Some Aspects of the Control for the Radial Distribution of Burden Material and Gas Flow in the Blast Furnace

Anatoliy Golovchenko, Roman Dychkovskyi, Yuliya Pazynich, Cáceres Cabana Edgar, Natalia Howaniec, Bartłomiej Jura and Adam Smolinski
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Anatoliy Golovchenko: Interdisciplinary Institute of Continuing Education, Dnipro University of Technology, UA-49027 Dnipro, Ukraine
Roman Dychkovskyi: Department of Development & Research, Dnipro University of Technology, UA-49027 Dnipro, Ukraine
Yuliya Pazynich: Interdisciplinary Institute of Continuing Education, Dnipro University of Technology, UA-49027 Dnipro, Ukraine
Cáceres Cabana Edgar: Scientific Research Institute of the Center of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Universidad Nacional de San Agustin de Arequipa, Arequipa PE-04000, Peru
Natalia Howaniec: Department of Energy Saving and Air Protection, Central Mining Institute, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
Bartłomiej Jura: Experimental Mine Barbara, Central Mining Institute, Plac Gwarkow 1, 40-166 Katowice, Poland
Adam Smolinski: Department of Energy Saving and Air Protection, Central Mining Institute, 40-166 Katowice, Poland

Energies, 2020, vol. 13, issue 4, 1-11

Abstract: The paper presents an experimental study on the formation process of burden surface texture on the blast furnace throat and its influence on the radial distribution of gas flow. The study was performed with the application of blast furnaces equipped with a bell-type charging device using radio-isotope means for the control of burden surface texture (profile) and burden surface level, i.e., gamma locators for burden surface texture. The study was carried out under the conditions of an operating blast furnace in an iron and steel plant using a unique GEOTAPS system for automated control of geometric and temperature parameters of burden material surface on the blast furnace throat. The influence of the surface texture on the gas flow distribution was also investigated. The possibility of a self-stabilization effect for burden surface texture and gas flow in an operating blast furnace under suitable conditions was experimentally proven. As a result of the experimental study performed, four ways of energy-saving technology implementation were determined for the control of blast furnace melting based on the data on the burden surface texture and previously unknown regularities of surface layer formation of burden material on the throat of an operating blast furnace with a bell-type charging device. The main idea of the paper is the development of automated control for the radial distribution of burden material and gas flow using actual or predicted surface texture parameters as important intermediate factors that both describe the process and have a significant simultaneous influence on it.

Keywords: gas flow in blast furnace; energy saving; process efficiency (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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