Effect of polydisperse sintering ore on the pelletizing of fine concentrates

Abstract

An addition of the polydisperse Yakovlevo deposit sintering ore on the efficiency of pelletizing and, hence, the gas permeability of a sintering mixture containing fine concentrates is studied. This sintering ore is found to have unique properties, which make it possible to increase the iron content in a sinter and to improve the gas permeability of a sintering mixture significantly (by a factor of 2–4). As a result, the sintering machine capacity can be substantially increased, the strength of the sinter can be increased at a lower fuel flow rate and lower lime consumption, and the blast furnace capacity can be substantially improved at lower consumption of expensive coke. Therefore, this version of using the Yakovlevo deposit sintering ore has a high economic efficiency.