EP2964793A1 - System for the treatment of pellet fines and/or lump ore and/or indurated pellets - Google Patents

System for the treatment of pellet fines and/or lump ore and/or indurated pellets

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EP2964793A1
EP2964793A1 EP13708188.1A EP13708188A EP2964793A1 EP 2964793 A1 EP2964793 A1 EP 2964793A1 EP 13708188 A EP13708188 A EP 13708188A EP 2964793 A1 EP2964793 A1 EP 2964793A1
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Andrew ADIPURI
Max-Dieter Laumann
Kasper Kokkonen
Heinz Eichberger
Gerd Elsenheimer
Georg STRÜBER
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    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C22—METALLURGY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS
    • C22B—PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS
    • C22B1/00—Preliminary treatment of ores or scrap
    • C22B1/14—Agglomerating; Briquetting; Binding; Granulating
    • C22B1/16—Sintering; Agglomerating
    • C22B1/20—Sintering; Agglomerating in sintering machines with movable grates
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21B—MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
    • C21B11/00—Making pig-iron other than in blast furnaces
    • C21B11/06—Making pig-iron other than in blast furnaces in rotary kilns
    • C—CHEMISTRY; METALLURGY
    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21B—MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL
    • C21B13/00—Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
    • C21B13/0046—Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes making metallised agglomerates or iron oxide
    • C21B13/0053—On a massing grate
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
    • F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
    • F27B7/00—Rotary-drum furnaces, i.e. horizontal or slightly inclined
    • F27B7/20—Details, accessories or equipment specially adapted for rotary-drum furnaces
    • F27B7/32—Arrangement of devices for charging

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  • the present invention is directed to the treatment of pellet fines and/or lump ore and/or indurated pellets, wherein lump ore and/or indurated pellets and/or green pellets are fed onto a traveling grate for drying, preheating and hardening (in the case of green pellets) and then transferred into a reactor for further treatment, such as reduction or smelting.
  • Direct reduction processes use either coal or gas as reducing agent and fuel.
  • the iron-containing material is introduced into the reduction reactor in the form of lump ore and/or pellets in the case of the gas-based shaft furnace processes, such as the Midrex process or the Ener- giron process, accounting for about 75% of world DRI production, or the coal- based rotary kiln processes, such as the SL/RN process, accounting for about 23% of world DRI production.
  • the most widely used coal based process for the production of DRI is the SL/RN process.
  • material consisting of lump ore or indurated pellets is charged into a rotary kiln together with coal and recycle char as reducing agents, and limestone or dolomite needed to absorb the sulfur from the coal.
  • the iron oxides are reduced in the rotary kiln at a temperature of 900 to 1 .100 °C.
  • the kiln discharge is cooled indirectly in a rotary cooler and thereafter separated into DRI, DRI fines and nonmagnetics by screening, magnetic separation or other suitable process steps.
  • the traditional rotary reduction kilns have been designed to treat 100% lump ore and/or indurated pellets. Only in exceptional cases, such as Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Canada, treating calcined pyrite fines, and Nippon Kokkan K.K., Japan, treating steelworks dust, a combination of prehardening grate and rotary kiln was applied, enabling feeding of 100% green pellets.
  • the fine grained material was pelletized and the green pellets were charged on the prehardening grate, where they were hardened by using rotary kiln offgas.
  • the feed of a mixture of lump ore and green pellets onto the standard prehardening grate is not possible, as the lumps would destroy the green pellets.
  • Parallel feeding of prehardened pellets from the grate and cold lump ore and/or indurated pellets directly into the downstream rotary kiln is only possible with a high amount of additional equipment and a decreased kiln capacity.
  • To change the feed material from lump ore and/or indurated pellets to green pellets requires the adaptation of the process parameters and a different operation of the plant. It is, therefore, cumbersome, time consuming and thus costly.
  • a first feeder is provided to feed lump ore and/or indurated pellets
  • a second feeder is provided to feed green pellets onto the traveling grate, wherein the first feeder for feeding the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets is provided upstream of the second feeder for feeding the green pellets.
  • the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets are fed onto the traveling grate before the green pellets are introduced such that the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets form a layer on the traveling grate for receiving the green pellets.
  • belt conveyors, roller feeders or other suitable devices may be used to feed the lump ore or the indurated pellets or the green pellets.
  • the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets form a hearth layer on the traveling grate for holding the green pellets.
  • the height of the layer of lump ore and/or indurated pellets on the traveling grate is preferably controlled by a segment gate arrangement in order to provide a uniform hearth layer receiving the green pellets.
  • a pelletizing unit is provided upstream the second feeder for pelletizing fine grained iron ore concentrate that then can be easily fed onto the layer of lump ore and/or indurated pellets on the traveling grate.
  • the traveling grate is equipped with a hood that is divided into several process zones in particular for drying, preheating and hardening the green pellets, resting on the layer of lump ore and/or indurated pellets, in order to release moisture and other components that dissociate at elevated temperatures, preheat and harden them.
  • the different process zones such as drying, preheating and hardening, comprise wind boxes sealed towards the traveling grate for sucking hot gas through the ore and pellet layers resulting in the thermal treatment of the ore and pellets.
  • a duct comprising a valve arrangement for controlling the gas flow through the traveling grate.
  • the reactor located downstream the traveling grate comprises an after burning chamber, wherein an offgas conduit of the after burning chamber is connected to the hood of the traveling grate to provide the hot gas for the thermal treatment of the feed materials.
  • a refractory lined chute is provided between the traveling grate and the reactor to introduce the material into the reactor.
  • the reactor is a rotary kiln.
  • the invention is also directed to a method for operating a system as described above in accordance with the features of claim 1 1 .
  • the lump ore and/or indurated pellets are fed onto the traveling grate by the first feeder at a position upstream of the second feeder such that the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets form a hearth layer on the traveling grate for receiving green pellets from the second feeder.
  • "Upstream the second feeder" in the sense of the present invention means a position located before the second feeder so that the material will travel to the second feeder after it has passed the position.
  • lump ore, indurated pellets and green pellets form a bed on the traveling grate, wherein the bed height on the traveling grate is controlled by varying the velocity of the traveling grate.
  • Fig. 1 is a flow sheet of a plant comprising the system according to the present invention.
  • lump iron ore and/or indurated pellets are fed from a first feeder 1 comprising a feed bin 2 and a segment gate 3 onto a traveling grate 4, on which it forms a hearth layer 5.
  • a second feeder 6 is provided for feeding green pellets produced from iron ore concentrate in the upstream pelletizing unit 9.
  • the grain size of the concentrate is preferably 100% below 100 ⁇ .
  • the iron ore concentrate is fed via a weigh feeder 7 and a belt conveyor 8 onto a pelletizing unit 9 for forming the green pellets.
  • the green pellets are fed onto the traveling grate 4 via a belt conveyor 10 and a roller feeder 1 1 , where the green pellets form a second layer on top of the hearth layer 5 formed by the lump ore and/or indurated pellets. If no lump ore or indurated pellets are fed from the first feeder 1 , the green pellets will rest directly on the traveling grate 4.
  • the bed height on the traveling grate 4 is preferably measured online and can be easily controlled by varying the velocity of the traveling grate 4. Additionally, the height of the lump ore/indurated pellets layer is controlled by a standard segment gate ar- rangement. Thereby, a constant bed height is achieved and steady process conditions can be realized.
  • the traveling grate 4 is equipped with a refractory lined hood 12 extending over at least a part of the traveling grate 4 in its longitudinal direction and divided into several process zones. Wind boxes 13 sealed towards the traveling grate 4 are provided for the respective process zones.
  • the heated and treated material is supplied to the reactor, in particular a rotary kiln 15, via a refractory lined chute 16.
  • a rotary reduction kiln .reducing agents in particular coal and char, and if necessary a further suitable fuel are added to and combusted in the rotary kiln 15 to heat and reduce the iron material at a reduction temperature of about 800 to 1 .200 °C, preferably 900 to 1 100 °C.
  • the temperature can vary depending on the materials used in the process. Limestone or dolomite is added as desulfurizing agent.
  • the reduced material then proceeds into a rotary cooler 17 where it preferably is indirectly cooled using water. Thereafter the resulting DRI and nonmagnetics are discharged for product separation into DRI, DRI fines, char and wastes by a system usually comprising screening and magnetic separation steps.
  • Part of the hot offgas from the kiln's after burning chamber 18 is directed to the hardening zone of the traveling grate 4 in order to apply the highest possible temperature to achieve sufficient pellet strength at the grate discharge 14.
  • Part of the hot offgas obtained in the after burning chamber 18 is mixed with part of the recycled offgas coming from the hardening zone of the grate 4 after passing the cyclone separator 22 and the recuperation fan 23. This hot gas mixture is introduced into the preheating zone of the traveling grate 4 to heat up the iron containing material.
  • the remaining part of the offgas leaving the after burning chamber 18 may be forwarded to a waste heat boiler 19, where steam is produced for power generation.
  • the offgas is cleaned in an electrostatic precipitator 20 and discharged through stack 21 .
  • the separated dust may be further treated before it is finally discharged.
  • Part of the recycled offgas coming from the hardening zone of the grate 4 after passing the cyclone separator 22 and the recuperation fan 23 mixed with some cold air is introduced into the drying zone.
  • the hot offgas leaving the drying and preheating zones of the traveling grate 4 via the wind boxes is separated from dust in an electrostatic precipitator 24 before it is discharged through stack 25.
  • the invention is based on the application of a conventional traveling grate 4 extended in length to facilitate the incor- poration of independent lump ore or indurated pellet feeding facilities in addition to the conventional green pellet feeding facilities.
  • the system enables the plant operator to react without long delay to changing market conditions and choose the most economical feed material available.
  • it is possible to operate the system with • a mixture of lump ore and green pellets produced from iron ore fines, wherein the lump ore forms a hearth layer holding the green pellets;
  • traveling grate 4 primarily is used as a preheating unit for the subsequent rotary kiln 15.
  • the lump ore layer acts as a protective hearth layer against overheating of the traveling grate, higher operating temperatures and a higher energy flow for hardening the green pellets is possible. This results in higher compression strength of the prehardened pellets. In particular for the lower level pellets the exposure to higher temperatures is advisable to improve pellet strength.
  • the production capacity of the downstream reactor could be substantially increased (in the case of a rotary kiln 15 by about 30%), compared to feeding cold material .
  • more heat could be recovered in the waste heat boiler 19, compared to feeding green pellets, leading to increased steam production and power generation. This is due to the fact that more heat and therefore more hot gas is required for heating up green pellets because of their higher moisture content.
  • the product quality can be improved by blending lower grade lump ore with green pellets produced from high grade iron ore concentrates.
  • the present invention has been described on the basis of a reduction reactor for reducing iron ore material. It goes without saying that the invention is also suitable with other types of reactors requiring the preheating or thermal treatment of various types of lumpy material, such as a smelter.

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Abstract

A System for the treatment of pellet fines, and/or lump ore, and/or indurated pellets, comprises a first feeder (1) for feeding lump ore and/or indurated pellets, and a second feeder (6) for feeding green pellets produced from iron ore concentrate in a pelletizing unit (9), a traveling grate (4) and a reactor for further treatment of the feed material. The first feeder (1) is provided to feed the lump ore and/or indurated pellets, and the second feeder (6) is provided to feed green pellets onto the traveling grate (4), wherein the first feeder (1) for feeding the lump ore and/or indurated pellets is provided upstream of the second feeder (6) for feeding green pellets.

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SYSTEM FOR THE TREATMENT OF PELLET FINES AND/OR LUMP ORE
AND/OR INDURATED PELLETS The present invention is directed to the treatment of pellet fines and/or lump ore and/or indurated pellets, wherein lump ore and/or indurated pellets and/or green pellets are fed onto a traveling grate for drying, preheating and hardening (in the case of green pellets) and then transferred into a reactor for further treatment, such as reduction or smelting.
The world crude steel production in 201 1 amounted to about 1 .500 million tons with a share of electric steelmaking of about 30%. Electric steelmaking is mainly based on scrap and DRI (direct reduced iron). The total DRI production in 201 1 amounted to about 70 million tons. Direct reduction processes use either coal or gas as reducing agent and fuel. The iron-containing material is introduced into the reduction reactor in the form of lump ore and/or pellets in the case of the gas-based shaft furnace processes, such as the Midrex process or the Ener- giron process, accounting for about 75% of world DRI production, or the coal- based rotary kiln processes, such as the SL/RN process, accounting for about 23% of world DRI production. Only a few fluidized bed or rotary hearth furnace based plants, accounting for less than 2% of world DRI production, are able to treat fine-grained concentrates.
As described in "Sponge Iron Production in Rotary Kiln" by Arabinda Sarangi and Bidyapati Sarabi, PHI Learning Private Limited, New Delhi, 201 1 , the most widely used coal based process for the production of DRI is the SL/RN process. In this process, material consisting of lump ore or indurated pellets is charged into a rotary kiln together with coal and recycle char as reducing agents, and limestone or dolomite needed to absorb the sulfur from the coal. The iron oxides are reduced in the rotary kiln at a temperature of 900 to 1 .100 °C. To prevent reoxidation the kiln discharge is cooled indirectly in a rotary cooler and thereafter separated into DRI, DRI fines and nonmagnetics by screening, magnetic separation or other suitable process steps. The traditional rotary reduction kilns have been designed to treat 100% lump ore and/or indurated pellets. Only in exceptional cases, such as Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Canada, treating calcined pyrite fines, and Nippon Kokkan K.K., Japan, treating steelworks dust, a combination of prehardening grate and rotary kiln was applied, enabling feeding of 100% green pellets. The fine grained material was pelletized and the green pellets were charged on the prehardening grate, where they were hardened by using rotary kiln offgas. The feed of a mixture of lump ore and green pellets onto the standard prehardening grate is not possible, as the lumps would destroy the green pellets. Parallel feeding of prehardened pellets from the grate and cold lump ore and/or indurated pellets directly into the downstream rotary kiln is only possible with a high amount of additional equipment and a decreased kiln capacity. To change the feed material from lump ore and/or indurated pellets to green pellets requires the adaptation of the process parameters and a different operation of the plant. It is, therefore, cumbersome, time consuming and thus costly.
It is the object of the present invention to provide for more flexibility in producing DRI by allowing to choose the most economical feed material available.
According to the present invention this problem is solved by a system compris- ing the features of claim 1 .
Preferred embodiments of the present invention are evident from the dependent claims. According to the present invention, a first feeder is provided to feed lump ore and/or indurated pellets, and a second feeder is provided to feed green pellets onto the traveling grate, wherein the first feeder for feeding the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets is provided upstream of the second feeder for feeding the green pellets. Thereby, the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets are fed onto the traveling grate before the green pellets are introduced such that the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets form a layer on the traveling grate for receiving the green pellets. The destruction of the green pellets by the iron ore lumps, as it would happen upon the simultaneous supply of both feed streams onto the traveling grate, is securely avoided. According to the present invention belt conveyors, roller feeders or other suitable devices may be used to feed the lump ore or the indurated pellets or the green pellets.
Preferably, the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets form a hearth layer on the traveling grate for holding the green pellets. The height of the layer of lump ore and/or indurated pellets on the traveling grate is preferably controlled by a segment gate arrangement in order to provide a uniform hearth layer receiving the green pellets. In a preferred embodiment of the invention a pelletizing unit is provided upstream the second feeder for pelletizing fine grained iron ore concentrate that then can be easily fed onto the layer of lump ore and/or indurated pellets on the traveling grate. In a preferred embodiment of the invention the traveling grate is equipped with a hood that is divided into several process zones in particular for drying, preheating and hardening the green pellets, resting on the layer of lump ore and/or indurated pellets, in order to release moisture and other components that dissociate at elevated temperatures, preheat and harden them. Thereby, the green pellets finally achieve the required pellet strength at the grate discharge. The different process zones, such as drying, preheating and hardening, comprise wind boxes sealed towards the traveling grate for sucking hot gas through the ore and pellet layers resulting in the thermal treatment of the ore and pellets.
Below the wind boxes preferably a duct is provided comprising a valve arrangement for controlling the gas flow through the traveling grate. Thereby, the desired temperatures can be easily adjusted. The reactor located downstream the traveling grate comprises an after burning chamber, wherein an offgas conduit of the after burning chamber is connected to the hood of the traveling grate to provide the hot gas for the thermal treatment of the feed materials. Between the traveling grate and the reactor preferably a refractory lined chute is provided to introduce the material into the reactor.
In a preferred embodiment, the reactor is a rotary kiln. The invention is also directed to a method for operating a system as described above in accordance with the features of claim 1 1 . The lump ore and/or indurated pellets are fed onto the traveling grate by the first feeder at a position upstream of the second feeder such that the lump ore and/or the indurated pellets form a hearth layer on the traveling grate for receiving green pellets from the second feeder. "Upstream the second feeder" in the sense of the present invention means a position located before the second feeder so that the material will travel to the second feeder after it has passed the position. Preferably, lump ore, indurated pellets and green pellets form a bed on the traveling grate, wherein the bed height on the traveling grate is controlled by varying the velocity of the traveling grate. The invention will subsequently be explained in detail with reference to the accompanying drawing and an exemplary embodiment. All features described and/or illustrated form the subject matter of the present invention per se or in any combination, independent of their inclusion in the claims or their back reference.
Fig. 1 is a flow sheet of a plant comprising the system according to the present invention.
According to the present invention and as shown in Fig . 1 , lump iron ore and/or indurated pellets are fed from a first feeder 1 comprising a feed bin 2 and a segment gate 3 onto a traveling grate 4, on which it forms a hearth layer 5.
A second feeder 6 is provided for feeding green pellets produced from iron ore concentrate in the upstream pelletizing unit 9. The grain size of the concentrate is preferably 100% below 100μ. The iron ore concentrate is fed via a weigh feeder 7 and a belt conveyor 8 onto a pelletizing unit 9 for forming the green pellets. From the pelletizing unit 9 the green pellets are fed onto the traveling grate 4 via a belt conveyor 10 and a roller feeder 1 1 , where the green pellets form a second layer on top of the hearth layer 5 formed by the lump ore and/or indurated pellets. If no lump ore or indurated pellets are fed from the first feeder 1 , the green pellets will rest directly on the traveling grate 4. The bed height on the traveling grate 4 is preferably measured online and can be easily controlled by varying the velocity of the traveling grate 4. Additionally, the height of the lump ore/indurated pellets layer is controlled by a standard segment gate ar- rangement. Thereby, a constant bed height is achieved and steady process conditions can be realized.
The traveling grate 4 is equipped with a refractory lined hood 12 extending over at least a part of the traveling grate 4 in its longitudinal direction and divided into several process zones. Wind boxes 13 sealed towards the traveling grate 4 are provided for the respective process zones. The material on the traveling grate 4, i.e. (a) green pellets resting on the lump ore/indurated pellets layer, (b) only green pellets or (c) only lump ore/indurated pellets, is conveyed through the process zones for drying, preheating and, in the case of green pellets, hardening at a temperature of about 900 to 1 .100 °C, preferably 1 .000 to 1 .050 °C, in order to release moisture and other components that dissociate at elevated temperature and finally achieve the required pellet strength at the grate discharge 14. The hot gas flow sucked through the traveling grate 4 and the wind boxes 13 is preferably controlled by a valve arrangement in the duct below the wind boxes 13 (not shown) and temperature measurements. The temperature can vary depending on the materials used in the process.
From the grate discharge 14 the heated and treated material is supplied to the reactor, in particular a rotary kiln 15, via a refractory lined chute 16. In the case of feeding a rotary reduction kiln .reducing agents, in particular coal and char, and if necessary a further suitable fuel are added to and combusted in the rotary kiln 15 to heat and reduce the iron material at a reduction temperature of about 800 to 1 .200 °C, preferably 900 to 1 100 °C. Here as well, the temperature can vary depending on the materials used in the process. Limestone or dolomite is added as desulfurizing agent.
The reduced material then proceeds into a rotary cooler 17 where it preferably is indirectly cooled using water. Thereafter the resulting DRI and nonmagnetics are discharged for product separation into DRI, DRI fines, char and wastes by a system usually comprising screening and magnetic separation steps.
Part of the hot offgas from the kiln's after burning chamber 18 is directed to the hardening zone of the traveling grate 4 in order to apply the highest possible temperature to achieve sufficient pellet strength at the grate discharge 14. Part of the hot offgas obtained in the after burning chamber 18 is mixed with part of the recycled offgas coming from the hardening zone of the grate 4 after passing the cyclone separator 22 and the recuperation fan 23. This hot gas mixture is introduced into the preheating zone of the traveling grate 4 to heat up the iron containing material. The remaining part of the offgas leaving the after burning chamber 18 may be forwarded to a waste heat boiler 19, where steam is produced for power generation. The offgas is cleaned in an electrostatic precipitator 20 and discharged through stack 21 . The separated dust may be further treated before it is finally discharged.
Part of the recycled offgas coming from the hardening zone of the grate 4 after passing the cyclone separator 22 and the recuperation fan 23 mixed with some cold air is introduced into the drying zone. The hot offgas leaving the drying and preheating zones of the traveling grate 4 via the wind boxes is separated from dust in an electrostatic precipitator 24 before it is discharged through stack 25.
As it is evident from the above description, the invention is based on the application of a conventional traveling grate 4 extended in length to facilitate the incor- poration of independent lump ore or indurated pellet feeding facilities in addition to the conventional green pellet feeding facilities. Thereby, the system enables the plant operator to react without long delay to changing market conditions and choose the most economical feed material available. In particular, it is possible to operate the system with • a mixture of lump ore and green pellets produced from iron ore fines, wherein the lump ore forms a hearth layer holding the green pellets;
• 100% green pellets produced from iron ore fines;
· 100% lump ore feed, wherein the traveling grate 4 primarily is used as a preheating unit for the subsequent rotary kiln 15.
• Instead of lump ore also indurated pellets could be used as feed material. In case of operating interruptions of the pelletizing facilities lump ore/indurated pellet feeding could automatically replace the feeding of green pellets.
As the lump ore layer acts as a protective hearth layer against overheating of the traveling grate, higher operating temperatures and a higher energy flow for hardening the green pellets is possible. This results in higher compression strength of the prehardened pellets. In particular for the lower level pellets the exposure to higher temperatures is advisable to improve pellet strength.
In case of operating the system as a preheating unit with lump ore or indurated pellets only, the production capacity of the downstream reactor could be substantially increased (in the case of a rotary kiln 15 by about 30%), compared to feeding cold material . In this case more heat could be recovered in the waste heat boiler 19, compared to feeding green pellets, leading to increased steam production and power generation. This is due to the fact that more heat and therefore more hot gas is required for heating up green pellets because of their higher moisture content.
In case of DRI production, the product quality can be improved by blending lower grade lump ore with green pellets produced from high grade iron ore concentrates. The present invention has been described on the basis of a reduction reactor for reducing iron ore material. It goes without saying that the invention is also suitable with other types of reactors requiring the preheating or thermal treatment of various types of lumpy material, such as a smelter.
List of reference numbers:
1 First feeder
2 Feed bin
3 Segment gate
4 Traveling grate
5 Hearth layer
6 Second feeder
7 Weigh feeder
8 Belt conveyor for concentrate
9 Pelletizing unit
10 Belt conveyor for green pellets
1 1 Roller feeder for green pellets
12 Hood
13 Wind box
14 Grate discharge
15 Rotary kiln
16 Chute
17 Rotary cooler
18 After burning chamber
19 Waste heat boiler
20 Electrostatic precipitator
21 Stack
22 Cyclone separator
23 Recuperation fan
24 Electrostatic precipitator
25 Stack

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1 . System for the treatment of pellet fines, and/or lump ore, and/or indurated pellets, comprising a first feeder (1 ) for feeding lump ore and/or indurated pellets, and a second feeder (6) for feeding green pellets produced from iron ore concentrate in a pelletizing unit (9), a traveling grate (4) and a reactor for further treatment of the feed material,
wherein the first feeder (1 ) is provided to feed the lump ore and/or indurated pellets, and the second feeder (6) is provided to feed green pellets onto the traveling grate (4), and wherein the first feeder (1 ) for feeding the lump ore and/or indurated pellets is provided upstream of the second feeder (6) for feeding green pellets.
2. System according to claim 1 , characterized in that the lump ore forms a hearth layer (5) on the traveling grate (4) for holding the green pellets.
3. System according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the first feeder (1 ) comprises a feed bin (2).
4. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that a segment gate (3) arrangement is provided above the travelling grate (4).
5. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that a pelletizing unit (9) is provided upstream the second feeder (6).
6. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the traveling grate (4) is equipped with a hood (12) that is divided into several process zones.
7. System according to claim 6, characterized in that the process zones comprise wind boxes (13) sealed towards the traveling grate (4).
8. System according to claim 7, characterized in that below the wind boxes (13) a duct is provided comprising a valve arrangement for controlling the gas flow through the traveling grate (4).
9. System according to any of claims 6 to 8, characterized in that the reactor comprises an after burning chamber (18) and that an offgas conduit of the after burning chamber (18) is connected to the hood (12) of the traveling grate (4).
10. System according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that between the traveling grate (4) and the reactor a refractory lined chute (16) is provided.
1 1 . System according to any of the preceding claims, characterized in that the reactor is a rotary kiln (15).
12. Method for operating a system according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the lump ore and/or indurated pellets are fed onto the traveling grate (4) by the first feeder (1 ) at a position upstream of the second feeder (6) such that the lump ore and/or indurated pellets form a hearth layer (5) on the traveling grate (4) for receiving green pellets from the second feeder (6).
13. Method according to claim 12, wherein lump ore and/or indurated pellets and/or green pellets form a bed on the traveling grate (4) and wherein the bed height on said traveling grate (4) is controlled by varying the velocity of the traveling grate (4).
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