EP0164592B2 - Feinkörniges Entschwefelungsmittel für Eisenschmelzen und Verfahren zur Entschwefelung von Roheisenschmelzen - Google Patents

Feinkörniges Entschwefelungsmittel für Eisenschmelzen und Verfahren zur Entschwefelung von Roheisenschmelzen Download PDF

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EP0164592B2
EP0164592B2 EP85105870A EP85105870A EP0164592B2 EP 0164592 B2 EP0164592 B2 EP 0164592B2 EP 85105870 A EP85105870 A EP 85105870A EP 85105870 A EP85105870 A EP 85105870A EP 0164592 B2 EP0164592 B2 EP 0164592B2
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Heinrich Dr. Rellermeyer
Walter Meichsner
Werner Dr. Gmöhling
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    • CCHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21CPROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
    • C21C1/00Refining of pig-iron; Cast iron
    • C21C1/02Dephosphorising or desulfurising
    • C21C1/025Agents used for dephosphorising or desulfurising

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  • the invention relates to means and methods for the desulfurization of pig iron melts.
  • Desulphurization of pig iron outside the blast furnace is an indispensable necessity due to the increasing sulfur content in the ores and black matter. Numerous means and processes have already been known for achieving sufficient levels of desulphurization. Mixtures based on calcium carbide with diamide lime (DE-PS 17 58 250) and with hydrogen (DE-PS 22 52 796) or water (DE-PS 22 52 795) additives are preferably used. Calcium-containing compounds in combination with hydrocarbons such as oil or paraffin (FR-PS 11 66 389 and US-PS 28 63 755) have already been proposed.
  • the purpose of the gas-releasing component is to distribute the finely ground particles of the base desulfurization agent in the molten iron.
  • DE-OS 28 35 872 describes a process for the desulfurization of pig iron using a desulfurization mixture of calcium carbide, a gas-releasing component and fluorspar; A large number of water-releasing compounds, hydrogen-releasing compounds and carbon dioxide-releasing compounds are equally mentioned as gas-releasing components.
  • the desulfurization agent can also contain reducing metals and metal carbides, such as. As aluminum, magnesium, alloys, such as. As calcium silicon or metal carbides.
  • Another subject is a desulfurization process, in which the desulfurization agent according to the invention is used, according to claim 11.
  • a commercially available product with contents of 70 to 85% CaC Z is normally used as calcium carbide, but so-called eutectic carbide with contents of 65% CaC 2 and below can also be used.
  • Solid or liquid hydrocarbons can be used as the hydrogen-releasing compounds.
  • solid hydrocarbons at room temperature are, for. B. polyethylene, polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride or polystyrene.
  • liquid hydrocarbons which may contain halogen, z. B. those with boiling points between 50 and 350 ° C can be used.
  • These liquid substances are preferably used in a form absorbed in porous organic or inorganic material, which can contain up to a multiple of its own weight of hydrocarbon.
  • Preferred porous materials for this purpose are those which themselves can also split off hydrogen or have a favorable influence on the formation of slags, such as, for example, B. polyurethane foam, peat or expanded minerals.
  • Those hydrocarbons or mixtures thereof which contain little or no oxygen are preferred.
  • component A can also have 1 to 10% by weight of other constituents which have a favorable effect on the properties of the slag, such as, for. B. fluorspar, alumina, cryolite or colemanite.
  • additives which release carbon dioxide such as, in particular, calcium carbonate, dolomite or diamide lime, individually or as a mixture, can preferably also be mixed in with component A.
  • carbon dioxide such as, in particular, calcium carbonate, dolomite or diamide lime, individually or as a mixture
  • component A additives which release carbon dioxide
  • component A can be so limited that the volume of carbon dioxide developed therefrom and any other C0 2- delivering substances present is less than the volume of hydrogen developed from the compounds which release hydrogen.
  • These substances that release carbon dioxide can be ground together with the calcium carbide. If the specified quantity conditions are adhered to, they cause practically no oxidation of the magnesium or calcium carbide in the molten iron, but increase the beneficial effect of the split off hydrogen by the CO 2 formed (which is also formed in certain quantities by the hydrocarbon).
  • component A may be expedient to additionally mix component A with brown or gas coal, anthracite or hard coal, which also have a gas-releasing effect.
  • component A can also be added in small amounts (about 0.01 to 0.5% by weight) also commercially available flow improvers such as graphite, long-chain organic amines, alcohols, esters or silicones.
  • the constituents of component A are ground and mixed intensively, the mixing process advantageously being carried out in a mill, which is preferably a tube mill, under an inert gas blanket.
  • the constituents are preferably comminuted to such an extent that 90% of the mixture has a grain size ⁇ 90 ⁇ m and about 50% has a grain size ⁇ 50 ⁇ m. Certain deviations from this are irrelevant to the desulfurization effect.
  • the magnesium can be added to component A in powder form in the mill or afterwards if component A is, for. B. contains a ratio of 70 to 99 wt .-% calcium carbide and 1 to 30 wt .-% essentially hydrogen-releasing compounds.
  • Components A and B can be mixed before being blown into the molten iron, so that they are conveyed pneumatically into the melt as a mixture.
  • component A can be expedient to store component A separately from the magnesium after its production and to combine it with the magnesium only in the delivery line or in the lance and to introduce it together into the melt.
  • the process according to the invention is characterized in that a mixture of calcium carbide and a hydrogen-releasing compound as component A is blown into the pig iron together with component B, the magnesium.
  • Components A and B are used in a ratio of 40 to 95 to 5 to 60% by weight.
  • carbon dioxide-releasing substance such as alkaline earth metal carbonate, dolomite or diamide lime and hydrogen-releasing substance such as hydrocarbon
  • the process is advantageously carried out in such a way that a blowing rate of 10 to 100 kg, preferably 15 to 80 kg, per minute of desulfurizing agent, consisting of component A and magnesium, is blown into the iron melt.
  • a blowing rate of 10 to 100 kg, preferably 15 to 80 kg, per minute of desulfurizing agent, consisting of component A and magnesium is blown into the iron melt.
  • the desulfurization agent is preferably blown pneumatically into the molten iron as deeply as possible using a submersible lance.
  • Inert gases such as argon or nitrogen come alone or as a mixture, or reactive gases which release hydrogen and / or contain CO 2 , alone or as a mixture, as carrier gases Question.
  • the desulfurization agent according to the invention is suitable in connection with the blowing process described just as well for hot metal desulfurization in the transfer pan as in the transport pan (torpedo pan).
  • the particularly low requirement for injection gas has a particularly advantageous effect; the composition of the agent guarantees sufficient distribution so that a high degree of utilization of the desulfurizing agent is achieved.
  • the desulfurization agent according to the invention has considerable advantages over the known agents in connection with the method according to the invention. According to the invention, a significant increase in the degree of desulfurization is achieved or a noticeably reduced amount of desulfurizing agent is required to achieve the same desulfurization effect.
  • the compounds which cause the desulfurization of the molten iron, that is to say the calcium carbide and the magnesium, in combination with the compounds which essentially release hydrogen, are completely available for the desulfurization reaction since they are not consumed by oxidation processes.
  • Table 1 below describes various desulfurizing agents, their use and the results achieved with them. The results are averages from at least 3 desulfurization treatments each.
  • Examples 1 to 4 are comparative examples which were carried out using known desulfurization agents based on calcium carbide and diamide lime or calcium hydroxide and carbon.
  • a-value Indicator for the effectiveness of desulfurization (quotient of the difference between the initial and final sulfur content of the pig iron melt and the amount of desulfurizing agent used per ton of pig iron).

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