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Production of metallized pellets by coal-based direct reduction treatment of iron-containing dust and sludge in rotary hearth furnace
Steel dust and mud are reduced and metallized, recycled, and reduced emissions and carbon emissions.
Type
Process
Tags
Industrial waste/by-product recycling
Environmental & resource tech
Co2 emissions
Dust treatment
Solution maturity
Mass promotion / Mass production
Cooperation methods
Overall transfer
Technology licensing
Applicable industry
Scientific research and technology services
Applications
Utilization of metallurgical solid waste
Key innovations
Innovation point: Use a variety of iron-containing dust and sludge to prepare metallized pellets, efficiently recover valuable resources, enrich harmful elements, and reduce steelmaking energy consumption and carbon emissions.
Potential economic benefits
Recover valuable resources such as Fe and C in dust and mud to reduce disposal costs. Metallized pellets can be used as converter coolant or reduce coke ratio and CO2 emissions in blast furnaces, significantly saving raw material costs and improving economic benefits.
Potential climate benefits
Metalized pellets are produced by recycling iron-containing dust and sludge from steel mills and directly using them in blast furnaces, which can reduce coke ratio and CO2 emissions, reduce primary iron ore consumption, achieve resource recycling, and reduce production carbon footprint.
Solution supplier
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North China University of Science and Technology
North China University of Science and Technology
North China University of Science and Technology: A key university in Hebei Province, with outstanding advantages in engineering, medicine and other disciplines, cultivating high-quality applied talents and serving local development.
China
Solution details

(1) Introduction

A large amount of zinc-containing dust is generated during the steel production process, and the general TFe content (mass fraction) is 30%~70%, which also contains a certain content of carbon and harmful elements such as potassium, sodium, and zinc. According to the characteristics of iron-containing dust and mud, various iron-containing dust and mud are mixed in a certain proportion, which can not only make up for the lack of pelletizing performance of single raw materials, improve the strength of the pellets, but also realize the reduction of iron-containing dust and mud pellets in the rotary hearth furnace without adding or adding a small amount of reducing agents and fluxes, making full use of valuable resources such as Fe, C and CaO in the dust and mud, and also make use of potassium, sodium, Harmful elements such as zinc are enriched, and the metallized pellets produced can be used as coolant for converter steelmaking, or added to blast furnaces to reduce coke ratio and CO2 emissions.

(2) Key technologies

① Determination of the chemical composition, phase and mineral phase composition, microstructure and particle size distribution of iron-containing dust and mud, optimization of cold compaction process parameters and composition matching technology;

② High-temperature direct reduction technology of iron-containing dust and mud cold compaction.

(3) Technical and economic effects

Systematic research on the chemical composition, phase and mineral phase composition, particle size distribution, and microstructure of iron-containing dust and mud in iron and steel enterprises, optimization of process parameters for the cold compaction process; determination of direct reduction process parameters with iron dust and mud contained in rotary hearth furnace; The produced metallized pellets can be used as coolant for converter steelmaking, or added to blast furnace to reduce coke ratio and CO2 emissions.


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03:15:01, Nov 05, 2025
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