Effect and function mechanism of sinter basicity on softening-melting behaviors of mixed burden made from chromium-bearing vanadium-titanium magnetite

The effect of sinter basicity on softening-melting behaviors of mixed burden made from chromium-bearing vanadium-titanium magnetite(Cr-V-Ti magnetite) was investigated and the function mechanism was simultaneously analyzed.The results show that with increasing sinter basicity from 1.71 to 2.36,the softening interval tends to increase from 149.3 ℃ to 181.7 ℃while the melting interval tends to decrease from 178.0 ℃ to 136.7 ℃.The location of cohesive zone moves downwards firstly and then ascends slightly,but the cohesive zone becomes thinner.The softening-melting characteristic value becomes small,which indicates that the permeability of burden column is improved.The dripping ratio of mixed burden tends to increase firstly and then decrease,which comes to the highest value of 74.50%when the sinter basicity is 2.13.The content and the recovery of V and Cr in dripping iron are all increased.The generation amount of components with high melting point in slag becomes little with the increase of sinter basicity,which could improve the permeability of mixed burden.Taking softening-melting behaviors of mixed burden and recovery of valuable elements into account,the proper sinter basicity is no less than 2.13 for smelting mixed burden made from Cr-V-Ti magnetite in blast furnace.

Primary slag formation behavior during reduction process of SFCA-I and SFCA

Because the formation behavior of primary slag which decomposed from complex calcium ferrite(SFCA-I and SFCA)is not quite clear,the migration behavior of CaO and Al_(2)O_(3) derived from high basicity or high alumina sinter is always worth studying.The reducibility of three representative sinter samples and the formation behavior of primary slag during reduction process were investigated via X-ray diffraction,scanning electron microscopy,and energy-dispersive spectroscopy characterization.The results show that the reducibility of high basicity sinter is superior to that of high alumina sinter.Minerals with poor reducibility like hercynite and brownmillerite and with large-grained particles like free alumina and silica form in sinters with basicity of 2.4 and Al_(2)O_(3) content of 4 wt.%,respectively.The appearance of these minerals can well explain the reduction stagnation phenomenon occurring in these sinter samples.The migration behavior of CaO and Al_(2)O_(3) during slag formation process is different.CaO can easily combine with SiO2 to form silicate phase or firstly form calcium-rich ferro-aluminate solid solution and then transform to silicate phase,while Al_(2)O_(3) firstly combines with CaO and FeO to form solid solution and then,gradually combines with SiO2 to form calcium aluminum silicate phase.