Numerical simulation on novel blast furnace operation of combining coke oven gas injection with hot burden charging

Abstract

A novel blast furnace operation of coke oven gas (COG) injection simultaneously with hot burden charging has been proposed to solve the problem of insufficient heat in the BF shaft zone under the condition of COG injection and make full use of the abundant sensible heat of high temperature burden. In this paper, the novel process has been simulated with a multifluid blast furnace model. The results show that, in comparison with the operation of COG injection only, under the operation of COG injection together with hot burden charging, the temperature in the upper zone of the shaft increases while that in lower zone decreases. Furthermore, the reduction of iron bearing material is improved in the top zone, and the cohesive zone tends to descend and narrow. The coke ratio, fuel ratio and CO₂ emissions of the operation of charging hot pellet and coke with the temperature of 800°C are decreased by 4.0, 4.7 and 5.3% respectively, while the hot metal productivity is increased by 7.14%. Therefore, COG injection combined with hot burden charging operation not only increases temperature in the upper part of the blast furnace but also decreases energy consumption per tonne hot metal.