Modeling and simulation of heat front propagation in the iron ore sintering process

ISIJ International

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 11-20

  Mitterlehner, J ^a   Loeffler, G ^a   Winter, F ^a   Hofbauer, H ^a   Schmid, H ^b   Zwittag, E ^b   Buergler, T H ^b   Pammer, O ^c   Stiasny, H ^c  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH   (Austria)

^c Voest Alpine AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Carbon monoxide; Coke breeze; Coke combustion; Condensation front; Fe2O3; Height of sintering front; Heterogeneous catalytic conversion; Homogenous conversion; Humidity; Iron ore sintering process; Mean diameter of sinter mix material; Modeling; Pressure drop; Simulation; Sinter pot; Sinter strand; Sintering duration; Sintering front; Void fraction

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COMBUSTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRACK PROPAGATION; FLOW OF FLUIDS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MELTING; OXIDATION; PACKED BEDS; PYROLYSIS; SINTERING; SOLIDIFICATION;

BED MATERIALS; COKE COMBUSTION; HEAT FRONT PROPAGATION; VOID FRACTION;

IRON ORES;

EID: 1842684926     PISSN: 09151559     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2355/isijinternational.44.11     Document Type: Article

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