To support the development of technology to utilize low-grade Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate, the reduction of the concentrate by coal was systematically investigated in the present paper. A liquid phase formed when the...To support the development of technology to utilize low-grade Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate, the reduction of the concentrate by coal was systematically investigated in the present paper. A liquid phase formed when the Ti Nb-bearing Fe concentrate/coal composite pel- let was reduced at temperatures greater than 1100℃. The addition of CaCO3 improved the reduction rate when the slag basicity was less than 1.0 and inhibited the formation of the liquid phase. Mechanical milling obviously increased the metallization degree compared with that of the standard pellet when reduced under the same conditions. Evolution of the mineral phase composition and microstructure of the reduced Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate/coal composite pellet at 1100~C were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microsco- py-energy-dispersive spectroscopy. The volume shrinkage value of the reduced Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate/coal composite pellet with a basicity of 1.0 was approximately 35.2% when the pellet was reduced at 1100℃ for 20 min, which enhanced the external heat transfer to the lower layers when reduced in a practical rotary hearth furnace. The present work provides key parameters and mechanism understanding for the development of carbothermic reduction technology of a Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate incorporated in a pyrometallurgical utilization flow sheet.展开更多
基金financial support of the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (FRF-TP-16-019A1)the State Key Laboratory of Advanced Metallurgy (41617007), University of Science and Technology Beijing
文摘To support the development of technology to utilize low-grade Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate, the reduction of the concentrate by coal was systematically investigated in the present paper. A liquid phase formed when the Ti Nb-bearing Fe concentrate/coal composite pel- let was reduced at temperatures greater than 1100℃. The addition of CaCO3 improved the reduction rate when the slag basicity was less than 1.0 and inhibited the formation of the liquid phase. Mechanical milling obviously increased the metallization degree compared with that of the standard pellet when reduced under the same conditions. Evolution of the mineral phase composition and microstructure of the reduced Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate/coal composite pellet at 1100~C were analyzed by X-ray diffraction and scanning electron microsco- py-energy-dispersive spectroscopy. The volume shrinkage value of the reduced Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate/coal composite pellet with a basicity of 1.0 was approximately 35.2% when the pellet was reduced at 1100℃ for 20 min, which enhanced the external heat transfer to the lower layers when reduced in a practical rotary hearth furnace. The present work provides key parameters and mechanism understanding for the development of carbothermic reduction technology of a Ti-Nb-bearing Fe concentrate incorporated in a pyrometallurgical utilization flow sheet.
基金partial financial support from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 52101231)the Science Fund of Shandong Laboratory of Yantai Advanced Materials and Green Manufacturing,China (No. AMGM2021F09)the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province,China (No. ZR2021QE044)。
基金This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation for Youth of China(No.51701083)the Guangzhou Science and Technology Association Young Talent Lifting Project,China(No.X20210201054)+1 种基金the Open Fund of National Joint Engineering Research Center for Abrasion Control and Molding of Metal Materials,China(No.HKDNM201903)the National Key Research and Development Project,China(No.2020YFC1107202).