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Process for producing sponge iron and reduced iron powder sponge iron and charging apparatus

a technology of sponge iron and reduced iron powder, which is applied in the direction of charging apparatus, charging manipulation, furniture, etc., can solve the problems of long reduction time required, low productivity, and significant heating energy consumption required for reduction

Inactive Publication Date: 2005-09-08
JFE STEEL CORP
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[0022] It is an object of the present invention to advantageously solve various problems described above of the known art. That is, it is an object of the present invention to provide a method for manufacturing sponge iron, wherein the method has high productivity and can easily adjust the yield.
[0041] In the fourth aspect of the present invention, the charger preferably includes a cylindrical main body having a diameter of up to 85% of the inside diameter of the container; and a lower end composed of part of a cylinder, the horizontal section of the cylinder being a circle having a diameter of 90% to 95% of the inside diameter of the container, wherein the horizontal section of the lower end has the shape of a sector including the center of the circle and part of the circumference of the circle, or has a shape including the sector. Such a structure can be preferably used to reduce the thickness of the layer composed of the reducing-agent powder disposed at the peripheral portion described in suitable condition (1). Furthermore, even when a projection composed of an adherent is produced in the reaction container, the above-described charger can be disposed without interference.

Problems solved by technology

However, in a process having the structure charged as shown in FIG. 1, there is a problem in that it takes a long time required for the reduction because of the long diffusion lengths of the CO and CO2 gases.
For example, in a manufacturing step for an industrial-scale production with a tunnel furnace for heating, a long time required for the reduction decreases reaction efficiency (gas use efficiency); hence, it takes several days from charging materials to drawing a product, thus leading to low productivity.
Furthermore, heating energy consumption required for the reduction is significantly large.
There are problems with a low degree of flexibility in adjusting the yield as well as the limitation of the yield.

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[0157] In this Inventive Example, an iron oxide layer having a thickness of 50 mm and a reducing-agent layer having a thickness of 50 mm were charged in the form of interwound helices. A cylindrical reaction container was used with a height of 1.8 m and with an inner diameter of 40 cm. A mixture of coke powder having a particle size of up to 1 mm and 16 percent by mass of limestone having an average particle size of about 95 μm was used as the reducing-agent powder. Pulverized mill scale having a particle size of up to 0.1 mm (after pulverizing, the mill scale was screened. The resulting mill scale included 40 percent by mass of particles that can pass through 60 μm mesh) was used as the iron oxide powder. Both mill scale powder and coke powder had an average particle size within a range of 0.05 to 10 mm.

[0158] An apparatus for charging materials as shown in FIG. 4A was used. The charging was performed as follows: The height of the opening of the outlet for iron ...

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[0160] In this Inventive Example, an iron oxide layer having a thickness of 35 mm and a reducing-agent layer having a thickness of 65 mm were charged in the form of interwound helices. Iron oxide and a solid reducing agent were charged with the same reaction container, material powder, and apparatus for charging materials as Inventive Example 1. The charging was performed as follows: The height of the opening of the outlet for iron oxide powder 15 was adjusted to 35 mm. The height of the opening of the outlet for reducing-agent powder 16 was also adjusted to 65 mm. The rotatable charging cylinder 14b was operated at a rotating speed of 4 rpm and at a rising speed of 400 mm / min.

[0161] As a result of the charging, charged interwound helices each having 17 turns were obtained, wherein the iron oxide layer had a thickness of 35 mm and the layer of solid reducing agent had a thickness of 65 mm. The charged iron oxide weighed 237 kg.

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[0162] In this Inventive Example, an iron oxide layer having a thickness of 60 mm and a reducing-agent layer having a thickness of 40 mm were charged in the form of interwound helices. Iron oxide and a reducing agent were charged with the same reaction container, material powder, and apparatus for charging materials as Inventive Example 1. The charging was performed as follows: The height of the opening of the outlet for iron oxide powder 15 was adjusted to 60 mm. The height of the opening of the outlet for reducing-agent powder 16 was also adjusted to 40 mm. The rotatable charging cylinder 14b was operated at a rotating speed of 4 rpm and at a rising speed of 400 mm / min.

[0163] As a result of the charging, charged interwound helices each having 17 turns were obtained, wherein the iron oxide layer had a thickness of 60 mm and the layer of solid reducing agent had a thickness of 50 mm. The charged iron oxide weighed 406 kg.

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Abstract

A method for manufacturing sponge iron and an apparatus for charging in the method are disclosed. Iron oxide powder and reducing-agent powder are charged such that alternating layers of the iron oxide powder and the reducing-agent powder are formed and such that each of the layers is in the form of a helix, and then a reduction treatment is performed. The method has not only high reaction efficiency of a gas, high quality, and high productivity, but also the advantage for a production adjustment because the amount of charge can be adjusted without the limitation of a reduction time. The molar ratio of the carbon content in the reducing agent to the oxygen content in the iron oxide in the reaction container is preferably 1.1 or more.

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TECHNICAL FIELD [0001] The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing sponge iron used as a material in manufacturing iron powder and a method for manufacturing reduced iron powder with the sponge iron manufactured by the method. [0002] The reduced iron powder is used in the form of powder as-is, and also used as a material for a sintered product such as a mechanical component and a magnetic material. [0003] The present invention also relates to an apparatus for charging a material of sponge iron manufactured by the method for manufacturing a sponge iron, and relates to high-purity sponge iron that can be manufactured by the method. BACKGROUND ART [0004]FIGS. 1A and 1B shows a general process for manufacturing sponge iron. FIG. 1A is a vertical sectional view illustrating a state of materials charged in a container. FIG. 1B is a horizontal sectional view illustrating a state of materials charged in a container. [0005] Sponge iron is manufactured by the following procedu...

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IPC IPC(8): C21B13/00F27D3/00F27D3/08
CPCC21B13/00F27D3/08F27D3/0033F27D3/003
Inventor SUZUKI, YOSHITOMOSONOBE, AKIOKUROKI, TAKASHISAKAGUCHI, YASUHIKOITAYA, HIROSHIMISUMI, YOTSUOFUNATSU, ISAO
Owner JFE STEEL CORP