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Energy Consumption and CO2 Emissions in Ironmaking and Development of a Novel Flash Technology
Metals, 2019 The issues of energy consumption and CO2 emissions of major ironmaking processes, including several new technologies, are assessed. These two issues are interconnected in that the production and use of fuels to generate energy add to the total amount of ...
Hong Yong Sohn
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Българско е-Списание за Археология, 2022 The research subject is the newly discovered Early Medieval metallurgical complex Brestnitsa–Poleto in northwestern Bulgaria. The preliminary results of the conducted excavations and laboratory analyses presented here focus on the discovered bloomery ...
Stiliyan Ivanov +4 more
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Crystals, 2023 Blast furnace–basic oxygen furnace (BF–BOF) process is the predominant method for smelting vanadium titano-magnetite (VTM) in China. Hydrogen-rich (H2-rich) gas injection in BF is considered as an important way to reduce CO2 emission under the background
Ran Xin +7 more
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Metals, 2018 The effects of microwave plasma induction and reduction on the promotion of the carbothermal reduction of iron oxides (α-Fe2O3, γ-Fe2O3, and Fe3O4) are investigated using in situ emission spectroscopy measurements during 2.45 GHz microwave processing ...
Jun Fukushima, Hirotsugu Takizawa
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Acoustic Material Monitoring in Harsh Steelplant Environments
Applied Sciences, 2023 This paper provides novel insights into the robustness of machine learning and signal-processing-based acoustic material classification for material transport in modern iron- and steelmaking.
Adnan Husaković +3 more
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Estimation of Iron Ore Pellet Softening in a Blast Furnace with Computational Thermodynamics
Metals, 2021 In blast furnaces it is desirable for the burden to hold a lumpy packed structure at as high a temperature as possible. The computational thermodynamic software FactSage (version 7.2, Thermfact/CRCT, Montreal, Canada and GTT-Technologies, Aachen, Germany)
Mikko Iljana +2 more
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Global assessment of biomass suitability for ironmaking — opportunities for co-location of sustainable biomass, iron and steel production and supportive policies [PDF]
, 2018 Iron and steel production processes are amongst the biggest industrial contributors to the global carbon emissions, and national as well as international obligations are set to drive their significant emission reductions.
Al-Yahyai +35 more
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A Comparison of Laboratory Coal Testing with the Blast Furnace Process and Coal Injection
Metals, 2021 The injection of coal through tuyeres into a blast furnace is widely adopted throughout the industry to reduce the amount of coke used and to improve the efficiency of the iron making process. Coals are selected depending on their availability, cost, and
Julian Steer +2 more
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A Graphical Tool to Describe the Operating Point of Direct Reduction Shaft Processes
Metals, 2023 This article presents a new graphical tool for direct reduction shaft processes inspired by the Rist diagram developed for blast furnaces. The tool represents gas flows using vectors, with specific consumption and specific oxidation as components to ...
Thibault Quatravaux
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Effect of Iron Ore Pellet Size on Metallurgical Properties
Metals, 2022 Iron ore pellets are small and hard spherical particles agglomerated from a fine iron ore concentrate. They are used in the blast furnace process to produce hot metal. The diameter of blast furnace pellets is usually between 8 and 16 mm. In this study, a
Mikko Iljana +4 more
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