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Research on the characteristics and kinetics of direct reduction of limonite ore fines under CO atmosphere in a rotary drum reactor

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Abstract The behaviors of reduction and carbon deposition during the isothermal reduction of porous limonite ore fines by CO–N2 gas mixtures were investigated using a rotary drum reactor in the… Click to show full abstract

Abstract The behaviors of reduction and carbon deposition during the isothermal reduction of porous limonite ore fines by CO–N2 gas mixtures were investigated using a rotary drum reactor in the temperature range of 750–900 °C. As the results suggested, the CO level and reaction temperature significantly impacted the reduction degree and the rate of reduction. It was found that in pure CO atmosphere at 750 °C, the reduction of iron oxides occurred with the carbon deposition reaction, which formed filamentous carbon before 60 min reduction. While with the extension of reduction time, the filamentous carbon disappeared, and the porous graphite clusters were formed due to the elevating level of deposited carbon in the reduced particles. A new mechanism including eight steps was proposed to clarify this phenomenon. Yet at 900 °C, the reduced particles gradually showed a sponge-like structure with reduction proceeded, and the iron whiskers precipitated on the particle surface and spread out significantly in 50 vol% CO–N2 atmosphere. As the mathematical modeling of the experimental data suggested, the overall reduction of Fe2O3 to Fe could be presented by a 3D diffusion model in the whole temperature range investigated. The value of apparent activation energy for the reduction of limonite to metallic iron was found to be nearly 104.4 kJ/mol.

Keywords: ore fines; rotary drum; reduction; carbon; limonite ore; drum reactor

Journal Title: Powder Technology
Year Published: 2019

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