JP2007009016A - Method for producing high strong coke raw material - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a method for producing a highly strong coke raw material, comprising dividing a massively by-produced heavy fraction into differently acting divisions, compounding the divisions with raw material coal groups having different properties, respectively, and more effectively using the compounded products as binding fillers for producing the coke. <P>SOLUTION: This method for producing the highly strong coke raw material, comprising compounding a binding filler with a raw material coal, is characterized by (a) preliminarily dividing the raw material coal into a plurality of raw material coal groups having different properties, respectively, (b) dividing the binding filler into a plurality of binding filler groups having different strength-increasing actions, respectively, on the basis of the contents of a component soluble in hexane (HS component), a component insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (HITS component), and a component insoluble in toluene (TI component), (c) compounding the binding filler groups with the raw material coal groups needing the strength-increasing actions, and (d1) suitably compounding the raw material groups compounded with the binding filler groups. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a high-strength coke raw material by blending a caking filler into coke raw coal.

  In blast furnace operation, the reducing material coke is required to have a required strength in order to ensure air permeability in the furnace. In order to produce high-strength coke, high-quality strong caking coal is required as coking coking coal, but the high-quality caking coal is in a resource-depleted state for a long time.

  Therefore, many methods have been proposed so far for producing high-strength coke using low-quality non-coking coal as raw coal.

  When using low quality non-caking coal as raw coal, caking filler is added and mixed in order to compensate for caking properties. For example, tar, pitch, petroleum-based caking material, or the like is used as caking filler (see Patent Documents 1 to 3).

  In Patent Document 1, a petroleum-based heavy fraction such as asphalt is added to raw coal, the blending ratio of caking coal is reduced, the blending ratio of non-caking coal is increased, and high-quality coke is produced. A method is disclosed.

  In Patent Document 2, asphalt having a softening point of 100 ° C. or higher obtained from petroleum heavy oil using butane, pentane or hexane as a solvent alone or in combination is used as a raw coal. A method for producing coke to add and mix parts by weight is disclosed.

However, in these production methods, the coke strength index DI ¹⁵⁰ ₁₅ cannot ensure the minimum level of 84.5 necessary for blast furnace coke. Further, the blending ratio of non-slightly caking coal is as low as 0% in Patent Document 1 and 9 to 13% in Patent Document 2.

  Accordingly, the present applicant aims to produce high-strength coke for blast furnaces, and in Patent Document 3, a heavy tar fraction is added as a caking filler to coking coal containing 0-60 wt% of non-minor caking coal. A method for producing coke for blast furnace was proposed.

In this production method, tar is distilled at 200 to 350 ° C., hexane-soluble content (HS) is 20 wt% or less, components insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (HITS) are 40 to 80 wt%, insoluble in toluene. For heavy blast furnaces where DI ¹⁵⁰ ₁₅ is 83-84 in a high range of 40-60% when the heavy tar fraction with component (TI) adjusted to 0-40 wt% is used. Coke production is possible.

  Thus, tar, pitch, petroleum-based caking additive, petroleum-based heavy fraction (residue generated in petroleum refining process, deasphalted asphalt) and tar heavy fraction increase the strength of coke. It works effectively as a caking filler.

Strong caking coal for producing high-strength coke is expensive and scarce. To produce coke with high strength while using inferior non-fine caking coal, the characteristics of these caking fillers It is necessary to establish an efficient usage system according to the characteristics.
Coal chemistry and industry (Sankyo Publishing Co., Ltd., 1977 edition, p.315) JP 59-179586 A JP-A-9-241653

  In view of the above-mentioned need, the present invention separates the caking filler according to the action in the production of high-strength coke for blast furnaces and mixes it with the raw coal grouped according to properties. Another object of the present invention is to provide a method for producing a high-strength coke raw material that is more effectively utilized as a caking filler for coke production.

  As the proportion of non-slightly caking coal in the coking coal increases, the caking property as coking coal decreases, so in order to produce high-strength coke, a caking filler that compensates for this caking loss is used. Mix in raw coal.

  As mentioned above, tar, pitch, petroleum-based caking materials, petroleum-based heavy fractions (for example, deasphalted asphalt) and tar heavy fractions are effective as caking fillers that enhance the strength of coke. Act on.

However, when using a large amount of non-slightly caking coal as a coking coal, or when using various kinds of non-slightly caking coal of various brands, the strength enhancement effect of the caking filler is sufficiently extracted, and the required level ( In order to secure a coke strength of 85 or more with DI ¹⁵⁰ ₁₅ ), it is necessary to know the properties of the caking filler and to select and mix caking fillers that match the properties of the raw coal.

  Then, this inventor classifies raw coal according to coal property, and earnestly investigated the correlation with the intensity | strength increase effect expressed when a caking filler is mix | blended, and content of caking filler constituent.

As a result, when the present inventor selects and mixes a caking filler having an appropriate component composition corresponding to the coal properties of the raw coal, the strength promoting action of the caking filler functions to the maximum, and DI ¹⁵⁰ ₁₅ found that high strength coke of 85 or more could be produced.

  This invention was made | formed based on the said knowledge, and the summary is as follows.

(1) In a method of producing a raw material for high strength coke by blending a caking filler with raw coal,
(A) Coking coal is classified into a plurality of coking coal groups according to coal properties in advance,
(B) The content of the caking filler material is soluble in hexane (HS component), insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (HITS component), and insoluble in toluene (TI component). Based on the strength-increasing action, it is divided into multiple caking filler groups,
(C) The separated caking filler group is blended with a coal-type coking coal group that requires the strength-increasing action of the group, and
(D1) A method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke, wherein a plurality of raw coal groups containing a caking filler group are appropriately blended.

(2) In a method of producing a raw material for high strength coke by blending a caking filler with raw coal,
(A) Coking coal is classified into a plurality of coking coal groups according to coal properties in advance,
(B) The content of the caking filler material is soluble in hexane (HS component), insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (HITS component), and insoluble in toluene (TI component). Based on the strength-increasing action, it is divided into multiple caking filler groups,
(C) The separated caking filler group is blended into a coal-like coking coal group that requires the strength enhancing action of the group, and then
(D2) A method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke, characterized by kneading or molding after kneading.

(3) In a method of producing a raw material for high strength coke by blending a caking filler into raw coal,
(A) Coking coal is classified into a plurality of coking coal groups according to coal properties in advance,
(B) The content of the caking filler material is soluble in hexane (HS component), insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (HITS component), and insoluble in toluene (TI component). Based on the strength-increasing action, it is divided into multiple caking filler groups,
(C) The separated caking filler group is blended with a coal-type coking coal group that requires the strength-increasing action of the group, and
(D1) A plurality of coking coal groups blended with a caking filler group are appropriately blended, and then
(D2) A method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke, characterized by kneading or molding after kneading.

  (4) The method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke according to any one of (1) to (3), wherein the raw coal includes more than 20% by mass of non-slightly caking coal. .

  (5) In any one of the above (1) to (4), raw coal is fractionated using the total expansion rate (weighted average of total expansion rate) and / or volatile content as the coal properties. The manufacturing method of the raw material for high-strength coke as described.

  (6) Any of the above (1) to (5), wherein the caking filler is tar, a heavy fraction in tar, a coal-based pitch, a petroleum-based heavy fraction, or a petroleum-based pitch. A method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke according to crab.

According to the present invention, a coke raw material capable of producing high strength coke having a strength of 85 or more with DI ¹⁵⁰ ₁₅ can be produced by effectively utilizing a caking filler under a systematic usage system.

  The present invention will be described in detail. The caking filler is mainly a component soluble in hexane (hereinafter sometimes referred to as “HS component”), a component insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (hereinafter also referred to as “HITS component”), and It consists of a component insoluble in toluene (TI component) and other inevitable residual components.

  In order to ensure high strength, in the pore structure of coke, (a) the pore size is appropriate, (b) the pore shape is rounded, and (c) the coke wall is thick. Importantly, the present inventor has experimentally confirmed that the above-described components generally perform the following actions.

  (A) The HS component (light component) is gasified during the dry distillation process, promotes the growth and coalescence of bubbles in the softened and melted coal, and increases the pore size to an appropriate size (pore expansion action).

  (B) The HITS component (intermediate component) reduces the viscosity of the coal softened and melted during the dry distillation process, and makes the shape of the bubbles round (pore rounding action).

  (C) The TI component (heavy component) is almost a residue, but thickens the coke wall (wall thickness increasing action).

  FIG. 1 is a composition diagram in which the main three components of the caking filler, that is, the HS component, the HITS component, and the TI component are taken on each side.

  The present inventor has thought that if a caking filler is appropriately selected and added in an appropriate amount according to the properties of the raw coal, a remarkable strength enhancement effect can be obtained. The strength enhancement effect obtained by adding a caking filler was investigated for charcoal and raw coal with low caking properties (expandability defined by JIS). As a result, the following was found.

  (X) When adding a caking filler with a large amount of TI component (heavy component) that has a wall thickness increasing action and a small amount of HS component (light component) that has a pore expanding action, relative to raw material coal with a large amount of volatile matter, Coke strength is improved.

  (Y) Coke strength is improved by adding a caking filler with a high HITS component (intermediate component) that has a pore rounding action to raw coal with low caking properties (expandability specified by JIS). To do.

  And this inventor classify | categorizes raw coal into volatile matter (VM (%)) and expansibility (TD (%)), for example, as shown in FIG. 2, and illustrates a caking filler in FIG. As shown in FIG. 1, it is classified according to the composition of the HS component, the HITS component, and the TI component (in FIG. 1, (1) to (9)), and the coking filler (1) is used for the raw coal (a). ) And (b), it has been found that if the caking filler (2) is added, a remarkable strength enhancement effect can be obtained.

  However, the classification according to the component composition of the caking filler is not limited to the example shown in FIG. In the caking filler material, which strength enhancing action is dominant depends on the component composition, so that the caking filler material is classified and blended according to the component composition in accordance with the number of classification of the raw coal.

  The present invention is characterized in that the caking filler is systematically classified according to the properties of the raw coal, and this fractionated caking filler is incorporated into a production system for a high-strength coke raw material.

  In an industrial coke production process, it is common practice to mix (blend) multiple types of raw coal with different properties to adjust the blended coal, and then charge it into a coke oven to produce coke. However, when adjusting the blended coal, it is common to add a caking filler to the blended coal.

  Therefore, the inventors have thought based on the above findings that coke strength can be further improved by adding an optimum caking filler according to the raw coal properties.

  Accordingly, coke was produced using the two types of caking fillers S and K0 shown in Table 1 and the two types of raw coals A and B shown in Table 2, and the strengths thereof were measured.

  The caking fillers S and K0 are classified into (5) and (9) shown in FIG. 1, respectively, and the raw coals A and B are classified into (e) and (i) shown in FIG. 2, respectively. Is done.

  First, in Test 1, the caking filler S and K0 are mixed at a ratio of 1: 1, and this caking filler is added 3% to the blended coal in which the raw coals A and B are mixed at a ratio of 1: 1, The coke strength after dry distillation was measured. Here, since the raw coal B is non-slightly caking coal, the non-slightly caking coal ratio in the blended coal is 50%.

  In Test 2, 3% of the caking filler S is added to the raw coal A, 3% of the caking filler K0 is added to the raw coal B, and then both are mixed at a ratio of 1: 1. The coke strength after dry distillation was measured.

Table 3 shows the DI ¹⁵⁰ _{15 of} the coke produced. From Table 3, it can be seen that the coke strength obtained in Test 2 in which a caking filler is selectively added to the raw coal is higher than the coke strength obtained in Test 1.

  This is because by selectively adding the caking filler K0 to the raw coal B having a high volatile content and low expansibility, the wall thickness of the coke structure generated from the raw coal B becomes thicker and the pores become rounder. Because.

  Even if the caking filler is selectively mixed in advance with the coking coal, it is mixed with another type of coking coal or caking filler in the blending process, and the effect of selective addition of caking filler However, there is a concern that it may not develop, but the caking filler adheres to the surface of the coal particles, and even if blended with other raw coal, the adhering / mixing state of the caking filler is maintained. Therefore, the above effect could be obtained.

  Therefore, in order to obtain the effect of selective addition of the caking filler more significantly, it is important to prevent the caking filler from peeling off from the surface of the coal particles in the handling process. For this, it is preferable to add a caking filler to the raw coal and then heat and knead, and more preferably to form a kneaded product after heating and kneading.

Here, the manufacturing system of the raw material for high-strength coke of this invention is shown in FIGS. Coking coal is classified into coking coal groups C ₁ , C ₂ ,... C _n-1 , C _n according to the coal properties.

Caking filling material S, the composition separately, are separated into S ₁ to S _n, according to the correlation between the predetermined coal properties, in the mixing step 2, raw coal group _{C 1, C 2, ... C} n-1, formulated in any of C _n.

FIG. 3 shows a production system in the case where the caking filler S _i is mixed with the raw coal group C _i . After passing through the mixing step 2, each raw coal is agglomerated in the agglomeration step 4 through the kneading step 3, blended at a predetermined ratio in the final mixing step 2 z, and fed to the coke oven 1. . In the kneading step 3, the raw coal may be heated.

  Before and after each step, a storage step such as a hopper may be installed as necessary. Moreover, the kneading | mixing process 3 and the agglomeration process 4 should just be provided suitably as needed, and may not be provided as long as desired coke intensity | strength is obtained.

FIG. 4 shows a manufacturing system when the mixing step 2, the kneading step 3, and the agglomeration step 4 are shared and simplified. The required coking coal group C _i and the caking filler material S _i selected according to its properties are mixed, kneaded and agglomerated to produce a caking filler mixed raw coal group CSi, and each is stored. To do.

  Thereafter, one or more types of caking filler mixed raw coal group CSi are mixed at a predetermined ratio in the final mixing step 2z and fed to the coke oven 1. Compared with the manufacturing system shown in FIG. 3, it is possible to reduce the number of facilities required for the mixing step 2, the kneading step 3, the agglomeration step 4, and the final mixing step 2z.

  When constructing an actual manufacturing process, it is preferable to employ an intermediate system between the manufacturing system shown in FIG. 3 and the manufacturing system shown in FIG.

  When the composition of the caking filler material S changes continuously, as shown in FIG. 5, it is also possible to construct a manufacturing system in which the caking filler material is continuously separated and used.

  The caking filler S is fed directly from the refining process through the feeding path 7 to the blending process. A sampling device 6 is arranged in the middle of the feeding path 7, and the caking is made by the sampling device 6. The composition of the filling material S is measured.

The composition signal of the caking filler material S is transmitted to the caking filler material blending control device 5, and the caking filler material S has a raw coal group C ₁ , C ₂ ,. formulated in any of _n-1, C _n. Coking coal (raw material for high-strength coke) blended with a caking filler is blended in an appropriate amount and then fed to a coke oven.

  In addition, the caking filler blending control device 5 receives the signal of the raw coal amount from the raw coal blending control device 8 and controls so that the blending amount of the caking filler material falls within an appropriate range for each raw coal group. To do. In the figure, the coking coal separation / feeding route is not shown, but the coking coal blending control device 8 receives the coking coal increase signal from the caking filler blending control device 5 and mixes the caking filler. The amount of a specific coking coal group may be increased so that is within an appropriate range.

  In the present invention, the coking strength is promoted by appropriately selecting the caking filler separated by the component composition and blending it into the separated raw coal. There are no restrictions on the particle size distribution and properties of the raw coal.

  The present invention exhibits a strength enhancement effect even when the blending amount of non-slightly caking coal exceeds 20% by mass.

  Next, examples of the present invention will be described. The conditions of the examples are one example of conditions adopted to confirm the feasibility and effects of the present invention, and the present invention is limited to this one example of conditions. It is not done. The present invention can adopt various conditions as long as the object of the present invention is achieved without departing from the gist of the present invention.

(Example)
Using nine types of caking fillers shown in Table 4 and nine types of raw coals shown in Table 5, coke raw materials were produced. The caking filler and raw coal were each classified based on the classifications shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, and timely blended under the conditions shown in Table 6 to produce a coke raw material.

  As shown in Table 6, coke raw materials were produced using two types of raw coal and two types of caking filler. In the table, the caking filler mixing method is described as “mixing”. In this case, two types of caking filler were mixed at a ratio of 1: 1, and 3% of this caking filler was added to a blended coal obtained by mixing two types of raw coal at a ratio of 1: 1.

  In the table, when the caking filler mixing method is described as “By Gr”, first add 3% caking filler suitable for the properties of the raw coal (same number), then Both were mixed at a ratio of 1: 1.

  In Invention Example 1-2, the mixture was heated and kneaded after mixing. In Invention Example 1-3, the mixture was kneaded by heating and then agglomerated.

Table 6 also shows the DI ¹⁵⁰ _{15 of} the coke produced. From Table 6, it can be seen that in any combination case, DI ¹⁵⁰ ₁₅ is improved in the inventive example as compared with the comparative example, and a strength level of DI ¹⁵⁰ ₁₅ 85.5 or higher is achieved.

As described above, according to the present invention, under the systematic use system, the caulking filler can be effectively used to produce a high-strength coke of 85.5 or more with DI ¹⁵⁰ ₁₅ Raw materials can be manufactured.

  Therefore, the present invention is highly applicable not only to the petrochemical industry and the steel industry but also to environmental protection.

It is a composition figure which took the composition of three main components of the caking filler, ie, the HS component, the HITS component, and the TI component on each side. It is a figure which shows the example of classification | category by the coal property of raw coal. It is a figure which shows the manufacturing system of the raw material for high intensity | strength coke of this invention. It is a figure which shows another manufacturing system of the raw material for high intensity | strength coke of this invention. It is a figure which shows another manufacturing system of the raw material for high intensity | strength coke of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

1 coke oven 2 mixing step 2z final mixing step 3 kneading step 4 agglomerate Step 5 caking filling material blending controller 6 sampling device 7 feed path 8 coking coal blending control device _{C 1, C 2, C n} -1, C _n coking coal group _{S 1, S 2, S n} -1, S n caking filling material group

Claims (6)

In a method of producing a raw material for high strength coke by blending a caking filler into raw coal,
(A) Coking coal is classified into a plurality of coking coal groups according to coal properties in advance,
(B) The content of the caking filler material is soluble in hexane (HS component), insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (HITS component), and insoluble in toluene (TI component). Based on the strength-increasing action, it is divided into multiple caking filler groups,
(C) The separated caking filler group is blended with a coal-type coking coal group that requires the strength-increasing action of the group, and
(D1) A method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke, wherein a plurality of raw coal groups containing a caking filler group are appropriately blended. In a method of producing a raw material for high strength coke by blending a caking filler into raw coal,
(A) Coking coal is classified into a plurality of coking coal groups according to coal properties in advance,
(B) The content of the caking filler material is soluble in hexane (HS component), insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (HITS component), and insoluble in toluene (TI component). Based on the strength-increasing action, it is divided into multiple caking filler groups,
(C) The separated caking filler group is blended into a coal-like coking coal group that requires the strength enhancing action of the group, and then
(D2) A method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke, characterized by kneading or molding after kneading. In a method of producing a raw material for high strength coke by blending a caking filler into raw coal,
(A) Coking coal is classified into a plurality of coking coal groups according to coal properties in advance,
(B) The content of the caking filler material is soluble in hexane (HS component), insoluble in hexane and soluble in toluene (HITS component), and insoluble in toluene (TI component). Based on the strength-increasing action, it is divided into multiple caking filler groups,
(C) The separated caking filler group is blended with a coal-type coking coal group that requires the strength-increasing action of the group, and
(D1) A plurality of coking coal groups blended with a caking filler group are appropriately blended, and then
(D2) A method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke, characterized by kneading or molding after kneading.   The method for producing a raw material for high-strength coke according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the raw coal includes non-caking coal in excess of 20 mass%.   The high strength according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein raw coal is fractionated using total expansion rate (weighted average of total expansion rate) and / or volatile content as the coal properties. Coke raw material manufacturing method.   6. The caking filler is tar, heavy fraction in tar, coal-based pitch, petroleum-based heavy fraction, or petroleum-based pitch, according to any one of claims 1 to 5. A method for producing high strength coke raw materials.

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