Dry centrifugal granulation(DCG)experiments for blast furnace slag(BFS)were performed by means of a rotary disk atomizer since water quenching method can create a series of problems.The results showed that the DCG met...Dry centrifugal granulation(DCG)experiments for blast furnace slag(BFS)were performed by means of a rotary disk atomizer since water quenching method can create a series of problems.The results showed that the DCG method can granulate the BFS,but the results are easily affected by the slag flow rate,disk rotating speed,disk radius,disk material and slag falling height.The granulating parameters with an excessive flow rate,low rotating speed,SiN–SiC disk,stainless steel disk and low slag falling height are detrimental to the granulation process.The most suitable parameters for granulation are a slag flow rate of 5.1×10^(−5) m^(3)/s,a disk rotating speed of 1500–2300 r/min,a slag falling height of 0.8 m and a smooth graphitic disk with the radius of 0.1 m.In the absence of an off-center flow,the overall best granulating effect produces round particles with mean diameter of 3.43 mm without creating slag fiber.The vitreous content of the BFS particles granulated by graphite disks is 92%,which meets the requirements of cement raw materials.The Bond work index of dry granulated BFS is 18.4 kWh/t,and the grindability of dry granulated slag and water-quenched slag is similar.展开更多
Centrifugal granulation is one key step to enable waste heat recovery from the molten slag in the iron and steel industry.Yet,it remains unknown about the granulation characteristics of molten slag with different chem...Centrifugal granulation is one key step to enable waste heat recovery from the molten slag in the iron and steel industry.Yet,it remains unknown about the granulation characteristics of molten slag with different chemical compositions,especially at high throughput.In this work,we provided an experimental study on centrifugal granulation with four types of molten slags.The stage-specific centrifugal granulation was recorded and analyzed at first.Both effects of atomizer configuration and chemical compositions on granulation were investigated in detail.The cup-type atomizer favors film-mode disintegration and possesses better anti-adhesion capacity although the final granule size was not strongly affected by the atomizer configuration.Most importantly,centrifugal granulation has been demonstrated with appreciable adaptability to composition-specific blast furnace(BF)slag with binary basicity of 0.9-1.3.The present study not only sheds light on the modest effect of the chemical composition of molten slag on centrifugal granulation characteristics,but also gains credit for the adaptivity of CGATER.展开更多
基金This work was financially supported by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(2018YFC1900602)the Open Youth Fund of the State key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy,Wuhan University of Science and Technology(2018QN03).
文摘Dry centrifugal granulation(DCG)experiments for blast furnace slag(BFS)were performed by means of a rotary disk atomizer since water quenching method can create a series of problems.The results showed that the DCG method can granulate the BFS,but the results are easily affected by the slag flow rate,disk rotating speed,disk radius,disk material and slag falling height.The granulating parameters with an excessive flow rate,low rotating speed,SiN–SiC disk,stainless steel disk and low slag falling height are detrimental to the granulation process.The most suitable parameters for granulation are a slag flow rate of 5.1×10^(−5) m^(3)/s,a disk rotating speed of 1500–2300 r/min,a slag falling height of 0.8 m and a smooth graphitic disk with the radius of 0.1 m.In the absence of an off-center flow,the overall best granulating effect produces round particles with mean diameter of 3.43 mm without creating slag fiber.The vitreous content of the BFS particles granulated by graphite disks is 92%,which meets the requirements of cement raw materials.The Bond work index of dry granulated BFS is 18.4 kWh/t,and the grindability of dry granulated slag and water-quenched slag is similar.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:52206070)Innovative Research Group Project of National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:52021004)+1 种基金Venture&Innovation Support Program for Chongqing Overseas Returnees(Grant No.:cx2021080)National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.:52106074).
文摘Centrifugal granulation is one key step to enable waste heat recovery from the molten slag in the iron and steel industry.Yet,it remains unknown about the granulation characteristics of molten slag with different chemical compositions,especially at high throughput.In this work,we provided an experimental study on centrifugal granulation with four types of molten slags.The stage-specific centrifugal granulation was recorded and analyzed at first.Both effects of atomizer configuration and chemical compositions on granulation were investigated in detail.The cup-type atomizer favors film-mode disintegration and possesses better anti-adhesion capacity although the final granule size was not strongly affected by the atomizer configuration.Most importantly,centrifugal granulation has been demonstrated with appreciable adaptability to composition-specific blast furnace(BF)slag with binary basicity of 0.9-1.3.The present study not only sheds light on the modest effect of the chemical composition of molten slag on centrifugal granulation characteristics,but also gains credit for the adaptivity of CGATER.
