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Lime is used to convert iron into pig iron In the blast furnace finely ground or granular limestone with a low sulfur and alkali content is used together with finely ground lime to convert ore into pig iron The pig iron is later processed into steel Lime is used as a fluxing agent in electric arc furnaces and basic oxygen furnaces
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The blast furnace is a huge steel stack lined with refractory brick where iron ore coke and limestone are dumped into the top and preheated air is blown into the bottom The raw
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Step 1 Hot air oxygen reacts with the coke carbon to produce carbon dioxide and heat energy to heat up the furnace C s O2 g → CO2 g Step 2 More coke is added to the furnace
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The main outputs of blast furnaces includes pig iron and slag which is formed by combination of limestone with sulfur and other impurities Pig iron is typically tapped every 3 to 5 hours in quantities of 300 to 600 tons After tapping the pig iron is transported typically in liquid form to steel making operations
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Nov 29 2020Why is limestone added to the blast furnace Limestone is also used to remove impurities from the blast furnace when making iron The impurities are mostly silicon dioxide also known as sand The calcium carbonate in the limestone reacts with the silicon dioxide to form calcium silicate also known as slag
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Why is coke used in a blast furnace Metallurgical coke along with iron ore and limestone is layered into a blast furnace to convert the iron ore to metallic iron Coke which is mostly carbon reacts with the blast air to produce carbon monoxide which in turn reacts with the iron oxide to produce carbon dioxide and metallic iron
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The blast furnace is a huge steel stack lined with refractory brick where iron ore coke and limestone are dumped into the top and preheated air is blown into the bottom The hot air that was blown into the bottom of the furnace ascends to the top in 6 to 8 seconds after going through numerous chemical reactions
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in a blast furnace fuel coke ores and flux limestone are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace while a hot blast of air sometimes with oxygen enrichment is blown into the lower section of the furnace through a series of pipes called tuyeres so that the chemical reactions take place throughout the furnace as the material …
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Nov 15 2020Limestone F both in the world s largest blast furnaces and by the direct reduction of iron DRI The DRI processes represent a fundamental ironmaking innovation of the post WW II era
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portland blast furnace slag cement — noun Etymology portland cement a cement produced by intimately intergrinding a mixture of portland cement clinker and granulated blast furnace slag in widely varying proportions … Useful english dictionary
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A Blast Furnace is about 100ft high and produces abut 1000 tons of molten Iron a day It is made from steel On the diagram below of the Blast Furnace just click on the labels for a more detailed description Coke and Limestone At the top of the Furnace the Iron Ore Coke and Limestone is at a temperature of about 200°C
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Why coke is used in blast furnace Publisher Summary Metallurgical coke along with iron ore and limestone is layered into a blast furnace to convert the iron ore to metallic which is mostly carbon reacts with the blast air to produce carbon monoxide which in turn reacts with the iron oxide to produce carbon dioxide and metallic iron
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What is the main function of blast furnace Introduction The purpose of a blast furnace is to chemically reduce and physically convert iron oxides into liquid iron called hot metal The blast furnace is a huge steel stack lined with refractory brick where iron ore coke and limestone are dumped into the top and preheated air is blown into the bottom
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limestone calcium carbonate to remove certain impurities like silica CaCO3 Iron ore is used to make iron and steel eg haematite and magnetite Iron is produced extracted in a blast furnace by reducing iron oxides with carbon and it is the carbon that removes the oxygen from the iron oxides the carbon
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The blast furnace is made of steel plate as the furnace shell The gangue coke and ash in the iron ore are combined with a flux such as a limestone added to the furnace to form slag which is discharged from the tap hole and the slag outlet The gas is led out from the top of the furnace and used as industrial gas after dust removal
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throughout the plant One of the main areas for improvement is in the blast furnace area Operators combine iron ore limestone and coke in a blast furnace to produce molten iron The iron is then refined with scrap and other additives in a basic oxygen furnace to produce liquid steel Such
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Apr 12 2022Selective reduction proved can be enhanced by amount of limestone fed into Mini Blast Furnace Introduction The increasingly stringent environmental regulations have made many countries start to replace internal combustion engine vehicles with electric vehicles that are more environmentally friendly [1 2] Therefore the increase in the
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What is the output of blast furnace The main outputs of blast furnaces includes pig iron and slag which is formed by combination of limestone with sulfur and other iron is typically tapped every 3 to 5 hours in quantities of 300 to 600 tons
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A Blast Furnace is a giant steel stack parallel with refractory brick where the concentrated ore coke and limestone are dumped from the top and a blast of steamy air is blown into the bottom All the three components are crushed into small round pieces and blended and put on a hopper which regulates the input
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blast furnace Cylindrical smelting furnace It is used in the extraction of metals mainly iron and copper from their ores The ore is mixed with coke and a flux limestone in the case of iron ore A blast of hot compressed air is piped in at the bottom of the furnace to force up temperatures so that the oxide ore is reduced to impure metal
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slag so called blast furnace BF slag which is generated when iron ore is mixed with ux limestone and/or dolomite and coke for fuel and heated under reducing conditions at above 1500 C producing molten iron and molten slag World production of iron slag is estimated at 25 30% of crude pig
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Blast furnace process By tec science 06/21/2024 18838 In the blast furnace the iron ore reacts with the carbon contained in the coke to form grey or white pig iron 1 Combustion process 2 Boudouard reaction 3 Preheating 4 Indirect reduction zone 5 Direct reduction zone 6 Carburizing zone 7 Melting zone 8 Tapping zone Combustion process
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The blast furnace is a huge steel stack lined with refractory brick where iron ore coke and limestone are dumped into the top and preheated air is blown into the bottom The raw materials require 6 to 8 hours to descend to the bottom of the furnace where they become the final product of liquid slag and liquid iron
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A blast furnace is a large metallic structure that is about 30 meters tall and 10 meters in diameter It is tapered from the top and bottom with its maximum diameter below its geometric center The pig iron produced in the process can be used for the production of different forms of steel by mixing impurities Now we will look at construction
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The heat of the furnace decomposes the limestone to give calcium oxide This is an endothermic reaction absorbing heat from the furnace It is therefore important not to add too much limestone because it would otherwise cool the furnace Calcium oxide is a basic oxide and reacts with acidic oxides such as silicon dioxide present in the rock
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The Blast Furnace is a large steel structure about 30 metres high It is lined with refractory firebricks that can withstand temperatures approaching 2000oC The furnace gets its name from the method that is used to heat it Pre heated air at about 1000oC is blasted into the furnace through nozzles near its base
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Blast furnaces are used continuously and are only shut down when their brick lining needs replacing As the mixture of iron ore coke and limestone heats the hot waste gases are collected and cleansed They are then used to help heat the air blast required if blast furnace is to reach the high temperatures needed to produce molten iron
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