Self-reduction Mechanism of Coal Composite Stainless Steel Dust Hot Briquette

To efficiently recycle valuable metals such as chromium and nickel in stainless steel dust, self-reduction ex- periments were carried out to study the reduction mechanism of metal oxides in coal composite stainless steel dust hot briquette, which is defined as a CCSB here. Self-reduction of CCSB is proceeded by volatile matter and fixed carbon contained within CCSB. Experiments were performed to study the effects of temperature and carbon to oxygen （C/OCoal） ratio on self reduction of CCSB. At 1400 and 1450℃, volatile matter in coal used for experiment could take the place of about 40℃ of fixed carbon in coal. Under the present experimental conditions, reduction product of chromium appears as FeCr2O2, Cr2O3, Cr7C3 , and [Cr] in turn during reduction. To evaluate the formation of met al nuggets in self reduction process of CCSB, metal nuggets containing chromium and nickel were observed in outside of reduction products under various conditions, and thermodynamic equilibrium calculation was carried out for possi hie products and formation of molten metal by fixed carbon. SEM and EDS analyses were made for metal nugget and slag in reduced product. The results reveal that it is reasonable to achieve the metal nuggets at 1450℃, 0.8 of C/OCoal ratio and 20 min of reduction time. The nugget formation can indicate one innovative process for comprehensive utilization of stainless steel dust.

Mass Loss and Direct Reduction Characteristics of Iron Ore-coal Composite Pellets

Mass loss and direct reduction characteristics of iron ore-coal composite pellets under different technological parameters were investigated. Meanwhile, changes of iron phase at different temperatures were analyzed by using X-ray diffraction （XRD）, and characteristics of crushed products were studied by using a scanning electron microscope （SEM）. The results showed that heating rate had little influence on the reduction, but the temperature played an important role in the reduction process. The mass loss rate increased rapidly from 800 to 1 100 ℃. The reduction process can be divided into three steps which correspond to different temperature ranges. Fe2 03 began to transform into Fe304 below 500 ℃, and FeO was reduced into Fe from 900 ℃. At 900 ℃, the reduction product showed a clear porous structure, which promoted the reduction progress. At 1000 ℃, the metallic Fe dominated the sample, and the reduction reached a very high degree.

Carbothermal Reduction Synthesis of Al_2O_3-SiC Powders from Coal Gangue

The Al2O3 -SiC composite powders were prepared in argon atmosphere rising coal gangue and carbonaceous materials （ carbon black, active carbon and antbravite） as starting materials by carbothermal reduction. Effects of excessive carbon addition, carbon types. temperature, soaking time. shaping pressure, types and amount of additives on phase composition and micro-structure of the Al2O3 - SiC composite powders were investigated. The re.suits indicate that： temperature, soaking time and chloride additi＇ve have significant influence on the synthesized Al2O3 -SiC composite powders. Based on the results, the optimized Al2O3 -SiC composite powders , Al2O3 58 mass% and SiC 42 mass%, with particle size d50 ≤5μm were prepared using coal gangue and carbon black as starting materials after 3 h firing at 1550 ℃. and proper additive addition could reduce the temperattlre by 50 ℃.