JP2008297624A - Apparatus and method for reduction processing - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve the working rate of a solid-reduction furnace, relating to an apparatus and a method for processing the reduction of iron oxide containing zinc or zinc oxide or iron oxide. <P>SOLUTION: This apparatus is the one, in which the iron oxide containing zinc or the zinc oxide or the iron oxide is heated to carry out the solid-reduction of the zinc and/or the iron oxide with the reduction furnace, and courses 2a, 2b toward conveying means 3, 4 for discharging material from the reduction furnace 1 are switched with a switching means 5. When the solid-reduction is carried out, the solid discharged material discharged from the reduction furnace is introduced into the dry-type conveying means 3 and conveyed under drying state without leaking out to be suitably usable as the raw material for iron-making process at latter part. Meanwhile, when the stuck material on the inner wall of the furnace 1 is removed, the solid-reduction operation is once stopped and the stuck material is fused by raising the reduction furnace 1 temperature so as to fuse the stuck material and introduce the fused material discharged from the reduction furnace 1 into the wet-type conveying means 4, and while preventing the re-sticking as the stuck material by introducing the fused discharged material into the dry-type conveying means 3, without carrying out the start-up of the furnace and one series of the removing operation and the start-up again as the usual, the stuck material is easily fused and removed from the reduction furnace 1. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2009,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to an apparatus for reducing zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc oxide or iron oxide, and a method for reducing treatment.

Conventionally, as a reduction treatment device, iron dust and anthracite (reducing material) are charged into a rotary kiln (reduction furnace), and reduction and agglomeration, that is, solid reduction, is performed. There is known a reduction treatment apparatus that is charged into a cooler and cooled to a desired temperature while conveying a solid discharge with the rotary cooler (see Non-Patent Document 1, for example).
The Japan Institute of Metals, Editor, “Lecture, Modern Metallurgy, Volume 1 Iron and Steel Smelting” The Japan Institute of Metals, 3rd printing, June 25, 1985, p. 178-179

  Here, in the thing of the said nonpatent literature 1, a clinker, a dam ring, etc. adhere to the inner wall of a rotary kiln as a deposit | attachment, and it is necessary to remove the said deposit | attachment. When removing such deposits, the furnace is generally cooled down to the extent that an operator can enter the furnace, and then the worker enters the furnace and removes the deposits manually or by machine. In order to raise again to the reduction temperature, it is necessary to stop the operation for about 5 days, and improvement of the operation rate is desired.

  The present invention has been made to solve such problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a reduction treatment apparatus and a reduction treatment method that can improve the operating rate of a reduction furnace that performs solid reduction.

  The reduction treatment apparatus according to the present invention is a reduction furnace in which zinc-containing iron oxide, zinc oxide or iron oxide, and a reducing material are heat-treated to reduce zinc and / or iron oxide in a solid state and discharged from the reduction furnace. A dry transport means and a wet transport means for transporting the discharged waste, and the solid waste discharged from the reduction furnace during solid reduction passes through a path toward the dry transport means and adheres to the inner wall of the furnace When the melting furnace is set to a melting temperature higher than that at the time of solid reduction and the molten effluent is discharged from the reducing furnace, the path is switched so that the molten effluent passes through the path toward the wet conveying means. Switching means is provided.

  Further, the reduction treatment method according to the present invention is a reduction treatment method in which zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc oxide or iron oxide and a reducing material are heat-treated in a reduction furnace to solidly reduce zinc and / or iron oxide. Sometimes, when the solid discharge discharged from the reduction furnace passes the path toward the dry transport means, the path is switched by the switching means, and when removing the deposits adhering to the inner wall of the furnace, It is characterized in that the path is switched by the switching means so that the deposit is melted at a higher melting temperature and the melted discharge discharged from the reduction furnace passes through the path toward the wet conveying means.

  According to such a reduction processing apparatus and a reduction processing method, the path to the transporting means for the exhaust discharged from the reduction furnace can be switched by the switching means, and is discharged from the reduction furnace during normal solid reduction. Solid discharges such as iron and carbon are introduced into the dry transport means by the switching means, transported in a dry state without getting wet, and suitably used as a raw material for the subsequent steelmaking process, for example, while adhering to the inner wall of the furnace When removing the deposit, the solid reduction operation is temporarily stopped and the reduction furnace is brought to the melting temperature to melt the deposit, and the molten discharge discharged from the reduction furnace is introduced into the wet conveying means by the switching means, While preventing the molten discharge from being introduced into the dry transport means and being cooled and solidified by the dry transport means and reattached as deposits, the conventional furnace shutdown, a series of removal operations, Without easily improve the operating rate can melt removed from the reduction furnace to deposit to perform the start-up.

  Here, various conveying means can be adopted. However, if the dry conveying means is a sealed conveying means and the wet conveying means is a water-sealed conveying means, the contact of the discharged material with the outside air is blocked. This prevents reoxidation.

  Further, when the hermetic conveying means is a rotary cooler and the water-sealed conveying means is a water-sealed conveyor, the solid discharge at the time of solid reduction is cooled in a dry manner, so that it is used as a raw material for, for example, an iron manufacturing process. In addition, since the molten discharge at the time of deposit removal is cooled in a wet manner, the cooling time can be shortened.

  Moreover, it is preferable to use a flap damper as the switching means because switching can be easily performed.

  Thus, according to the present invention, it is possible to improve the operating rate of a reduction furnace that performs solid reduction.

  Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of a reduction processing apparatus and a reduction processing method according to the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram illustrating a reduction processing apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a right side configuration diagram of the reduction processing apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1. Here, the reduction processing apparatus includes zinc-containing iron oxide. This is a reduction processing apparatus.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a reduction processing apparatus 100 is connected to a rotary kiln (reduction furnace) 1 that introduces electric furnace dust and reducing material of an electric furnace (electric furnace) and heat-processes, and an outlet 1 f of the rotary kiln 1. Secondary combustion tower 2 having paths 2a and 2b for passing the exhaust from If and passages 2a and 2b for completing combustion, and each transport for transporting the exhaust from paths 2a and 2b to the subsequent stage Means 3 and 4 are provided.

  For example, the electric furnace in the previous stage of the rotary kiln 1 is to produce steel by melting iron scrap as a raw material at a furnace temperature of 1500 to 1700 ° C. From this electric furnace, electric furnace dust is generated as fly ash. The electric furnace dust has a total iron content (T-Fe) content of about 22%, a metal iron (M-Fe) content of about 0.8%, an iron oxide content of about 30%, and a zinc content. The rate is about 30% and contains a large amount of zinc-containing iron oxide.

  The rotary kiln 1 has a cylindrical rotating body portion 1a and is horizontally or inclined, and a front end portion of the body portion 1a is closed by a front support portion 1b as a fixed portion and is rotatably supported. The rear end portion of the body portion 1a is inserted into the secondary combustion tower 2 as a fixed portion and is rotatably supported.

  The front support portion 1b is provided with an introduction duct 1c for introducing electric furnace dust from the electric furnace into the furnace, and fuel that burns fuel such as heavy oil using combustion air introduced into the furnace. A combustion device 1d is provided. This fuel combustion apparatus 1d is for preheating the interior of the furnace at the time of startup of the furnace so that the reduction temperature in the furnace will be described later. And (in actual operation), the driving is stopped. The introduction duct 1c is provided with a reducing material supply device 1e. This reducing material supply device 1e blows the reducing material into the furnace and supplies it to a predetermined position without stopping the operation of the rotary kiln 1.

  Here, the reducing material supplied by the reducing material supply device 1e is ASR (automobile-derived shredder dust) here, and processing is obligated by the Automobile Recycling Law. This ASR has a high content of volatile components such as hydrogen and hydrocarbons of about 50%, and a fixed carbon content of about 4%. The ASR contains a relatively large amount of copper.

In the rotary kiln 1 supplied with these electric furnace dust and ASR, the O ₂ concentration in the exhaust gas at the outlet 1f becomes 5% -dry or less so as to make the inside of the furnace a reducing atmosphere, and the reduction of the furnace to prevent melting of copper. The actual operation is performed so that the temperature is 800 to 1080 ° C. By operation at this temperature, solid reduction (reduction in a solid state without melting) is performed in the rotary kiln 1.

  In the secondary combustion tower 2 connected to the outlet 1f of the rotary kiln 1, a secondary combustion chamber 2c is provided on the upper side of the outlet 1f, and paths 2a and 2b are provided on the lower side of the outlet 1f.

  The path 2a is for guiding the solid discharge at the time of solid reduction discharged from the outlet 1f of the rotary kiln 1 obliquely downward and rearward, and in the lower part of the path 2a is a dry transport means and a sealed transport means. A rotary cooler 3 is installed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the rotary cooler 3 has an outer shape substantially the same as that of the rotary kiln 1, and shuts off the furnace side from the outside air and seals it airtight, while rotating the solid discharge from the outlet 1f downstream. The solid discharge is cooled by being sprinkled on the outer surface at the same time as it is conveyed.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the path 2 b is selected when melting and removing deposits (clinker, dam ring, etc.) adhering to the inner wall of the rotary kiln 1, and is discharged from the outlet 1 f of the rotary kiln 1. In order to direct the melted discharge directly downward, a water-sealed conveyer 4 that is a water-sealed conveying means as well as a wet conveying means is installed at the lower part of the path 2b.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the water-sealed conveyor 4 is provided such that a long tank (casing) 4a is filled with water W and the conveyor 4b is immersed therein. While being sealed with water, the melted discharge from the outlet 1f is rapidly cooled with water, conveyed outside the tank 4a by the conveyor 4b, and recovered as a large number of granular granulated slag.

  As shown in FIG. 1, a flap damper 5 serving as a switching means for switching between the paths 2a and 2b is provided at the branch portion of the paths 2a and 2b. The flap damper 5 passes through a path 2a toward the rotary cooler 3 when the solid discharge from the rotary kiln 1 is reduced during solid reduction. This is for switching the paths 2a and 2b so that the object passes through the path 2b toward the water-sealed conveyor 4.

  The flap damper 5 is configured not to protrude to the path 2b so as not to contact the molten discharge flowing down from the outlet 1f when the path 2b is selected. Incidentally, the switching of the flap damper 5 may be performed manually or automatically.

  In such a reduction processing apparatus 100, first, when the rotary kiln 1 is started up, the fuel combustion apparatus 1d is driven to burn the fuel to generate high-temperature combustion gas and flame, thereby preheating the interior of the furnace. Then, the furnace temperature is raised to 800 to 1080 ° C. When the furnace temperature is raised to 800 to 1080 ° C., the driving is stopped and the actual operation is started.

  In this actual operation, the body 1a rotates at a predetermined speed, and the electric furnace dust supplied into the furnace via the introduction duct 1c is heated while being conveyed from the inlet side to the outlet 1f. Further, the ASR supplied into the furnace via the reducing material supply device 1e generates heat necessary for reduction by being supplied with heat, functions effectively as a reducing material and a heating material, and is subjected to a combustion process (heating process). Is done. Further, during the solid reduction in which the furnace temperature is set to 800 to 1080 ° C., the path 2a and the rotary cooler 3 are selected by the flap damper 5.

  In the furnace, zinc is reduced and separated from the zinc-containing iron oxide in the electric furnace dust by the reducing action of the ASR, and the iron oxide is reduced to obtain metallic iron. At this time, since the reduction temperature of the furnace is set to 1080 ° C. or lower, it is possible to prevent copper having a melting point of 1083 ° C. from melting and adhering to iron. Moreover, since the reduction temperature of the furnace is set to 800 ° C. or higher, both the metallization rate (ratio of iron content in iron oxide to become metal iron) and dezincification rate (ratio of zinc removal) are both increased ( Reduction performance is improved).

  Then, the zinc separated from the zinc-containing iron oxide is volatilized and scattered as dust having a fine particle diameter, and is accompanied by the exhaust gas toward the secondary combustion chamber 2c in the upper part of the secondary combustion tower 2. In the secondary combustion chamber 2c, unburned components in the exhaust gas are completely burned, and the volatilized zinc becomes zinc oxide or the like and goes to the subsequent stage as dust having a high zinc concentration in which zinc is concentrated. For this reason, by providing a cyclone that performs solid-gas separation and a bag filter that collects dust in the subsequent stage, dust having a high zinc concentration is recovered by the cyclone or bag filter. This high zinc concentration dust has a zinc concentration of 50 to 80% and is very effectively used as a raw material for crude zinc ore at a zinc refinery.

On the other hand, solid discharge such as iron and carbon of about 900 ° C. discharged from the outlet 1 f of the rotary kiln 1 is introduced into the rotary cooler 3 through the path 2 a by switching by the flap damper 5. The introduced solid discharge is conveyed in the rotary cooler 3 while preventing reoxidation by hermetic sealing, and is cooled to about 300 ° C. Thus, since solid discharge, such as iron and carbon, is cooled in a dry manner by the rotary cooler 3, it can be used as it is as a raw material for an iron making process, and in this embodiment, it is used as a raw material for an electric furnace.
As described above, the iron thus obtained is effectively used as a raw material in which deterioration in quality is prevented because there is no melting of copper.

  Here, when the actual operation is continued, a clinker, a dam ring or the like adheres to the inner wall of the rotary kiln 1 as an adhering substance, and it is necessary to remove the adhering substance.

  In this case, as the deposit removal operation, the ASR supply by the electric furnace dust and reducing material supply device 1e is stopped, while the fuel combustion device 1d is driven to set the furnace temperature to 1300 ° C., which is the melting temperature. While raising the temperature to the extent, the body 1a is rotated at a predetermined speed. In the case of this extraneous matter removal operation, the path 2b and the water seal conveyor 4 are selected by the flap damper 5.

  By this deposit removal operation, deposits adhering to the inner wall of the furnace are melted and discharged from the outlet 1f of the rotary kiln 1 while flowing down as melted discharge. The melted discharge of about 1300 ° C. is introduced into the water-sealed conveyor 4 directly below the path 2 b without contacting the flap damper 5 by switching by the flap damper 5. The introduced molten discharge is cooled in the water-sealed conveyor 4 and, after cooling, is conveyed outside the tank as a granulated slag.

  And if removal of a deposit is completed, it will return to the above-mentioned actual operation, and will restart solid reduction processing.

  Thus, in this embodiment, the rotary cooler 3 and the water seal conveyor 4 for conveying the discharge discharged from the rotary kiln 1, the rotary cooler 3 for the discharge discharged from the rotary kiln 1, water The paths 2 a and 2 b toward the sealing conveyor 4 can be switched by a flap damper 5, and solid discharge materials such as iron and carbon discharged from the rotary kiln 1 are introduced into the rotary cooler 3 by the flap damper 5 during normal solid reduction. In order to remove the deposits adhering to the inner wall of the rotary kiln 1, the solid reduction operation is temporarily performed. The rotary kiln 1 is brought to the melting temperature and the deposits are melted. While preventing the discharged molten discharge from being introduced into the rotary cooler 3 and being cooled and solidified by the rotary cooler 3 and reattached as an adhering substance, a conventional furnace shutdown, a series of removal operations, Adhesives can be easily melted and removed from the rotary kiln 1 without restarting, and the operating rate can be improved.

  In addition, when the solid discharge at the time of solid reduction is also introduced into the water-sealed conveyer 4 and only the water-sealed conveyer 4 is used as the conveying means, it is necessary to dry the iron and the carbon used as the raw material for the iron making process. There is a problem that flows.

  Incidentally, as before, when the furnace was lowered, a series of removal operations, and restarted to remove deposits, it was necessary to stop the operation for about 5 days. According to this, the operation can be stopped for about half a day.

  FIG. 3 shows a reduction processing apparatus according to another embodiment, and corresponds to FIG. In this embodiment, a moving water tank 14 is used instead of the water seal conveyor 4.

  The moving water tank 14 includes a water tank carriage 14a and a rail 14b. The aquarium carriage 14a is configured to be movable on the rail 14b, is filled with water and is located immediately below the path 2b, and can move on the rail 14b between a position immediately below the path 2b and other positions. . Therefore, the water tank carriage 14a rapidly cools down the molten discharge flowing down, collects it as a large number of granular granulated slag, and conveys it by moving on the rail 14b. For this reason, the moving water tank 14 functions as a water-sealed transfer means as well as a wet transfer means.

  Needless to say, even with the moving water tank 14 having such a configuration, the same effect as that of the previous water-sealed conveyor 4 can be obtained.

  The present invention has been specifically described above based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the above embodiment. For example, in the above embodiment, electric furnace dust containing a large amount of zinc-containing iron oxide is used. It is intended to make efficient use of recovered iron and zinc by increasing the recovery rate of iron and zinc as the object to be treated. For example, sludge generated in wastewater treatment equipment, which is an electric furnace auxiliary equipment, rolling equipment In other words, it may be a rolling scale generated in the above, and the point is that it contains zinc-containing iron oxide. Further, as being particularly preferable, the object to be reduced is zinc-containing iron oxide, but the present invention can be similarly applied when zinc oxide or iron oxide is used as the object to be reduced instead of zinc-containing iron oxide. In the case of zinc oxide, as in the case of zinc-containing iron oxide, zinc is reduced and can be recovered as dust with a high zinc concentration. In the case of iron oxide, the zinc-containing As in the case of iron oxide, it can be recovered as metallic iron in which the iron oxide has been reduced to prevent degradation.

  Further, in the above embodiment, processing is obliged from the automobile recycling law, and ASR containing a large amount of copper is used as a reducing material and a heating material, satisfying the automobile recycling law, and in particular, melting adhesion of copper to metallic iron. The ASR and home appliance shredder dust, which is a waste that is effective as a reducing material and generates the amount of heat necessary for reduction and functions as a heating material. Further, at least one of waste plastic, RDF (Refuse Derived Fuel) obtained from waste, and RPF (Refuse Paper and Plastic Fuel) may be used. These may not be molded and homogenized like RPF, and if they are ASR, they may be discharged from a shredder dust supplier. And even if it is ASR in the state discharged | emitted from the shredder dust supplier, when the reduction furnace is set to the rotary kiln 1, it can be thrown into the said rotary kiln 1 easily. Further, since these reducing materials generate heat necessary for reduction and function as heating materials, the solid reduction treatment is performed without using the fuel combustion device 1d as a heat source, that is, without using auxiliary fuel. However, solid reduction treatment may be performed using auxiliary fuel. In addition, reducing materials other than those described above may be used. For example, sludge, oil mud, wood waste, fiber waste, rubber waste, animal and vegetable residues, etc. may function as the reducing material and heating material.

  Moreover, even if it is ASR of the state discharged | emitted from the shredder dust contractor, although the rotary kiln 1 is used as a furnace which can be thrown in easily and can form a suitable reducing atmosphere in a furnace, if it is a furnace which functions as a reducing furnace For example, a shaft furnace or a high-temperature gasification furnace may be used.

  Moreover, in the said embodiment, although the flap damper 5 is used as switching can be made easy, of course, other dampers and switching means can be used.

  Further, in the above embodiment, as being particularly suitable, the rotary cooler 3 is used for the solid discharge during solid reduction, and the water-sealed conveyor 4 is used for the molten discharge during removal of deposits. However, for example, using a closed-type conveyance means other than a rotary cooler for solid discharge during solid reduction, and using a water-sealed conveyance means other than a water-sealed conveyor for molten discharge during removal of deposits In short, it suffices to use a dry conveying means for the solid discharge during the solid reduction and a wet conveying means for the molten discharge during the removal of the deposit.

It is a lineblock diagram showing the reduction processing device concerning the embodiment of the present invention. It is a right view block diagram of the reduction processing apparatus shown in FIG. FIG. 9 shows a reduction processing apparatus according to another embodiment and corresponds to FIG. 2.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Rotary kiln (reduction furnace), 2a, 2b ... path | route, 3 ... Rotary cooler (dry conveyance means; sealed conveyance means), 4 ... Water seal conveyor (wet conveyance means; water seal conveyance means), 5 ... Flap damper (Switching means), 14 ... moving water tank (wet transfer means; water-sealed transfer means), 100 ... reduction treatment apparatus.

Claims (5)

In a reduction treatment apparatus that heat-treats zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc oxide or iron oxide, and a reducing material in a reduction furnace to solidify zinc and / or iron oxide,
Each comprising a dry conveying means and a wet conveying means for conveying the discharge discharged from the reduction furnace,
At the time of solid reduction, the solid discharge discharged from the reduction furnace passes through a path toward the dry conveying means, and the reduction furnace is set to a melting temperature higher than that at the time of solid reduction in order to melt and remove the deposits adhering to the inner wall of the furnace. A reduction processing apparatus comprising switching means for switching the path so that when the molten discharge is discharged from the reduction furnace, the molten discharge passes through a path toward the wet conveying means. . The dry conveying means is a hermetic conveying means,
The reduction processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the wet transfer means is a water-sealed transfer means. The hermetic transfer means is a rotary cooler,
The reduction processing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein the water-sealed transport means is a water-sealed conveyor.   The reduction processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the switching unit is a flap damper. In a reduction treatment method in which zinc-containing iron oxide or zinc oxide or iron oxide, and a reducing material are heat-treated in a reduction furnace to solidify zinc and / or iron oxide,
At the time of solid reduction, the solid discharge discharged from the reduction furnace switches the path by the switching means so that it passes the path toward the dry transport means,
When removing deposits adhering to the inner wall of the furnace, the reducing furnace is melted at a melting temperature higher than that during solid reduction, and the deposits are melted, and the molten discharge discharged from the reduction furnace is wet-conveyed. A reduction processing method characterized by switching a route by the switching means so as to pass a route toward the means.

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