CA1069699A - Producing hot reducing gas - Google Patents

Producing hot reducing gas

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CA1069699A
CA1069699A CA226,663A CA226663A CA1069699A CA 1069699 A CA1069699 A CA 1069699A CA 226663 A CA226663 A CA 226663A CA 1069699 A CA1069699 A CA 1069699A
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Arthur G. Poos
Nicolas G. Ponghis
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21BMANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
    • C21B5/00Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
    • C21B5/001Injecting additional fuel or reducing agents
    • C21B5/002Heated electrically (plasma)
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01BNON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B3/00Hydrogen; Gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen; Separation of hydrogen from mixtures containing it; Purification of hydrogen
    • C01B3/02Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen
    • C01B3/22Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by decomposition of gaseous or liquid organic compounds
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01BNON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B3/00Hydrogen; Gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen; Separation of hydrogen from mixtures containing it; Purification of hydrogen
    • C01B3/02Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen
    • C01B3/32Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air
    • C01B3/34Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents
    • C01B3/342Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents with the aid of electrical means, electromagnetic or mechanical vibrations, or particle radiations
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01BNON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B3/00Hydrogen; Gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen; Separation of hydrogen from mixtures containing it; Purification of hydrogen
    • C01B3/02Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen
    • C01B3/32Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air
    • C01B3/34Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents
    • C01B3/346Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents using heat generated by superheated steam
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C01INORGANIC CHEMISTRY
    • C01BNON-METALLIC ELEMENTS; COMPOUNDS THEREOF; METALLOIDS OR COMPOUNDS THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASS C01C
    • C01B3/00Hydrogen; Gaseous mixtures containing hydrogen; Separation of hydrogen from mixtures containing it; Purification of hydrogen
    • C01B3/02Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen
    • C01B3/32Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air
    • C01B3/34Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents
    • C01B3/36Production of hydrogen or of gaseous mixtures containing a substantial proportion of hydrogen by reaction of gaseous or liquid organic compounds with gasifying agents, e.g. water, carbon dioxide, air by reaction of hydrocarbons with gasifying agents using oxygen or mixtures containing oxygen as gasifying agents
    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21BMANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
    • C21B5/00Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
    • C21B5/001Injecting additional fuel or reducing agents
    • YGENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02PCLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P10/00Technologies related to metal processing
    • Y02P10/10Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions
    • Y02P10/143Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions of methane [CH4]

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  • Manufacture Of Iron (AREA)

Abstract

ABSTRACT

Hot reducing gas (e.g. at 1000 to 1100°C) suitable for use in reducing oxidic ores is produced by reforming and partially oxidizing a fluid hydrocarbonaceous fuel (e.g. fuel oil) with a gaseous oxidant (e.g. oxygen or H20) in a plasma medium at approximately 2000°C, to form a high temperature gas comprising a major pro-portion of C0 and H2 and a minor proportion of C02 and H20, and then adding a hydrocarbonaceous gas (e.g.
CH4) to the high temperature gas so that further reforming reactions occur which reduce the proportion of C02 and H20.

Description

10~9699 ~he present invention relates to a me-tho'd of producing hot reducing gas which mainly comprises CO a~d H2 ~d is desi~ned to be used in reducing oxidic ores a~d particularly iron ores either directly or by injecting the reducing gas into a shaft furnace such as a blast furnace.
- It is kno~m to obtain hot reducing gas ~rom hydrocarbo-naceous fuels ~hich are caused to undergo partial oxidation, catalytic reforming in the presence of steam, or pyrolisis.
More recentl~, it has been suggested to produce reducing gas by means of a plasma medium. Reforming reactions are assisted by the high temperatures to which th0 gas is thus brou~ht. Such a way of proceeding has the advantage of obtaining minimally oxidized mixtures of CO and H2, i.e.
mixtures containing very small quantities of C02 and H20~
practically with no formation of soot (non~oxidized carbon from decomposition of the fuel).
Other methods, i.e. methods without a plasma medium~
do not easily produce such gas mixtures, without the latte~
undergoing very high temperatures of the order of 2000C.
~ese reducing gas may be used, in principle, in ore reducing processes, particularly for reducing iron ores, either in a blast furnace or according to a direct reduction process.
Rowever, in a number of cases, and particularly in the two cases referred to above of direct reduction of iron oxides or of injection into the shaft of a blast furnace, it is suggested to use reducing gas whose temperature is not higher than 1000C to 1100C.
What is required is a method which allows this object ' ' .~ ' ' ' ' '' , .

to be attained by modifying the technique of producing reducing gas by means of a plasma medium in su.ch a way as to keep its advantages, that is low oxidation level and small quantity of soot, which results in a decrease in its temperature do~m to a esired level with no need for specifically cooling it, i.e. by removing heat.
It is a well-known fact that, when a mixture of hydrocarbonaceous fuel and supporter of combustion is fed to a zone at very high temperature (e.g. 2000C) reforming reactions such as C~4 + C02 ~ 2 C0 + 2 H2 CE4 + H20 > C0 + 3 E2
2 C$4 + 2 ~ 2 C0 + 4 H2 easily take place in the direction indicated, without the need for a catalyst~
~he present invention provides a method of producing 'I hot reducing gas which mainly comprises C0 and H2 and is suitable for use in reducing oxidic ores, comprising the sequential steps of:
(a) reforming and partially oxidizing a fluid hydro-. carbonaceous fuel by reacting the fuel with a gaseous . oxidant in a plasma medium at appro~imately 2000C, whereby a high temperature gas comprising a major pro-portion of C0 and H2 and a minor proportion of C02 and H20 is formed; and (b) adding a hydrocarbonaceous gas to the high temperature gas, whereby further reactions occur which reduce the proportion of C02 a d E20. ~he hot reducing gas produced is preferably at a temperature of 1000C
to 1100C.

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., " ' ` 1069699 j The fuel and the gaceous oxidant may advantageously be pre-heated. ~:
~he gaseous oxidant may comprise steam, C02, pure ox~gen, or air; ~r residual or non-residual reducing gas comprising an excess of oxygen in the fo~m of C02 and H20; or blast-furnace throat-gas; or gas from a direct reduction furnace; or fumes recovered at the outlet of a combustion furnace (for example fumes from cowpers).
As far as the fuel is concerned, it is possible to use a liquid or gaseous (e..g. natural gas) hydrocarbon, or a gas (such as gas from a coke furnace) including .
C0, H2, and CH4 in sufficient quantities to react with the gaseous oxidant.
EXA~IE
Fuel oil was reacted with oxygen and water in a plasma medium at about 2000C, in the following proportions:- -1 kg fuel oil : 1 Nm3/02 : 0.18 kg H20, which gave rise to a gas (at 2000C) wnose composition was H20, 15%; H2, 36%; C02, 3%; C0, 46%. For each kilogre~me of fuel oil, 3.3 ~m3 of g3~ were produoed.

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Methane (CII,;) wa,s added to the gas (0.5 Nm3 C~ per kilogramme of f~el oil) and the resulting gas (after reforming reactions had taken place) had the composition :
X20~ 3.6%., H2, 49.6%~ C02 1.4%~ C0, 42.2%~ CH4, 3.2%-This gas was at 1100C and was produced at the rate of 4.5 Nm3 per kilogramme of fuel oil.

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Claims (7)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:-
1. A method of producing hot reducing gas which mainly comprises CO and H2 and is suitable for use in reducing oxidic ores, comprising the sequential steps of:
(a) reforming and partially oxidizing a fluid hydrocarbonaceous fuel by reacting the fuel with a gaseous oxidant in a plasma medium at approximately 2000°C, whereby a high temperature gas comprising a major proportion of CO and H2 and a minor proportion of CO2 and H2O is formed; and (b) adding a hydrocarbonaceous gas to the high temperature gas, whereby further reactions occur which reduce the proportion of CO2 and H2O.
2. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which the hot reducing gas is at 1000 to 1100°C.
3. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which the fuel and the gaseous oxidant are pre-heated.
4. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which the gaseous oxidant comprises steam, CO2, or oxygen.
5. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which the fuel comprises a liquid hydrocarbon.
6. A method as claimed in claim 5, in which the fuel is fuel oil.
7. A method as claimed in claim 1, in which the hydrocarbonaceous gas is methane.
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