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Blast furnaces are counter-current chemical reactors used to reduce iron ore into liquid iron. Hot reduction gases are blasted through a burden consisting of iron ore pellets, slag, flux, and coke. The chemical reactions that occur through the furnace reduce the iron ore pellets into liquid iron as they descend through the furnace. Experimental studies and live operation measurements can be extremely difficult to perform on a blast furnace due to the extremely harsh environment generated by the operational process. Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) modeling has been developed and applied to simulate the complex multiphase reacting flow inside a blast furnace shaft. The model is able to predict the burden distribution pattern, Cohesive Zone (CZ) shape, gas reduction utilization, coke rate, and other operational conditions. This paper details the application of this model to investigate the effects of coke size and porosity, iron ore pellet size, and burden descent speed on blast furnace efficiency.
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Okosun, T., Silaen, A.K., Tang, G., Wu, B., Zhou, C.Q. (2016). CFD Analysis of Blast Furnace Operating Condition Impacts on Operational Efficiency. In: Nastac, L., et al. CFD Modeling and Simulation in Materials Processing 2016. The Minerals, Metals & Materials Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-65133-0_10
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