Electroreduction Kinetics for Molten Oxide Slags

The oxygen-ion conductor, the reducing agent, and the molten oxide slag containing electroactive matter were used as constituent of a galvanic cell. Metal was directly electroreduced from molten slag using a short-circuit galvanic cell. The following galvanic cell was assembled in the present experiment： graphite rod, [-O]Fe-C saturated ｜ZrO2 （MgO） ｜ Cu（1） ＋ （FeO）（slag） , and molybdenum wire. The FeO electroreduction reaction was studied through measuring short circuit current by controlling factors such as temperature, the FeO content in molten slags, and the external circuit resistance. An overall kinetics model was developed to describe the process of FeO electroreductiono It was found that the modeled curves were in good agreement with the experimental values. The new oxide reduction method in the metallurgy with controlled oxygen flow was proposed and the metallurgical theory with controlled oxygen flow was developed.

炼铁过程富氧及混煤对燃料燃烧性能的影响

高炉喷吹用燃料的燃烧性能对于高炉冶炼过程来说是非常重要的,使用燃烧性能较好的高炉喷吹燃料更有利于提高煤比、降低焦比,从而降低高炉冶炼成本。为响应节能减排政策,对一些钢铁企业采取了煤粉的限制采购和使用等措施,使得兰炭成为高炉喷吹用燃料的有效替代品。通过工业分析、元素分析和热重分析试验比较了烟煤、无烟煤和兰炭3种高炉喷吹燃料的差异,并研究了不同混合方案以及不同富氧率条件下兰炭燃烧性能的变化。研究结果表明,燃料的综合燃烧特性与其初始燃烧温度、最终燃烧温度和燃烧反应时间均有一定的相关性。3种燃料中,烟煤的综合燃烧特性最好,无烟煤次之,兰炭的综合燃烧特性最弱。为了提高兰炭的燃烧特性,对兰炭和烟煤进行混合燃烧试验,发现随着混合燃料中烟煤含量的增加,混合燃料的综合燃烧特性参数呈现出逐渐增加的趋势,并且在兰炭和烟煤的混合燃烧试验中发现存在协同效应。在研究富氧率对兰炭燃烧性能影响时发现,随着富氧率的增加,兰炭的燃烧性也呈现出逐渐增加的趋势,但是增加的幅度较小。当富氧率由0增加至20%时,兰炭的综合燃烧特性参数从4.53×10^(-14)增加至6.05×10^(-14) min^(-2)·℃^(-3)。综上所述,烟煤的添加以及富氧率的提高均对兰炭的燃烧性能有明显的改善效果。