of the carbon iron composite and allowed the reduction of the ore to progress.
  • the ore was divided into two batches and charged as illustrated in Fig. 3 .
  • the average amount of the carbon iron composite mixed was 100 kg/t.
  • the same percentage of the carbon iron composite was mixed into each of the two ore batches in one case and, in another case, the carbon iron composite was mixed into one of the two ore batches only. Operation was also conducted without mixing the carbon iron composite.
  • Case g is a comparative example where the carbon iron composite was not mixed into any of the ore layers 6 and 7 in the distribution control shown in Fig. 3 .
  • Case h is also a comparative example where the carbon iron composite was mixed into both the ore layers 6 and 7 in the distribution control shown in Fig. 3 .
  • Case i is an example of the present invention where the carbon iron composite is mixed into the ore layer 7 only in the distribution control shown in Fig. 3 .
  • the reducing agent rate is low in Case h and Case i where the carbon iron composite was used.
  • the gas utilization rate was higher and the reducing agent rate was lower in Case i where the carbon iron composite was mixed into the ore layer 7 only than in Case h. This is presumably because selectively mixing the carbon iron composite into an upper layer of the ore layer promoted gasification of the carbon iron composite and allowed the reduction of the ore to progress.

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  1. Procédé pour mettre en oeuvre un haut-fourneau en utilisant un composite carbone fer en formant une couche de coke et une couche de minerai dans le haut-fourneau, le procédé comprenant :
    la division du minerai en une pluralité de lots incluant deux lots ou plus et le chargement du minerai dans un haut-fourneau pour former une couche de minerai,
    le mélange du composite carbone fer dans la couche de minerai d'au moins un lot dans la couche de minerai formée par la pluralité de lots, et
    aucun composite carbone fer n'étant mélangé dans la couche de minerai d'au moins un autre lot, dans lequel
    le minerai est chargé de sorte que des positions où la pluralité de lots est chargée varient dans une direction de rayon de four et un rapport d'épaisseur de couche de minerai défini par l'épaisseur de couche de minerai / (l'épaisseur de couche de minerai + l'épaisseur de couche de coke) est varié dans la direction de rayon de four, et
    le composite carbone fer est mélangé dans une couche de minerai d'un lot qui a un rapport d'épaisseur de couche de minerai relativement grand.
  2. Procédé pour mettre en oeuvre un haut-fourneau en utilisant le composite carbone fer selon la revendication 1, dans lequel
    le minerai est divisé en deux lots ou plus dans le sens de la hauteur de la couche de minerai et est chargé, et
    aucun composite carbone fer n'est mélangé dans au moins une couche de minerai d'un lot situé au fond.
  3. Procédé pour mettre en oeuvre un haut-fourneau en utilisant le composite carbone fer selon la revendication 1, dans lequel
    le minerai est divisé en deux lots dans le sens de la hauteur de la couche de minerai et est chargé de façon à former une couche de minerai positionnée dans une portion supérieure et une couche de minerai positionnée dans une portion inférieure, et
    aucun composite carbone fer n'est mélangé dans la couche de minerai positionnée dans la portion inférieure.
  4. Procédé pour mettre en oeuvre un haut-fourneau en utilisant le composite carbone fer selon la revendication 1, dans lequel
    le minerai est divisé en trois lots dans le sens de la hauteur de la couche de minerai et est chargé afin de former une couche de minerai positionnée dans une portion supérieure, une couche de minerai positionnée dans une portion intermédiaire et une couche de minerai positionnée dans une portion inférieure, et
    aucun composite carbone fer n'est mélangé dans la couche de minerai positionnée dans la portion inférieure.
  5. Procédé pour mettre en oeuvre un haut-fourneau en utilisant le composite carbone fer selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel le composite carbone fer dans la couche de minerai a un rapport de mélange de 1% en masse ou plus par rapport au minerai.
  6. Procédé pour mettre en oeuvre un haut-fourneau en utilisant le composite carbone fer selon la revendication 5, dans lequel le rapport de mélange est de 1 % en masse ou plus et 9 % en masse ou moins.
  7. Procédé pour mettre en oeuvre un haut-fourneau en utilisant le composite carbone fer selon la revendication 1 ou 2, dans lequel la teneur en fer du composite carbone fer est de 5 % à 40 % en masse.
  8. Procédé pour mettre en oeuvre un haut-fourneau en utilisant le composite carbone fer selon la revendication 7, dans lequel la teneur en fer du composite carbone fer est de 10 % à 40 % en masse.
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