Coke behavior with H_(2)O in a hydrogen-enriched blast furnace:A review

Hydrogen-enriched blast furnace ironmaking has become an essential route to reduce CO_(2)emissions in the ironmaking process.However,hydrogen-enriched reduction produces large amounts of H_(2)O,which places new demands on coke quality in a blast furnace.In a hydrogen-rich blast furnace,the presence of H_(2)O promotes the solution loss reaction.This result improves the reactivity of coke,which is 20%-30%higher in a pure H_(2)O atmosphere than in a pure CO_(2)atmosphere.The activation energy range is 110-300 kJ/mol between coke and CO_(2)and 80-170 kJ/mol between coke and H_(2)O.CO_(2)and H_(2)O are shown to have different effects on coke degradation mechanisms.This review provides a comprehensive overview of the effect of H_(2)O on the structure and properties of coke.By exploring the interactions between H_(2)O and coke,several unresolved issues in the field requiring further research were identified.This review aims to provide valuable insights into coke behavior in hydrogen-rich environments and promote the further development of hydrogen-rich blast furnace ironmaking processes.

Establishment and industrial practice of high-temperature process evaluation system in sintering

The behaviors of typical iron ores at high temperature were observed by confocal scanning laser microscopy. Four critical temperature points and liquid flow velocity at high temperatures of iron ores were obtained and the temperature points contain temperature at which sample starts to shrink, temperature at which the initial liquid phase forms, temperature at which a lot of liquid forms and temperature at which liquid consolidation ends. Under the same CaO to Fe203 ratio, the liquid phase fluidity of iron ore fines of Carajas （IOC） is good. However, under the same basicity, as the content of SiO2 in IOC is low, the liquid phase fluidity of IOC is much smaller than that of Yandi fine. After analysis of the initial formation and development of the liquid phase and the final consolidation process, the high-temperature process evaluation system （HTPES for short） of iron ore was established. The idea of ＂dense ore matching fusible ore＂ instead of ＂relatively fusible ore＂ was proposed based on the results of HTPES and applied in ore matching of a sinter plant from Shougang Jingtang. The use of IOC （13-18%） instead of standard sintering fines （SSF） improved liquid phase fluidity and ensured the sinter quality. Furthermore, the use of IOC fine （18-23%） with Hainan fine （0-2%） instead of SSF, a mixture of hematite and Marra Mamba ore and concentrates guaranteed the quality of sinter ore through improving fluidity, in the meantime reducing ore matching costs. With the establishment and application of HTPES, the sinter plant has achieved good economic benefits under the premise of ensuring the quality of sinter ore.

Effect of soft reduction process on segregation of a 400 mm thick high-alloy steel slab

During the solidification of high-alloy steel(0.4C–1.5Mn–2Cr–0.35Mo–1.5Ni),the high temperature gradient of solidified shell as well as the columnar crystal development would contribute to the centre segregation and cracking due to the high carbon and alloy contents.The effect of soft reduction process on the segregation of a 400 mm thick high-alloy steel slab was analysed.Industrial trials in a steel mill were performed combining with segregation analysis.The inner quality of the high-alloy steel slab produced through the optimised soft reduction procedures and had a significant improvement in centre segregation.The reduction amount is increased from 20%of solid phase fraction,to avoid the segregation due to the long liquid core,and the reduction rate is deceased from 1.35 to 0.88 mm/m as well.This operation would contribute to the symmetrical distribution of solute element and decrease the segregation to avoid the cracking.An obvious improvement in centre segregation to mainly 1.0 class of high-alloy slab after procedure optimization was achieved.The quality improvement of slab would ensure the quality of downstream forging.

Growth mechanism for zinc coatings deposited by vacuum thermal evaporation

The vacuum thermal evaporation technique was used to simultaneously deposit zinc coatings onto interstitial free steel plates and single-crystal silicon wafers in a high vacuum environment.The effect of substrate temperature on the mor-phology and crystal orientation of zinc coatings was investigated.When the substrate temperature was 25 and 50℃,the zinc crystallites were plate-like and grew under a particular angle to the substrate surface.After the substrate was heated to 100℃,the zinc crystallites were regular hexagonal and arranged almost parallel to the substrate surface.In addition,observation of pure zinc coatings with different thicknesses showed that the growth of zinc coating was mainly in the Volmer-Weber mode.When the process parameters were appropriate,the zinc coating was composed of closely arranged columnar crystallites,and the crystallites grew preferentially along[0001]direction.