gasbased fluidized bed processes (the Finmet / Finored process being the only commercial scale one in operation) accounting for % of 2019 DRI production; coal based rotary kiln furnaces (mainly in India) accounting for 24% of 2019 production. Generic illustrations of the types of process are shown in the graphics below.
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The DRI processes are categorized in two groups based on the use of reducing agent, natural gasbased direct reduction (DR) processes like MIDREX, HYL and Finmet, and coalbased DR processes like ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Direct reduced iron ( DRI ), also called sponge iron, [1] is produced from the direct reduction of iron ore (in the form of lumps, pellets, or fines) into iron by a reducing gas or elemental carbon produced from natural gas or coal. Many ores are suitable for direct reduction.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The main raw materials for the production of DRI by the rotary kiln process are (i) sized graded iron ore or iron ore pellets, (ii) noncoking coal, and (iii) dolomite in small quantities to scavenge the sulphur. Iron ore of the right quality is the basic input for the coal based direct reduction process.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377ULCORED is a direct reduction (DR) process, which produces DRI (direct reduced iron) in a shaft furnace, either from natural gas (NG) or from reducing gas obtained by gasification of coal. Offgas from the shaft is recycled into the process after carbon dioxide (CO2) has been captured, which leaves the DR plant in a concentrated stream and ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377DRI can be produced in powder, pellet, lump, or briquette form. The powder, pellets, and lumps retain the shape of the iron oxide material fed into the DR process. The removal of oxygen leaves voids, giving the DRI a spongy appearance when viewed through a microscope.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Based on the types of reductant used, DR processes can be broadly classified into two groups: (1) coalbased DR process and (2) gasbased DR process. Details of DR processes,...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The carbon footprint of H 2based DRI in France is comparably low due to a high share of nuclear energy in the national grid mix. The carbon footprint of NGbased DRI is kg CO 2 eq/kg DRI. In countries with moderatetohigh carbon intensity in electricity production, it is better to use natural gas directly in the DR plant than using hydrogen.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Global productions of blast furnace iron (BFI) and direct reduced iron (DRI) between 1980 and 2012 (Anon 1, 2014; Anon 2, 2014). ... However in the coal/oilbased DR process, the reducing gas is generated from hydrocarbons (primarily coal, but sometimes oil and natural gas) in the reduction zone of the furnace, which is typically a rotary ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Based on production process, the direct reduced iron (DRI) market is bifurcated into coal based and gas based. The gas based segment held a larger market share of the global direct reduced iron ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377In a DR process, iron ore pellets and/or lump iron ores are reduced by a reducing gas to produce DRI or hot briquetted iron (HBI). Depending on the generation of the reducing gas, two different DR processes are commercially available: gasbased and coal/oilbased.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Abstract. Production of direct reduced iron from indigenous raw materials is an attractive alternative to the use of scrap for electric steelmaking or for a DRbased integrated steel plant. The SL/RN process is a proven coalbased direct reduction technology, its versatility being characterised by flexibility in the use of raw materials (lump ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Direct reduction processes may be classified, according to the type of the reducing agent used, to gasbased and coalbased processes. In 2000, DRI produced from the gasbased processes accounted for 93%, while the coalbased processes produced 7%. Gasbased processes have shaft furnaces for reducing.
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Natural gasbased DRIEAF (± tCO 2 /tSteel) reduces emissions by ±42% compared to BFBOF (± tCO 2 /tSteel) [11]. While that is a reduction in emissions compared to the worst performing process (coalbased steal making), driving the emissions down to zero will depend on the use of hydrogen produced only with renewable electricity.
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377DRI is produced through the removal (reduction) of oxygen from iron ore in its solid state. This technology encompasses various processes based on different feedstocks, reactors, and reducing agents. DRI processes can reduce CO 2 emissions by using natural gas instead of coal due to the replacement of carbon reductant by hydrogen from the methane.
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Direct reduced iron (DRI) is one of the major input materials for the production of steel through electric furnace route. DRI is produced predominantly by gas based processes around the world in vertical shaft furnaces utilizing natural gas.
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The consumption of DR pellets necessary for gasbased DRI production can be estimated to 117 Mt, when assuming an Fe content of % in the DR pellets and % in the DRI. Since little gasbased DRI production takes place in China, it can be stated that the BFpellet consumption outside China is 244 Mt or slightly more than twice the DR ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The world steel industry constitutes 8% of the overall energy demand whilst contributing 7% of the total carbon dioxide (CO 2) generated by humanity ( GTonne [GTe] CO 2 2020; GTe CO 2 2015) [(1, 2), Figure 1].The great majority of this CO 2 generation is due to coal, constituting 75% of the energy used in the steel industry, predominantly in the ironmaking process, where carbon is used ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377In comparison to gasbased processes, the coalbased DRI production process is quite energy intensive and poses environmentrelated issues. Being a developing country with steel demand projected to reach between 500 and 760 million tonne (Mt) by 2050, the country needs to adopt energyefficient and environmentfriendly steel production ...
WhatsApp: +86 18203695377The Circofer process is a coalbased DR process developed by Outotec . The fine ore is prereduced to DRI in a ... substances, mainly natural gas or a coal, at high temperatures but below the melting point of iron. The product, direct reduced iron (DRI), is a porous solid, also known as sponge iron. It consists primarily of metallic iron ...
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WhatsApp: +86 18203695377Processes which produce DRI by reduction of iron ore below the melting point of the iron are normally known as the direct reduction (DR) processes. The reducing agents are carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), coming from reformed natural gas, syngas or coal. Iron ore is used mostly in pellet and/or lumpy form.
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