Hydrogen-based shaft furnace technology holds promise for low-carbon hydrogen metallurgy. Since hydrogen-assisted iron ore reduction is highly endothermic, inadequate heat supply relevant to the contact of gas and densely packed ores may reduce the rate and efficiency of reductions. The key to addressing this issue lies in understanding the …
MIDREX Plants have produced a cumulative total of more than 1,178 million tons of all forms of DRI (CDRI, HDRI, and HBI) through the end of 2020. MIDREX Technology continued to account for ~80% of worldwide production of DRI by shaft furnaces. At least three MIDREX Modules* established new annual production records and at least nine …
worldwide production of DRI by shaft furnaces in 2022. Natural gas is generally the main source of reducing gas in shaft furnace-based processes, and DRI produced using natural gas has significantly lower CO 2 emissions than DRI produced using coal. In 2022, approximately 70.1% of the DRI produced was natural gas-based (i.e., low CO 2 DRI), …
REDUCTION – ENERGIRON®. Inside the shaft furnace vessel, hot reducing gas is fed to the reduction zone and flows upward counter-current to the iron ore moving bed. The gas distribution is uniform and there is a …
A mathematical model for the simulation of ENERGIRON direct reduction furnaces has been developed. To simulate the reduction steps an un-reacted shrinking core model has been used. A 1D version of the model has been implemented in a software currently working on an industrial plant, that solves in real time a system of partial …
The high operating pressure (6-8barg) inside the moving bed shaft furnace corresponds to low gas velocities and fluidization; therefore, small DR shafts are required for high production rates, and minimized fines carry over by the spent gas is guaranteed, resulting in iron oxide yield of 1.4 tIO/tDRI with screening at 3.2mm and no remelt.
Specific refractory consumption figures (kg of refractories consumed per tonne of liquid steel produced) and EAF lifetimes of scrap-charged compared to DRI-charged EAFs can vary significantly. Typical lifetimes for EAFs are shown below, whereby the wide variation within the furnace types is a result of the maintenance philosophy adopted, which ...
worldwide production of DRI by shaft furnaces in 2022. Natural gas is generally the main source of reducing gas in shaft furnace-based processes, and DRI produced using …
MIDREX process is simple to operate and involves three major unit operations namely (i) iron ore reduction, (ii) gas preheating, and (iii) natural gas reforming. The heart of the MIDREX process is its shaft furnace. It is a cylindrical, refractory-lined vessel and is a key component of the direct reduction process.
The shaft furnace is the primary reactor for the production of DRI. It is a countercurrent moving bed cylindrical reactor in which hematite pellets are reduced by a gas mixture of H 2 and CO. The overall performance of the reactor is affected by the interaction between the gas mixture and solid pellets in terms of heat and mass transfer.
In MIDREX technology, the furnace is a vertical shaft (Fig. 1). A charge of pelletized or lump ore is loaded into the top of the furnace and descends by gravity through the reducing gas. The gas is moved upward passing the ore. Reduction takes place in the central and upper parts of the furnace at a temperature above 900 C. After the reduction ...
1.2.1. Shaft Furnace The shaft furnace is the heart of the DRI process. Iron ore (usually in pellet form) is fed to the top of the furnace, while reducing gas is fed from the side and flows counter-currently to the ore. The reducing gas enters the furnace at 850–900 C for Midrex or 920–1050 C for Energiron III [12].
DRI and steelmaking slags. The authors dropped DRI pellets into liquid slag pools and analyzed, e.g., the pressure increase in their furnace resulting from DRI–slag reactions. One significant result was that the decarburization involved two steps: reducing FeO in the DRI and progressing with FeO in the slag. Sadrnezhaad and Elliot [47] …
There are different processes/technologies used for DRI production, such as shaft furnaces, rotary kilns, rotary hearth furnaces and fluidised bed reactors. However, as seen in Fig. 5 a, 96.8% of the DRI is produced using shaft furnace technology (72.4%) and rotary kiln (24.4%) (MIDREX, 2020). Download : Download high-res image (386KB)
The shaft furnace operates at elevated pressure (6 bars, absolute), allowing a high productivity of about 10 tonnes (t)/h x m² and minimizing dust losses through top gas …
A vertical shaft furnace for the direct reduction of iron oxides to obtain directly reduced iron (DRI) comprising these devices: (A) a gravity feed having in its upper part a plurality of Förderschenkelrinnen (112) for the supply of the oxide, a drying zone (101) take place in the prereduction reactions and reduction reactions, ring connections (131, 132) for the …
the ore reduction by coal or reformed natural gas (CO, H2) to direct reduced iron (DRI) or hot briquetted iron (HBI) in shaft furnaces [4–6], rotary kilns [7–10] or rotary hearth furnaces [11]. The reduction of solid pellets is mainly realized at temperatures below melting, 900–1100 C. With increased energy input and adapted reactor ...
(DRI). Direct reduction processes can be classified by its kind of used reducing agent in gas-based processes and coal-based processes. Gas-based processes are shaft …
In the context of reducing greenhouse gas emissions and achieving carbon neutrality, the steel industry is rapidly developing towards a low-carbon hydrogen metallurgy path, and the hydrogen-based shaft furnace direct reduction route, which has lower CO2 emissions compared to the conventional blast furnace route, is now receiving …
The completed facility is shown in Figure 2, with the shaft furnace in the center of the photo, the DRI storage bins just to the left and the receiving and shipping docks just to the right of the furnace tower. Production began on December 30, 2006, and the first cargo was shipped to Mobile, Alabama, on January 21, 2007.
Cost of conversion (capital + operating) ~$50 per ton DRI Production furnace size 50 tons per hour Cost savings compared to electric conversion (SAF/EAF) ~$10-15 per ton DRI It is envisioned that the DRI produced by shaft furnace would, in a second step, be melted inside an oxy-fuel fired furnace to produce pig iron or hot metal
The saving in the refractory consumption is of the order of 1.8 kg/tLS to 2 kg/tLS. Fig 3 shows performance of EAF with 100 % of HDRI charge. ... Transport in a hot transport vessel – When the distance between the DRI shaft furnace and the EAF is more than 300 metres or one DRI shaft furnace is to feed two steel melting shops or more, …
The gas-based shaft furnace direct reduction process is the most competitive process for producing DRI with the advantages of pure product, environmental friendliness, low cost and compact procedure. At present, the gas-based shaft furnace direct reduction process mainly includes the Midrex process, HYL-III process and coal …
36 tls/day of hot and cold DRI production. A high metallization rate of 94–96% was achieved. The company claims that their shaft furnace reactors could be easily optimized to use hydrogen for the reduction of iron ore. It is supplying shaft furnace reactors to many European demonstration projects for hydrogen-based steel production.
DRI. Move towards Green Steel. The move towards Green Steel will significantly increase the roll-out speed of new generations of equipment such as Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) …
Presently, blast furnace ironmaking adding hydrogen and direct reduction iron by hydrogen (DRI) are the two main hydrogen metallurgy methods [6,7], the temperature of the former process is about ...
ENERGIRON is state-of-the-art technology for the production of premium quality DRI. The ENERGIRON Direct Reduction Process is designed to convert iron ore (pellet/lump) into metallic iron by the use of reducing gases in a solid-gas moving bed shaft furnace. Oxygen is removed from the iron ore by chemical reactions based on hydrogen (H2) and ...
An established alternative to coal and coke-based reduction of iron ores in blast furnaces is the ore reduction by coal or reformed natural gas (CO, H 2) to direct reduced iron (DRI) or hot briquetted iron …
Direct reduction (DR) refers to a solid–gas reduction reaction, for example, in a shaft furnace [7,8,9,10] or a fluidized bed reactor [7,11]. The ore, in shafts, either pellet or lump ore [ 12, 13 ], is converted into the so-called sponge iron or direct reduced iron (DRI) as an intermediate product, which is typically melted in an EAF for ...
From the DRI furnace, the iron moves to the electric arc furnace on conveyors. Instead of sinter, the DRI process uses pelletised iron ore. But just like sinter, it still has to have the oxygen removed. This process is known as 'reducing'. Instead of coke, the energy source used in the DRI furnace is natural gas. Again, the result is liquid ...