Research on High-Temperature Properties of Typical Iron Ores Used in China and its Blending Optimization

Abstract:

High-temperature properties of 10 samples of iron ore from Brazil, Australia and China were measured. Several conclusions were made based on these experimental results. Assimilability of Brazilian ore, Australian ore and Chinese ore concentrate were low, high and medium, respectively. Optimal fluidity of liquid phase was observed in 2 types of Brazilian ores (BR-B, BR-C), 1 type of Australian ore (AU-C) and 1 type of Chinese ore (CH-D). For self-strength of the bonding phase, Australian ore presented low levels, while Brazilian and Chinese ore presented high levels. According to the experimental results of high-temperature properties of iron ore, schemes of ore blending optimization were designed and sinter pot test using these blends were performed. The results indicated that ore blends composed of 30~45% Brazilian ores + 25~50% Australian ores + 20~30% Chinese concentrates presented excellent sintering results, considering both the performance of the processing and quality of the sinter. Therefore this experiment has proved that ore blending optimization combining high temperature properties can lead to more efficient sintering mixes.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 201-203)
• Pages: 1780-1786
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.201-203.1780
• Online since: February 2011
• Authors: Sheng Li Wu, Oliveira Dauter, Yu Ming Dai, Jian Xu, Hong Chen
• Keywords: High Temperature Property, Iron Ore, Ore Blending Optimization, Sintering

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