Effect of coal and coke ash on blast furnace slag properties : a comparison between pulverized coal, charcoal, fossil-based coke, and biocoke
Heikkilä, Anne; Iljana, Mikko; Heikkinen, Eetu-Pekka; Koskela, Aki; Fabritius, Timo (2021-05-22)
Heikkilä, A., Iljana, M., Heikkinen, E., Koskela, A. and Fabritius, T. (2022), Effect of Coal and Coke Ash on Blast Furnace Slag Properties: A Comparison Between Pulverized Coal, Charcoal, Fossil-Based Coke, and Biocoke. steel research int., 93: 2100188. https://doi.org/10.1002/srin.202100188
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Abstract
Blast furnace (BF) is the most used equipment for production of iron in the world. It is charged mainly with metallurgical coke and ferrous materials. When descending inside the BF, iron-bearing materials start reducing and melting with other burden materials. This melting leads to the formation of so-called primary slags from which the final slag is formed as materials descend inside the furnace. Each charge material has a unique effect on the total composition of the BF slag. Herein, the parts of the slag, which originate from ash of metallurgical coke and pulverized coal, and changes in the final slag compositions and properties are focused on. The global trend is to decrease the use of fossil-based carbon by replacing it with bio-based coal. Ash from coke and pulverized coal eventually dissolve in the final slag, affecting its properties. The purpose herein is to evaluate how BF slag composition changes when fossil-based coke is replaced with biocoke and pulverized coal is replaced with charcoal. Based on mass balance calculations, these replacements have both increasing and decreasing effects on solidus and liquidus temperatures, viscosity, and CaO/SiO₂ and MgO/Al₂O₃ ratios depending on the used replacement materials.
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