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Outotec Direct Reduction Technologies

process, including laboratory and pilot plant programs. Our direct reduction offering covers: • Design, engineering, delivery, and services for traditional SL/RN direct reduction plants based on a rotary kiln, with non-coking coal as the reductant and fuel. • Design, engineering, delivery, and services for SL/RN-

DEVELOPMENT OF A DOUBLE LAYER LINING FOR DRI …

Diverse process use the rotary kiln for DRI production, for instance SL/RN Process, JINDAL Process, DRC Process, CODIR Process; a complete list of processes and aggregates is posted in the table 1.

Coal-Based Dr Processes Using Rotary Kilns

ABSTRACT. In all coal-based Direct reduction (DR) processes, sized iron ore (pellets can of course be used if desired) and a coarse fraction of noncoking coal are fed into the …

Nitrogen in SL/RN direct reduced iron: origin and effect …

In total,, 26% of DRI is produced in rotary kiln coal based processes such as the Stelco Lurgi/ ... that produced via the rotary kiln route. Since the SL/RN process is a solid state reduction

Application of coal-based direct reduction-magnetic separation process

At present, the mainstream process of coal-based direct reduction in the world is mainly the rotary kiln method, and its process flowchart is shown in Fig. 1.The existing rotary kiln processes in the world mainly include the German Ruch process (SL/RN), German Krupp Codir process, British AccAR process, Indian TDR process, …

A study on the accretion formation in DRI kilns and …

based and the remaining 115 plants are coal based. Among all the available options, rotary kilns have been widely used as a reactor in coal based plants and the important processes applying this technology include: SL/RN, Codir, ACCAR, DRC, TDR, SIIL and Jindal [6–9]. In the present work SL/RN process based plant is

Prospects for Coal-based Direct Reduction Process

Kobe Steel has developed coal-based direct reduction (DR) technologies, the FASTMET, FASTMELT and ITmk3 processes, which reduce carbon composite agglomerates …

Coal pyrolysis in a rotary kiln: Part II. Overall model of the …

In order to simulate coal pyrolysis in a rotary kiln in the steady-state regime, a mathematical model has been developed which calculates the temperature profiles in the charge, the gas, and the furnace walls, together with the gas composition and the degree of removal of volatile species. The model takes into account the principal physicochemical …

Alternative ironmaking processes and their ferrous burden …

Unlike the gas-based DR processes in which shaft furnaces (MIDREX and ENERGIRON) and fluidized bed reactors (FINMET) are often used, rotary kilns …

Nitrogen in SL/RN Direct Reduced Iron: Origin and …

In the steel plant considered here, direct reduced iron (DRI), produced by the coal-based SL/RN process, makes up 50% or more of the total iron charge. SL/RN DRI samples from a kiln cooler had high nitrogen contents (50-250ppm, depending on particle size), contributing to elevated nitrogen levels in liquid steel produced in the EAFs.

Schematic arrangement of SL/RN direct reduction …

The coal-based processes can be grouped into four categories according to their reduction reactors. The rotary kiln processes include ACCAR/OSIL, DRC, Krupp-CODIR and SL/RN processes.

(PDF) Operation of Coal-Based Sponge Iron Rotary Kiln to …

Operation of Coal-Based Sponge Iron Rotary Kiln to Reduce Accretion Formation and Optimize Quality and Power Generation ... The model has also been employed to examine scale-up of the SL/RN ...

Rotary Kilns

We start with the cement and lime processes and then move on to describe some of the carbothermic reduction processes that employ the rotary kiln as the primary device where we examine two processes, iron ore reduction (the SL/RN (acronym for steel-making companies Stelco, Lurgi, and Republic National) process) and ilmenite ore reduction …

Direct and smelting reduction

Design, engineering, delivery, and services for traditional SL/RN direct reduction plants based on a rotary kiln, with non-coking coal as the reductant and fuel. Design, engineering, delivery, and services for SL/ …

ENERGY-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY OPTIONS FOR DIRECT …

3.0 Energy-efficient Technologies in Direct Reduction of Iron Process 17 3.1 Waste Heat Recovery for Power Generation 18 3.2 Iron Ore Preheating Rotary Kiln Using Waste Heat Recovery System 20 3.3 Coal Gasification for Partial Substitution in Rotary Kiln 22 3.4 Waste Heat Recovery-based Absorption Chiller 23

Alternative ironmaking processes and their ferrous burden …

Typical examples of the coal-based process include the SL/RN and FASTMET processes. Unlike the gas-based DR processes in which shaft furnaces (MIDREX and ENERGIRON) and fluidized bed reactors (FINMET) are often used, rotary kilns (SL/RN) and rotary hearth furnaces (FASTMET) are typically adopted in the coal …

Nitrogen in SL/RN direct reduced iron: origin and effect on …

The SL/RN DRI samples from a kiln cooler had high nitrogen contents (50–250 ppm, depending on particle size), contributing to elevated nitrogen levels in liquid steel produced in the electric arc furnaces.

(PDF) Operation of Coal-Based Sponge Iron …

In this communication, OI methodology is used to study the operability characteristics of direct reduction of iron ore by coal in a rotary kiln using a rigorous process model.

Direct Reduction Process

At present, the mainstream process of coal-based direct reduction in the world is mainly the rotary kiln method, and its process flowchart is shown in Fig. 1. The existing rotary kiln processes in the world mainly include the German Ruch process (SL/RN), German Krupp Codir process, British AccAR process, Indian TDR process, Indian Sill process ...

SL –RN process

Rotary kiln processes for direct reduction of iron oxides are based on coal as reductant. Of the various rotary kiln process the Krupp Codir process and Lurgi SL/RN process …

Mathematical model of the SL/RN direct reduction process

A mathematical model has been developed to predict the operating behavior of an SL/RN direct reduction kiln from a knowledge of the main process variables. The model is based on steady state principles and is capable of quantitatively describing the different chemical reactions in the kiln such as reduction, Boudouard reaction, coal devolatilization, …

Direct Reduction Process

The coal-based direct reduction process uses solids as reducing agents, mostly non-coking coal or carbonaceous materials. During the reaction process, a large amount of …

Comparison of different coal-based direct reduction …

The rotary kiln processes include ACCAR/OSIL, DRC, Krupp- ... Midrex and HYL processes are generally used for gas based reduction and SL/RN process is the most common coal based technology. The ...

SL/RN coal-based direct reduction

The SL/RN process is a proven coal-based direct reduction technology, its versatility being characterised by flexibility in the use of raw materials (lump ores, pellets, iron-bearing …

Oxidizing and reducing conditions in a DRI rotary kiln

Diverse process use the rotary kiln for DRI production, for instance SL/RN Process, JINDAL Process, DRC Process, CODIR Process; a complete list of processes and aggregates is posted in the table 1.

Chapter 1 Review of Sponge Iron Making Process …

reducing agent like coke breeze or bituminous coal fines are fed into rotary kiln continuously. The temperature of the rotary kiln is kept in the range of 1230- 1260oC. At this temperature the gangue materials of the ore is converted to very ... In 1991 out of total coal based process the SL/RN process constitutes 56% of the total direct ...

History, developments and processes of direct reduction …

The third process is the coal-based rotary kiln SL/RN (Stelco-Lurgi/Republic Steel-National-Lead). Because of the disadvantages of the HyL I retort process regarding economy and product quality the company Hojalata y Lamina developed in the beginning of the 1980ies the HyL III shaft furnaces process.

(PDF) Accretion Build Up Resistant Refractories for Sponge Iron Kilns

The charge of SL / RN process, us ually consists of lump iron ore or pellets, coal, recycled char and lime / dolomite, if sulphur removal is required. Counter-flowing gases heat the feed material.

Metals | Free Full-Text | Energy Consumption and CO2 …

The coal-based direct reduction process uses rotary kilns . Although this process is slower and rather cumbersome, it is robust, uses less expensive non-coking coal instead of coke, operates at lower temperatures, and requires less feed preparation than most other ironmaking processes.