To reduce NO<sub><i>x</i></sub> emission based on optimizing the existing states of coarse coke breeze during iron ore sintering process

QUE Zhi-gang; WU Sheng-li; AI Xian-bin

doi:10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2019.02.21.001

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QUE Zhi-gang, WU Sheng-li, AI Xian-bin. To reduce NOx emission based on optimizing the existing states of coarse coke breeze during iron ore sintering process[J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2020, 42(2): 163-171. doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2019.02.21.001

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QUE Zhi-gang, WU Sheng-li, AI Xian-bin. To reduce NO_x emission based on optimizing the existing states of coarse coke breeze during iron ore sintering process[J]. Chinese Journal of Engineering, 2020, 42(2): 163-171. doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2019.02.21.001

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To reduce NO_x emission based on optimizing the existing states of coarse coke breeze during iron ore sintering process

doi: 10.13374/j.issn2095-9389.2019.02.21.001

QUE Zhi-gang^{1, 2
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WU Sheng-li^{1
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AI Xian-bin²

1.
School of Metallurgical and Ecological Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
2.
Institute of Energy Research, Jiangxi Academy of Science, Nanchang 330096, China

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Corresponding author: E-mail: wushengli@ustb.edu.cn
Received Date: 2019-02-21
Publish Date: 2020-02-01

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With the development of the iron and steel industry, the amount of NO_x emissions is increasing year by year, and this causes environmental pollution in forms such as acidic rain and photochemical smog, which greatly threatens human health and social development. The iron and steel industry is one of the major sources of NO_x emissions, accounting for more than 10% of the total NO_x emissions, and the iron ore sintering process is one of the major sources of NO_x emissions in the iron and steel industry, as it accounts for more than 50% of the total emissions of iron and steel plants. Hence, it is extremely urgent to reduce NO_x emissions under the current high requirements of environmental protection. Since sintering gas is characterized by large volume, high dust and oxygen content, low NO_x concentration, and the presence of SO₂, available technologies used in De-NO_x have the disadvantages of low efficiency and high investment and cost. Presently, how to cost-effectively reduce the NO_x emission of the iron ore sintering process is a new challenge in the iron and steel industry. In the sintering process, NO_x is mainly generated in the combustion of solid fuels, which is affected by the existing states of coarse solid fuels. Hence, the combustion behaviors of uncovered and coated coarse coke breeze and the effects of their addition methods on the NO_x emission and the bonding strength of the sinter were investigated by the visible micro sintering and combustion equipment. Then, the optimal existing state of coarse coke breeze was explored by sinter pot tests. The results show that compared with the uncovered coarse coke breeze, the NO_x emission decreases by 56% when coarse coke breeze is coated with calcium ferrite fines. As the coarse coke breeze is separated and controlled to be in an uncovered state, then it is added into the sintering materials after first mixing process, NO_x emission increases by about 56% and the strength of the sinter decreases. The maximum concentration of NO_x and conversion rate of N element decrease by 8% and 27%, respectively, when the coke breeze is a coated state by controlling in the size of 0.50?3.15 mm, respectively. The sinter indexes are also improved.
- iron ore sinter,
- NO_x,
- solid fuel,
- existing state,
- combustion behavior,
- adding method

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