Three-dimensional modelling of in-furnace coal/coke combustion in a blast furnace

Fuel ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 90 (2) ◽  
pp. 728-738 ◽  
Author(s):  
Y.S. Shen ◽  
B.Y. Guo ◽  
A.B. Yu ◽  
P.R. Austin ◽  
P. Zulli
Keyword(s):  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Coke Combustion

Measurement of erosion state and refractory lining thickness of blast furnace hearth by using three-dimensional laser scanning method

2020 ◽  
Vol 118 (1) ◽  
pp. 106
Author(s):  
Lei Zhang ◽  
Jianliang Zhang ◽  
Kexin Jiao ◽  
Guoli Jia ◽  
Jian Gong ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Laser Scanning ◽  
Refractory Lining ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
3D Laser Scanning ◽  
Scanning Method ◽  
Blast Furnace Production ◽  
Severe Erosion ◽  
Residual Thickness ◽  
Minimum Depth

The three-dimensional (3D) model of erosion state of blast furnace (BF) hearth was obtained by using 3D laser scanning method. The thickness of refractory lining can be measured anywhere and the erosion curves were extracted both in the circumferential and height directions to analyze the erosion characteristics. The results show that the most eroded positions located below 20# tuyere with an elevation of 7700 mm and below 24#–25# tuyere with an elevation of 8100 mm, the residual thickness here is only 295 mm. In the circumferential directions, the serious eroded areas located between every two tapholes while the taphole areas were protected well by the bonding material. In the height directions, the severe erosion areas located between the elevation of 7600 mm to 8200 mm. According to the calculation, the minimum depth to ensure the deadman floats in the hearth is 2581 mm, corresponding to the elevation of 7619 mm. It can be considered that during the blast furnace production process, the deadman has been sinking to the bottom of BF hearth and the erosion areas gradually formed at the root of deadman.

Simulation of Pulverized Coal Injection in a Blast Furnace

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mingyan Gu ◽  
Zumao Chen ◽  
Naresh K. Selvarasu ◽  
D. Huang ◽  
Pinakin Chaubal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Coal Mass ◽  
Pulverized Coal ◽  
Cfd Model ◽  
Mass Distributions ◽  
Pulverized Coal Injection ◽  
Fluid Flow Velocity ◽  
Coal Injection ◽  
Parametric Studies

A three-dimensional multiphase CFD model using an Eulerian approach is developed to simulate the process of pulverized coal injection into a blast furnace. The model provides the detailed fields of fluid flow velocity, temperatures, and compositions, as well as coal mass distributions during the devolatilization and combustion of the coal. This paper focuses on coal devolatilization and combustion in the space before entering the raceway of the blast furnace. Parametric studies have been conducted to investigate the effect of coal properties and injection operations.

Prediction of Raceways in a Blast Furnace

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naresh K. Selvarasu ◽  
D. Huang ◽  
Zumao Chen ◽  
Mingyan Gu ◽  
Yongfu Zhao ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Particle Size ◽  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Operating Conditions ◽  
Gas Oil ◽  
Cfd Model ◽  
Coke Particle ◽  
Fuel Gas ◽  
Computational Fluid Dynamics Cfd ◽  
Insight Into

In a blast furnace, preheated air and fuel (gas, oil or pulverized coal) are often injected into the lower part of the furnace through tuyeres, forming a raceway in which the injected fuel and some of the coke descending from the top of the furnace are combusted and gasified. The shape and size of the raceway greatly affect the combustion of, the coke and the injected fuel in the blast furnace. In this paper, a three-dimensional (3-D) computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model is developed to investigate the raceway evolution. The furnace geometry and operating conditions are based on the Mittal Steel IH7 blast furnace. The effects of Tuyere-velocity, coke particle size and burden properties are computed. It is found that the raceway depth increases with an increase in the tuyere velocity and a decrease in the coke particle size in the active coke zone. The CFD results are validated using experimental correlations and actual observations. The computational results provide useful insight into the raceway formation and the factors that influence its size and shape.

scholarly journals Effect of CO2 injection into blast furnace tuyeres on the pulverized coal combustion

2021 ◽  
Vol 40 (1) ◽  
pp. 131-140
Author(s):  
Juanjuan Jiang ◽  
Rong Zhu ◽  
Shengtao Qiu
Keyword(s):  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Coal Combustion ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Metallurgical Industry ◽  
Pulverized Coal ◽  
Co2 Injection ◽  
Endothermic Effect ◽  
Outlet Temperature ◽  
Pulverized Coal Combustion

Abstract CO2 injection into blast furnace tuyeres is a new technology to utilize CO2, aiming at expanding the way of CO2 self-absorption in the metallurgical industry. The decisive factor of whether CO2 can be mixed into a blast-furnace hot blast and the proper mixing ratio is the effect of CO2 injection on pulverized coal burnout. To investigate the effect of CO2 injection into tuyeres on pulverized coal burnout, a three-dimensional mathematical model of pulverized coal flow and combustion in the lower part of the pulverized coal injection lance-blowpipe-tuyere-raceway was established, and the effect of CO2 injection into tuyeres on pulverized coal combustion rate and outlet temperature is analyzed. The numerical simulation results show that the delay of pulverized coal combustion in the early stage is caused by the endothermic effect of the reaction of CO2 with carbon, and the burnout of pulverized coal is increased in the later stage due to the oxidation of CO2.

Numerical Analysis of Flow Behavior Inside the Blast Furnace

2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dong Fu ◽  
Fengguo Tian ◽  
Guoheng Chen ◽  
D. Frank Huang ◽  
Chenn Q. Zhou
Keyword(s):  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Gas Flow ◽  
Cfd Simulation ◽  
Flow Behavior ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Furnace Productivity ◽  
Gas Distribution ◽  
Furnace Shaft ◽  
Parametric Studies ◽  
Flow Through

Gas and burden distributions inside a blast furnace play an important role in optimizing gas utilization versus the furnace productivity and minimizing the CO2 emission in steel industries. In this paper, a mathematical model is presented to describe the burden descent in the blast furnace shaft and gas distribution, with the alternative structure of coke and ore layers being considered. Multi-dimensional Ergun’s equation is solved with considering the turbulent compressible gas flow through the burden column. The porosity of each material will be treated as a function of three dimensional functions which will be determined by the kinetics sub-models accordingly. A detailed investigation of gas flow through the blast furnace will be conducted with the given initial burden profiles along with the effects of redistribution during burden descending. Also, parametric studies will be carried out to analyze the gas distribution cross the blast furnace under different cohesive zone (CZ) shapes, charging rate, and furnace top pressure. A good agreement was obtained between the CFD simulation and published experimental data. Based on the results, the inverse V shape is proved to be the most desirable CZ profile.

scholarly journals Three-dimensional Multiphase Mathematical Modeling of the Blast Furnace Based on the Multifluid Model.

2002 ◽  
Vol 42 (1) ◽  
pp. 44-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose Adilson de Castro ◽  
Hiroshi Nogami ◽  
Jun-ichiro Yagi
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Modeling ◽  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Three Dimensional

Numerical Analysis on the Refractory Wear of the Blast Furnace Main Trough

2014 ◽  
Vol 92 ◽  
pp. 294-300 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ca Min Chang ◽  
Yon Sen Lin ◽  
Chien Nan Pan ◽  
Wen Tung Cheng
Keyword(s):  
Shear Stress ◽  
Blast Furnace ◽  
Erosion Rate ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Stress Profile ◽  
Refractory Wear ◽  
Main Trough ◽  
Split Operator ◽  
Shear Stress Profile ◽  
Volume Method

This study aims to numerically analyze the refractory wear of the blast furnace main trough. The three dimensional transient Navier-Stocks equation associated with the volume of fluid (VOF) was developed to describe the flow fields of air, molten iron and slag in the main trough of the blast furnace during tapping process; and then solved by the finite volume method (FVM) subject to the pressure implicit with split operator (PSIO). Based on the Newton’s law of viscosity, the computed shear stress profile in the impingement region consists with the erosion rate of main trough from the no. 4 blast furnace at China Steel Corporation (CSC BF4). The influence of the tapping angle and the ratio of iron to slag in tapping stream on the wall shear stress of main trough was also examined for the suggestion to minimize the refractory wear of blast furnace main trough in this work.

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