A device and method for
selective reduction and stepwise
smelting of
limonite laterite nickel ore to produce
nickel-
cobalt alloy and molten iron belong to the field of
mineral processing and metallurgical technology. The device includes a
silo, a screw feeder, a multi-stage
cyclone preheating and
drying system, a
flue gas dust removal
system, a
fluidized bed roasting main furnace
heating system, a first
cyclone separator, a
fluidized bed reduction reactor, a second
cyclone separator, a first electric furnace
smelting reactor, and a second electric furnace
smelting reactor. The method steps are as follows:
limonite laterite nickel ore is placed in the
silo; it is fed into the multi-stage cyclone preheating and
drying system, preheated, and then enters the
roasting main furnace for heating,
dehydration, and
decomposition to form dried material; after gas-
solid separation, the
solid material enters the reduction reactor, and the high-temperature
flue gas is returned to the system for preheating and
drying;
nitrogen and reducing gas are introduced into the inlet of the reduction reactor respectively, forming reduced material that flows out from the outlet; the
solid material after gas-solid separation enters the smelting reactor, and excess gas is burned for heating; the iron-rich
slag is melted and reduced, and then discharged after smelting.