JP3858491B2 - Method and apparatus for improving ventilation of sintered raw material layer - Google Patents

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JP3858491B2
JP3858491B2 JP36700698A JP36700698A JP3858491B2 JP 3858491 B2 JP3858491 B2 JP 3858491B2 JP 36700698 A JP36700698 A JP 36700698A JP 36700698 A JP36700698 A JP 36700698A JP 3858491 B2 JP3858491 B2 JP 3858491B2
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【0001】
【発明の属する技術分野】
本発明は、焼結原料層の通気性改善方法及び装置に係わり、詳しくは、粉状の鉄鉱石、石灰石及びコークス粉等の混合物で充填層を形成し、その表面に着火させると共に、該層内に吸気して層全体を焼き固め、人工的な焼結鉱石(以下、焼結鉱という)を製造するに当たり、前記充填層の通気性を長時間安定して維持する技術である。
【0002】
【従来の技術】
ドワイト・ロイド(以下、DLと略す)型焼結機を用いて、鉄鉱石をベースにした焼結鉱を製造するには、以下のように行われる。
【0003】
まず、図5及び図6に示すように、一定速度で移動中のパレット1の床(グレート・バーなる火格子で形成)上に、粒度が比較的粗い鉱石を敷き詰める。通常、これは、床敷鉱2と呼ばれ、一度焼結されたものの篩下が再利用される。次いで、給鉱ホッパ3に貯蔵されている焼結原料4を、ドラム・フィーダ5で切り出し、その下方に配置した装入シュート6を介して前記床敷鉱2の上に供給し、充填層を形成する。この焼結原料には、粉状の鉄鉱石、石灰石、ドロマイト、珪石等に、熱源としてコークス粉を混合したものが用いられる。また、上記パレット上に形成された充填層は、焼結原料層7と称される。
【0004】
この焼結原料層7を形成するに際しては、その表面は、パレット1の幅方向に長いカット・オフ・プレートなる板14を用いて全体を平らにされ、層厚が定められる。その後、複数の燃焼用バーナを備えた点火炉(図示せず)を用いて、該焼結原料層7の表面に存在するコークス粉に点火すると共に、パレット1の下方に配置されたウインド・ボックス(図示せず)を介して、ファンにより吸気を行う。
【0005】
この吸気により、コークス粉の燃焼、つまり、高温部分が、焼結原料層内を徐々に下方に移動する。従って、その間に、焼結原料層7は所謂ケーキ状に焼き固まる。そして、パレット1が反転する位置(排鉱部という)で、該ケーキをパレット1から抜出し、その後、破砕、冷却工程を経て、高炉で所望する粒度範囲に調整した焼結鉱となる。なお、グレート・バー上に直接焼結原料を供給すると、該原料の粒度(平均1から3mm程度)が小さいので、落下してしまうものが多い。前記床敷鉱は、この落下を防止するものである。
【0006】
かかるDL型焼結機では、焼結原料層7の厚みが通常500〜600mm程度になるように、焼結原料4がパレット1上に供給される。その際、該焼結原料層7内の空隙率が可及的に大きくなるように、下層部に粗粒を、上層部に細粒を偏析させる工夫がなされる。また、焼結原料4は、パレット1上に装入される以前に、通常、ミキサー(図示せず)において水が添加され、原料粒子の転動で造粒し、微粉は、比較的大きな粒子に付着凝集させるようにして、粗粒化される。しかしながら、DL型焼結機は下方吸気式であるため、焼結中に上層部で蒸発した水分は下層部で冷却、凝集し、そこで焼結が始まる前に下層の通気性を阻害することになる。また、下層部は上層部に較べて冷却速度が遅いため、保熱効果が大きく赤熱帯が肥大化し、通気性が著しく阻害される傾向がある。従って、焼結鉱の生産性を高めるには、焼結原料層7のうちでも、特に中・下層部の通気性を向上させることが必要になる。
【0007】
そこで、焼結原料層7の通気性を改善するため、従来より多くの技術が開発され、開示あるいは実用されている。それらの技術は、特開昭61−136637号公報、特開平2−263935号公報、特開平5−295456号公報等に開示されているように、通気棒あるいは通気制御棒と呼ばれる棒状体を、焼結原料層7にパレット幅方向に互いに離隔し、且つパレット面に対して平行又は鉛直にに複数本挿入し、空溝や空洞を形成させるものが主流であった。
【0008】
ところで、本出願人も、この焼結原料層7の通気改善には多くの努力をなし、先般、特開平9−184022号公報にて、従来技術の問題点を是正する新しい技術を開示した。それは、図5に示したように、複数枚の板状体8をその面を鉛直にして、且つパレット1の幅方向に離隔して、焼結原料層後端の斜面から中・下層部分へ挿入するものである。この板状体8は、パレット1とは分離して固定されているので、該焼結原料層7の中・下層には、図6のように、パレット1の進行方向に向けて長い板状の空洞9が形成される。その結果、焼結操業中に吸気が行われると、焼結原料の上層で発生した水分が速やかに該空洞9を通して上層から下層へと抜け、安定して吸引されるようになり、焼結鉱の生産性が従来より向上することが期待された。ところが、上記技術を実際に試みたところ、前記空洞9は確かに形成されるものの、該空洞9が部分的に崩壊するのが観察された。
【0009】
すなわち、空洞9は焼結原料層7中に形成されるが、その焼結原料層7は、シュート6を介して焼結原料4が堆積したに過ぎないので、空洞9の壁の強度が不足し、部分的に崩壊することが避けられない。この空洞9の壁を強化するには、充填層である焼結原料層7の圧密化が必要であるが、その行為は、焼結原料層7の通気性を低下させる恐れがあり、有効な手段ではなかった。
【0010】
なお、このように、空洞9に崩壊した部分と健全部分とが存在すると、両者の通気性は大きく異なり、焼結すると、所謂「ムラ焼け」が発生する。そのような焼結鉱を装入して高炉操業を行うと、吹き抜け等、炉況不調の原因ともなりかねない。
【0011】
【発明が解決しようとする課題】
本発明は、かかる事情に鑑み、焼結期間の全体にわたって焼結原料層の通気性を安定して良好に維持可能な焼結原料層の通気性改善方法及び装置を提供することを目的としている。
【0012】
【課題を解決するための手段】
発明者は、上記目的を達成するため従来技術を見直し、前記板状体や棒状体でせっかく空洞9を形成させても、その後の吸気やパレット1の移動時に種々の力が作用するためか、該空洞9の多くの部分が消滅していることを知った。これでは、空洞9の存在が、焼結原料層7の通気性分布を不均一にし、かえって焼結操業に負の影響を与えることになる。そこで、引き続き、対策を鋭意研究し、その成果を本発明に具現化した。
【0013】
すなわち、本発明は、焼結機のパレットの床に敷かれた床敷鉱の上に形成された焼結原料層の中層部及び/又は下層部の中で、パレット幅方向に互いに離隔して多数の空洞を設けて焼結原料層の通気を改善するに際し、前記空洞に、焼結原料とは別途に準備した粒状物質を充填することを特徴とする焼結原料層の通気改善方法である。
【0014】
また、本発明は、前記空洞の下端が、前記床敷鉱の表面より上方に30mm以上離れていることを特徴とする焼結原料層の通気改善方法である。
【0015】
さらに、本発明は、前記粒状物質は、コークスを含まず、且つ粒度が3mm以上であることを特徴とする焼結原料層の通気改善方法である。
【0016】
加えて、本発明は、焼結機のパレット上に形成された焼結原料層の中で、該パレットの幅方向に互いに離隔して多数の空洞を形成させる板状体を備えた焼結原料層の通気改善装置において、前記板状体に、前記空洞へ達する貫通孔を設けると共に、該貫通孔に挿入され、空洞へ粒状物質を導く管体と、該粒状物資の気送手段とを設けたことを特徴とする焼結原料層の通気改善装置である。
【0017】
さらに加えて、本発明は、前記板状体に代え、パレットへの焼結原料の落下軌跡を遮る位置に、前記粒状物質を落下させる筒体を設け、該筒体の先端開口部の切り口を、パレット進行方向に対して傾斜させたことを特徴とする焼結原料層の通気改善装置である。
【0018】
また、さらに加えて、本発明は、前記筒体の先端開口部の切り口をパレット面と平行にすると共に、該開口部よりパレット進行方向の上流流側に、落下して来た粒状物質の上流側への流れ込みを防止する堰止め部材を設けたり、該堰止め部材のパレット進行方向上流側面を凸状としたり、あるいは前記筒体のパレット進行下流側面を凸状としたり、さらに堰止め部材の形状を板状としてなることを特徴とする焼結原料層の通気改善装置である。
【0019】
本発明によれば、該焼結原料層が焼結されている期間中、該原料層の中・下層に、常に形状の安定した空気の通路が維持できることになり、空洞の一部が潰れることに起因する通気性の乱れによるムラ焼け、生産性の低下等が抑制できるようになる。
【0020】
【発明の実施の形態】
以下、発明をなすに至った経緯も含め、図面を参照して本発明の実施の形態について説明する。
【0021】
本発明の着眼点は、従来技術で説明したような焼結原料層7中に板状体8で形成した空洞9に、粒状物質を充填し、該空洞9の壁を強化することである。
【0022】
まず、最初に説明する装置に関する本発明の構成を、図1に縦断面で示す。それは、すでに従来技術として図5で説明したように、通気板8で焼結原料層7中に空洞9を形成するところまでは、同じ技術思想である。本発明では、その空洞9内に粒状物質13を充填するため、粒状物質13の供給手段として、板状体8の内部に貫通孔15を設け、粒状物質13を送り込む管体16を挿入する。そして、該管体16には、粒状物質用ホッパ17に接続された気送手段18を設けるようにしたのである。つまり、切り出し装置19からの粒状物質を、管体16に導入した搬送ガス20で、空洞9へ連続的に供給するようになっている。なお、粒状物質13の気送は、周知の気送技術を用いれば良く、切り出し装置19を均圧下におくか、エアレ−ション装置を設ける等で前記ホッパ17から粒状物質13を切り出し、適切な固気比となるように搬送ガス量を調整すれば良い。
【0023】
この本発明に係る装置は、気送のため、粒子径が比較的細粒の粒状物質の供給に適している。焼結原料4の平均粒子径より幾分大き目であれば、通気の改善効果があるからである。また、この装置では、搬送ガス20が焼結原料層7を通過して、大気へ抜けていく。その際、搬送ガス20に混在する粒状物質13の微粉が、同様に焼結原料層7を通過することになり、空洞9の壁近傍で焼結原料層7中に捕捉され、その部分の通気抵抗を若干高める。しかし、焼結原料層7の全体でみれば、さほどの影響はない。
【0024】
次に、発明者は、粒子径が上記の場合より大きい粒状物質13の使用に好ましい装置も着想した。その構成の縦断面を図2に示す。それは、上記装置で使用する板状体8に代え、縦に長い筒体11を用いるようにした。このようにしても、空洞9が形成されるからである。そして、直ちに、形成された空洞9を、該筒体11の内部を落下させた粒状物質13で埋め、その層を形成するように構成した。そのため、該筒体11は、その先端の開口部21を、図2に示すように、切り口をパレット進行方向に対して傾けるようにしてある。このようにようにすれば、筒体11の内径に対応して、大きい径の粒状物質13でも円滑に充填できるようになる。したがって、かかる装置による粒状物質13の充填では、粒子径を大きく採ることができ、その部分での通気性は、高いものとなる。
【0025】
また、筒体11の形状は、円筒状でも良いが、試行によれば、角状体、とりわけ板状の方が、空洞9の形成に都合が良いようである。
【0026】
さらに、発明者は、研究を重ね、図3に示す本発明も着想した。それは、上記装置では、筒体11先端の開口部21が特殊形状をしており、焼結原料4との接触で摩耗を受けて、損耗し易い恐れがある。そこで、筒体先端の開口部21の切り口をパレット面と平行にし、筒体11内を落下してくる粒状物質13のパレット進行方向上流側への流れ込みを、ブロック状の堰止め部材22で防止させるように構成した。このようにすれば、堰止め部材22の下端相当高さで、粒状物質層の下端が定まる。また、この構成では、通気板8に代えて使用する筒体11の先端が保護され、その寿命が延長できる。ここで、筒体及び堰止め部材は、焼結原料の流れに抗する状態にあり、該原料の流れをスムーズにするため、筒体のパレット進行方向下流側面を凸状にしたり、あるいは図4に示すように、山形アングルを取り付けても良い。また、堰止め部材のパレット進行方向上流側面が、凸状となるように、堰止め部材を山形アングルで形成するのが好ましい。さらに、該堰止め部材を山形アングルとした場合、アングルの幅を種々変えることで、比較的容易に粒状物質充填層の幅が変えられる利点もある。
【0027】
なお、以上述べた4種類の本発明に係る装置に共通して留意すべき点は、、前記空洞9が、従来技術(例えば、特開平9−184022号公報)と同様に、その下端が床敷鉱2と接触しないようにすることである。床敷鉱2と接触すると、床敷鉱2や空洞9の部分は、共に焼結原料層7に比べて通気性が高いので、焼結原料層7中を上層から下層に流れる気体の大部分が、上記した粒状物質13を充填した空洞部分を通じて床敷鉱2に流れる。その結果、パレット幅方向において該空洞9間に存在する焼結原料層7への通気が悪化し、その間での焼結が不十分になり、焼結鉱の品質低下を招く。従って、床敷鉱2と空洞9との間は、少なくとも30mm以上離して、前記した通気のショート・パスを防止する必要がある。好ましくは、50mm以上離した方が良い。
【0028】
この距離の確保は、図1の装置では、通気板8の下端位置の調整で、図2の装置では、管体11先端の焼結原料層7への挿入深さの調整、図3及び図4の装置では、堰止め部材22の高さ位置の調整で行える。
【0029】
以上述べたような焼結原料層7中に浮いた形で粒状物質13の詰まった空洞が形成されると、従来技術(特開平9−184022等)で形成される空洞9に比べて、空洞9の壁の崩壊が著しく低減する。また、本発明に係る粒状物質13が充填された空洞9は、充填する粒状物質13の粒径を変えるだけで、その通気抵抗を自在に変更できる利点があるので、焼結原料4の配合変更等、操業条件の変化に応じて実施する、焼結原料層7の通気制御に対しての自由度が非常に大きくなる。
【0030】
使用する粒状物質13としては、後に焼結鉱石と共に高炉に装入されても、高炉操業に問題を生じさせない物質が好ましい。そのため、本発明では、鉄鉱石、石灰石、蛇紋岩、ドロマイト、珪石、製錬スラグ及び一度焼結された焼結鉱から選ぶことにした。これらの物質は、1種のみで使用しても良いが、融点を極端に低下させないならば、最終的に焼結鉱により近い組成になっていることが望ましいので、2種以上を混合して使用しても良い。なお、これら粒状物質13の粒度は、通気性改善の観点からは大きいことが望ましい。しかし、大き過ぎると、粒状物質層の形状が乱れるので、焼結原料4の粒度分布で大きい側に相当する程度が良い。具体的には、表1に示す通常の焼結原料4の粒度分布から判断し、5〜20mm程度である。また、粒状物資13は、操業中に焼結しないように、コークス等の炭材を含まない方が好ましい。
【0031】
【表1】

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【0032】
さらに、本発明では、筒体11及び堰止め部材22のパレット幅方向への配置数についても特に限定しない。その数は、パレット1の幅に依存するし、使用する焼結原料4や操業条件によっても変更する必要が生じるからである。しかし、従来の通気棒や板状体8での実績から、お互いの間隔を0.4〜1m程度とするのが好ましいようである。
【0033】
【実施例】
パレット幅4.0m、有効焼結面積250m2のDL型焼結機で、表2に示す焼結原料4を用いて、焼結操業を行なった。その際、本発明に係る通気改善方法及び図4の装置を採用し、その操業結果を同一の焼結原料で行なった従来の図5に示した装置を用いた操業結果と比較した。
【0034】
粒状物質13は、焼結原料4のホッパの近くに別のホッパ(図示せず)を設け、そこから本発明に係る筒体11を通して供給した。その筒体11と堰止め部材22には、鋼製の角パイプ(開口部;幅100mm、長さ;200mm)及び山形アングル鋼材を用い、それらの組を装入シュート6の斜め下方で、且つパレット1の幅方向に5組配置した。
【0035】
使用した粒状物質13、その粒度分布、供給量、角パイプの先端位置、及び焼結操業の結果を表3に一括して示す。また、他の焼結条件は、表4の通りである。
【0036】
表3より、本発明に係る通気改善を実施した焼結操業の成績(生産性等)は、従来のものに比べて格段と良くなっていることが明らかである。
【0037】
【表2】
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【0038】
【表3】
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【0039】
【表4】
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【0040】
【発明の効果】
以上説明したように、本発明により、焼結原料層が焼結されている期間中、該原料層の中・下層に、常に形状の安定した空気の通路が維持できるようになった。その結果、従来より問題となっていた焼結原料層の操業中における通気性の低下及び乱れによるムラ焼け、生産性の低下等が抑制できるようになった。
【図面の簡単な説明】
【図1】本発明に係る通気改善装置を模式的に示す縦断面図である。
【図2】本発明に係る通気改善装置の別形態を示す縦断面図である。
【図3】本発明に係る通気改善装置の別形態を示す縦断面図である。
【図4】本発明に係る通気改善装置の別形態を示す斜視図である。
【図5】焼結原料のパレットへの供給位置に、従来の板状体を配置した状況を示す斜視図である。
【図6】従来の板状体で焼結原料層内に生じる空洞を示す正面図である。
【符号の説明】
1 パレット
2 床敷鉱
3 給鉱ホッパ
4 焼結原料
5 ドラム・フィーダ
6 装入シュート(シュート)
7 焼結原料層
8 板状体
9 空洞
10 軌跡
11 筒体
12 堰止め部材
13 粒状物質
14 カット・オフ・プレート
15 貫通孔
16 管体
17 粒状物質用ホッパ
18 気送手段
19 切り出し装置
20 搬送ガス
21 開口部
22 堰止め部材[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for improving the air permeability of a sintered raw material layer. Specifically, a packed layer is formed from a mixture of powdered iron ore, limestone, coke powder, etc., and the surface is ignited, and the layer is ignited. This is a technique for stably maintaining the air permeability of the packed bed for a long time when producing the artificial sintered ore (hereinafter referred to as “sintered ore”) by inhaling the inside and baking the whole layer.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Production of sintered ore based on iron ore using a Dwight-Lloyd (hereinafter abbreviated as DL) type sintering machine is performed as follows.
[0003]
First, as shown in FIGS. 5 and 6, ore having a relatively coarse particle size is spread on the floor of the pallet 1 that is moving at a constant speed (formed by a grate called a great bar). Usually this is called bedding ore 2, and the sieving of what has been sintered once is reused. Next, the sintered raw material 4 stored in the feed hopper 3 is cut out by the drum feeder 5 and supplied onto the flooring 2 through the charging chute 6 disposed below it, and the packed bed is supplied. Form. As this sintering raw material, powdered iron ore, limestone, dolomite, silica stone and the like are mixed with coke powder as a heat source. In addition, the packed layer formed on the pallet is referred to as a sintering raw material layer 7.
[0004]
When this sintered raw material layer 7 is formed, its surface is flattened by using a plate 14 which is a cut-off plate long in the width direction of the pallet 1, and the layer thickness is determined. Thereafter, using an ignition furnace (not shown) provided with a plurality of combustion burners, the coke powder existing on the surface of the sintering raw material layer 7 is ignited, and a wind box disposed below the pallet 1 Intake via a fan (not shown).
[0005]
By this intake air, the combustion of the coke powder, that is, the high temperature portion gradually moves downward in the sintered raw material layer. Therefore, in the meantime, the sintering raw material layer 7 is baked and hardened in a so-called cake shape. Then, the cake is extracted from the pallet 1 at a position where the pallet 1 is reversed (referred to as an “exhaust section”), and then the sinter is adjusted to a desired particle size range in a blast furnace through a crushing and cooling process. If the sintering raw material is supplied directly onto the great bar, the particle size of the raw material (average of about 1 to 3 mm) is small, and many of them fall off. The bedding mine prevents this fall.
[0006]
In such a DL type sintering machine, the sintering raw material 4 is supplied onto the pallet 1 so that the thickness of the sintering raw material layer 7 is usually about 500 to 600 mm. At that time, ingenuity is made to segregate coarse particles in the lower layer portion and fine particles in the upper layer portion so that the porosity in the sintering raw material layer 7 is as large as possible. Further, before the sintered raw material 4 is charged on the pallet 1, water is usually added in a mixer (not shown) and granulated by rolling of the raw material particles. The particles are coarsened so as to adhere and aggregate. However, since the DL-type sintering machine is of the lower intake type, the moisture evaporated in the upper layer during sintering cools and aggregates in the lower layer, and impedes the lower layer air permeability before sintering begins there. Become. Further, since the lower layer portion has a slower cooling rate than the upper layer portion, the heat retention effect is large, the red tropics are enlarged, and the air permeability tends to be significantly inhibited. Therefore, in order to increase the productivity of the sintered ore, it is necessary to improve the air permeability of the middle and lower layer portions of the sintered raw material layer 7 in particular.
[0007]
Therefore, in order to improve the air permeability of the sintered raw material layer 7, many techniques have been developed and disclosed or put into practical use. As disclosed in JP-A-61-136637, JP-A-2-263935, JP-A-5-295456, and the like, those techniques are described as a rod-like body called a ventilation rod or a ventilation control rod. The mainstream is to form a plurality of empty grooves or cavities in the sintering material layer 7 that are spaced apart from each other in the pallet width direction and inserted in parallel or perpendicular to the pallet surface.
[0008]
By the way, the present applicant also made a lot of efforts to improve the ventilation of the sintered raw material layer 7 and recently disclosed a new technique for correcting the problems of the prior art in Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-184022. As shown in FIG. 5, the plurality of plate-like bodies 8 are arranged with their surfaces vertical and spaced apart in the width direction of the pallet 1 from the slope of the rear end of the sintering raw material layer to the middle and lower layer portions. To be inserted. Since this plate-like body 8 is fixed separately from the pallet 1, the middle and lower layers of the sintering raw material layer 7 are long plate-shaped toward the traveling direction of the pallet 1 as shown in FIG. The cavity 9 is formed. As a result, when suction is performed during the sintering operation, moisture generated in the upper layer of the sintering raw material quickly escapes from the upper layer to the lower layer through the cavity 9 and is stably sucked. It is expected that the productivity will be improved. However, when the above technique was actually tried, it was observed that the cavity 9 was partially formed but the cavity 9 was partially collapsed.
[0009]
That is, the cavity 9 is formed in the sintering material layer 7, but the sintering material layer 7 is only the deposition of the sintering material 4 through the chute 6, so that the strength of the wall of the cavity 9 is insufficient. However, partial collapse is inevitable. In order to reinforce the wall of the cavity 9, it is necessary to consolidate the sintered raw material layer 7 as a filling layer, but this action may reduce the air permeability of the sintered raw material layer 7, and is effective. It was not a means.
[0010]
As described above, when the collapsed portion and the healthy portion exist in the cavity 9, the air permeability of the two is greatly different, and so-called “uneven burn” occurs when sintered. If such a sinter is charged and the blast furnace is operated, it may cause a malfunction of the furnace such as blow-through.
[0011]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In view of such circumstances, an object of the present invention is to provide a method and an apparatus for improving the air permeability of a sintered raw material layer that can stably and satisfactorily maintain the air permeability of the sintered raw material layer throughout the sintering period. .
[0012]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The inventor has reviewed the prior art in order to achieve the above object, and even if the plate-like body or the rod-like body is used to form the cavity 9, various forces are applied during the subsequent intake or movement of the pallet 1. It was found that many parts of the cavity 9 had disappeared. In this case, the presence of the cavities 9 makes the air permeability distribution of the sintering raw material layer 7 non-uniform, and negatively affects the sintering operation. Therefore, intensive research was conducted on countermeasures, and the results were embodied in the present invention.
[0013]
That is, the present invention is separated from each other in the pallet width direction in the middle layer portion and / or the lower layer portion of the sintering raw material layer formed on the bedstone ore laid on the floor of the pallet of the sintering machine. When improving the ventilation of the sintering material layer by providing a large number of cavities, it is a method for improving the ventilation of the sintering material layer, wherein the cavity is filled with a granular material prepared separately from the sintering material .
[0014]
Moreover, this invention is the ventilation | gas_flowing improvement method of the sintering raw material layer characterized by the lower end of the said cavity being 30 mm or more away above the surface of the said bedstone ore.
[0015]
Furthermore, the present invention is the method for improving the ventilation of the sintered raw material layer, wherein the particulate material does not contain coke and the particle size is 3 mm or more.
[0016]
In addition, the present invention provides a sintering material provided with a plate-like body that forms a large number of cavities spaced apart from each other in the width direction of the pallet in the sintering material layer formed on the pallet of the sintering machine. In the apparatus for improving ventilation of a layer, the plate-like body is provided with a through-hole reaching the cavity, a tube body that is inserted into the through-hole and guides the particulate matter to the cavity, and an air feeding means for the particulate material This is a device for improving the ventilation of a sintered material layer.
[0017]
In addition, the present invention provides, instead of the plate-like body, a cylindrical body for dropping the granular material at a position that blocks the fall trajectory of the sintering raw material to the pallet, and a cut end of the front end opening of the cylindrical body is provided. An apparatus for improving the ventilation of a sintered material layer, wherein the apparatus is inclined with respect to the pallet traveling direction.
[0018]
Further, in addition, the present invention makes the cut end of the tip opening of the cylinder parallel to the pallet surface, and upstream of the particulate matter that has fallen from the opening to the upstream flow side in the pallet traveling direction. A damming member that prevents inflow to the side, a pallet traveling upstream side surface of the damming member in a convex shape, a pallet traveling downstream side surface of the cylindrical body in a convex shape, and a damming member An apparatus for improving the ventilation of a sintered material layer, characterized in that the shape is a plate.
[0019]
According to the present invention, during the period when the sintering raw material layer is sintered, the air passage having a stable shape can always be maintained in the middle and lower layers of the raw material layer, and a part of the cavity is crushed. This makes it possible to suppress uneven burning due to the disturbance of air permeability due to turbulence, a decrease in productivity, and the like.
[0020]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings, including the background to the invention.
[0021]
The point of the present invention is to fill the cavity 9 formed of the plate-like body 8 in the sintered raw material layer 7 as described in the prior art with a particulate material and strengthen the wall of the cavity 9.
[0022]
First, the configuration of the present invention relating to the apparatus described first is shown in a longitudinal section in FIG. This is the same technical idea until the cavity 9 is formed in the sintering raw material layer 7 by the ventilation plate 8 as already described in FIG. In the present invention, in order to fill the hollow material 9 with the particulate material 13, as a means for supplying the particulate material 13, a through-hole 15 is provided inside the plate-like body 8, and a tube body 16 into which the particulate material 13 is fed is inserted. The pipe body 16 is provided with air feeding means 18 connected to the particulate material hopper 17. That is, the particulate material from the cutting device 19 is continuously supplied to the cavity 9 by the carrier gas 20 introduced into the pipe body 16. The particulate material 13 may be aired by using a well-known air-feeding technique. The particulate material 13 is cut out from the hopper 17 by placing the cutting device 19 under a uniform pressure or by providing an airlation device. What is necessary is just to adjust carrier gas amount so that it may become a solid-gas ratio.
[0023]
The apparatus according to the present invention is suitable for supplying a granular material having a relatively fine particle size for air transportation. This is because if it is somewhat larger than the average particle diameter of the sintered raw material 4, there is an improvement effect on ventilation. Further, in this apparatus, the carrier gas 20 passes through the sintering raw material layer 7 and escapes to the atmosphere. At that time, the fine powder of the granular substance 13 mixed in the carrier gas 20 passes through the sintering raw material layer 7 in the same manner, is captured in the sintering raw material layer 7 in the vicinity of the wall of the cavity 9, and the ventilation of that portion Increase resistance slightly. However, there is not much influence when viewed as a whole of the sintering material layer 7.
[0024]
Next, the inventor also conceived a device that is preferable for the use of the particulate material 13 having a particle size larger than in the above case. A longitudinal section of the configuration is shown in FIG. That is, instead of the plate-like body 8 used in the above apparatus, a vertically long cylindrical body 11 is used. This is because the cavity 9 is also formed in this way. Immediately, the formed cavity 9 was filled with the granular material 13 dropped inside the cylindrical body 11, and the layer was formed. Therefore, the cylindrical body 11 is configured such that the opening 21 at the tip thereof is inclined with respect to the pallet traveling direction as shown in FIG. In this way, even the granular material 13 having a large diameter can be filled smoothly corresponding to the inner diameter of the cylindrical body 11. Therefore, in the filling of the particulate material 13 by such an apparatus, a large particle diameter can be taken, and the air permeability at that portion is high.
[0025]
The cylindrical body 11 may have a cylindrical shape. However, according to a trial, a rectangular body, particularly a plate shape, seems to be more convenient for forming the cavity 9.
[0026]
Furthermore, the inventor repeated research and also invented the present invention shown in FIG. In the above apparatus, the opening 21 at the tip of the cylindrical body 11 has a special shape, which may be worn by contact with the sintered raw material 4 and easily worn out. Therefore, the cut end of the opening 21 at the tip of the cylinder is made parallel to the pallet surface, and the flow of the particulate matter 13 falling in the cylinder 11 to the upstream side in the pallet traveling direction is prevented by the block-shaped damming member 22. It was configured to make it. In this way, the lower end of the granular material layer is determined by the height corresponding to the lower end of the damming member 22. Moreover, in this structure, it replaces with the ventilation board 8, the front-end | tip of the cylinder 11 used is protected, and the lifetime can be extended. Here, the cylinder and the damming member are in a state of resisting the flow of the sintering raw material, and in order to make the flow of the raw material smooth, the pallet traveling direction downstream side surface of the cylinder is made convex, or FIG. As shown in Fig. 5, a mountain angle may be attached. Moreover, it is preferable to form the damming member with a chevron angle so that the upstream side surface of the damming member in the pallet traveling direction is convex. Furthermore, when the dam member is a mountain-shaped angle, there is an advantage that the width of the granular material packed layer can be changed relatively easily by changing the width of the angle.
[0027]
It should be noted that the four types of devices according to the present invention described above should be noted in common with the cavity 9 in the same manner as the prior art (for example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-184022). It is to avoid contact with bedding 2. When contacted with the bed deposit 2, both the bed deposit 2 and the cavity 9 have higher air permeability than the sintered material layer 7, so that most of the gas flowing from the upper layer to the lower layer in the sintered material layer 7. However, it flows into the bedrock ore 2 through the hollow portion filled with the particulate matter 13 described above. As a result, the ventilation to the sintering raw material layer 7 existing between the cavities 9 in the pallet width direction is deteriorated, the sintering in the meantime becomes insufficient, and the quality of the sintered ore is lowered. Therefore, it is necessary to separate the floor covering 2 and the cavity 9 by at least 30 mm or more to prevent the above-described short path of ventilation. Preferably, 50 mm or more is better.
[0028]
1 is adjusted by adjusting the lower end position of the ventilation plate 8 in the apparatus of FIG. 1, and by adjusting the insertion depth of the tube 11 at the tip of the sintered raw material layer 7 in the apparatus of FIG. In the apparatus 4, the height position of the damming member 22 can be adjusted.
[0029]
When a cavity filled with the particulate material 13 is formed in a floating form in the sintered raw material layer 7 as described above, the cavity is formed in comparison with the cavity 9 formed by the prior art (JP-A-9-184022, etc.). 9 wall collapse is significantly reduced. In addition, the cavity 9 filled with the granular material 13 according to the present invention has an advantage that the ventilation resistance can be freely changed only by changing the particle size of the granular material 13 to be filled. For example, the degree of freedom with respect to the ventilation control of the sintering raw material layer 7 which is carried out in accordance with the change in the operating conditions becomes very large.
[0030]
As the granular material 13 to be used, a material that does not cause a problem in blast furnace operation even if it is charged into a blast furnace together with sintered ore later is preferable. Therefore, in the present invention, iron ore, limestone, serpentine, dolomite, silica, smelting slag, and sintered sinter once sintered are selected. These substances may be used alone, but if the melting point is not extremely lowered, it is desirable that the composition finally has a composition closer to that of the sintered ore. May be used. It is desirable that the granular material 13 has a large particle size from the viewpoint of improving air permeability. However, if it is too large, the shape of the granular material layer is disturbed, so that the degree corresponding to the larger side in the particle size distribution of the sintered raw material 4 is good. Specifically, it is about 5 to 20 mm as judged from the particle size distribution of the normal sintered raw material 4 shown in Table 1. Moreover, it is preferable that the granular material 13 does not contain carbonaceous materials such as coke so as not to sinter during operation.
[0031]
[Table 1]
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[0032]
Furthermore, in this invention, it does not specifically limit about the arrangement | positioning number to the pallet width direction of the cylinder 11 and the dam member 22 either. This is because the number depends on the width of the pallet 1 and needs to be changed depending on the sintering raw material 4 to be used and the operating conditions. However, it seems that the distance between each other is preferably about 0.4 to 1 m from the results of the conventional ventilation rod and the plate-like body 8.
[0033]
【Example】
The sintering operation was performed using the sintering raw material 4 shown in Table 2 in a DL type sintering machine having a pallet width of 4.0 m and an effective sintering area of 250 m 2 . At that time, the ventilation improvement method according to the present invention and the apparatus of FIG. 4 were adopted, and the operation results were compared with the operation results using the conventional apparatus shown in FIG.
[0034]
The granular material 13 was supplied through another cylinder 11 according to the present invention from another hopper (not shown) provided near the hopper of the sintered raw material 4. The cylindrical body 11 and the dam member 22 are made of a steel square pipe (opening; width: 100 mm, length: 200 mm) and angle-shaped angle steel, and these sets are obliquely below the charging chute 6 and Five sets were arranged in the width direction of the pallet 1.
[0035]
Table 3 collectively shows the granular material 13 used, its particle size distribution, the supply amount, the tip position of the square pipe, and the result of the sintering operation. Other sintering conditions are as shown in Table 4.
[0036]
From Table 3, it is clear that the results (productivity, etc.) of the sintering operation in which the ventilation improvement according to the present invention was performed are much better than the conventional ones.
[0037]
[Table 2]
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[0038]
[Table 3]
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[0039]
[Table 4]
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[0040]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the present invention, air passages having a stable shape can always be maintained in the middle and lower layers of the raw material layer during the sintering raw material layer being sintered. As a result, it has become possible to suppress a decrease in air permeability during operation of the sintering raw material layer, a non-uniform burn due to disturbance, a decrease in productivity, and the like, which have been problematic in the past.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view schematically showing a ventilation improvement device according to the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the ventilation improvement apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view showing another embodiment of the ventilation improving apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of the ventilation improving apparatus according to the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a conventional plate-like body is arranged at a supply position of a sintering raw material to a pallet.
FIG. 6 is a front view showing a cavity formed in a sintered raw material layer in a conventional plate-like body.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Pallet 2 Floor laying 3 Feeding hopper 4 Sintering raw material 5 Drum feeder 6 Charging chute
7 Sintering raw material layer 8 Plate-like body 9 Cavity 10 Trajectory 11 Tubular body 12 Damping member 13 Granular material 14 Cut-off plate 15 Through hole 16 Tubular body 17 Granular material hopper 18 Air feeding means 19 Cutting device 20 Carrier gas 21 opening 22 damming member

Claims (9)

焼結機のパレットの床に敷かれた床敷鉱の上に形成された焼結原料層の中層部及び/又は下層部の中で、パレット幅方向に互いに離隔して多数の空洞を設けて焼結原料層の通気を改善するに際し、
前記空洞に、焼結原料とは別途に準備した粒状物質を充填することを特徴とする焼結原料層の通気改善方法。
In the middle layer and / or lower layer of the sintering raw material layer formed on the floor ore laid on the floor of the pallet of the sintering machine, a number of cavities are provided apart from each other in the pallet width direction. In improving the ventilation of the sintering material layer,
A method for improving ventilation of a sintered material layer, wherein the hollow material is filled with a granular material prepared separately from the sintered material.
前記空洞の下端が、前記床敷鉱の表面より上方に30mm以上離れていることを特徴とする請求項1記載の焼結原料層の通気改善方法。  The method for improving ventilation of a sintered raw material layer according to claim 1, wherein the lower end of the cavity is separated by 30 mm or more above the surface of the bedding ore. 前記粒状物質は、コークスを含まず、且つ粒度が3mm以上であることを特徴とする請求項1又は2記載の焼結原料層の通気改善方法。  The method for improving ventilation of a sintered raw material layer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the granular material does not contain coke and has a particle size of 3 mm or more. 焼結機のパレット上に形成された焼結原料層の中で、該パレットの幅方向に互いに離隔して多数の空洞を形成させる板状体を備えた焼結原料層の通気改善装置において、
前記板状体に、前記空洞へ達する貫通孔を設けると共に、該貫通孔に挿入され、空洞へ粒状物質を導く管体と、該粒状物資の気送手段とを設けたことを特徴とする焼結原料層の通気改善装置。
In the sintering raw material layer formed on the pallet of the sintering machine, in the sintering raw material layer ventilation improvement device comprising a plate-like body that forms a large number of cavities spaced apart from each other in the width direction of the pallet,
The plate-like body is provided with a through-hole reaching the cavity, a tube body that is inserted into the through-hole and guides the particulate material to the cavity, and an air feeding means for the particulate material. Equipment for improving ventilation of the binder layer.
前記板状体に代え、パレットへの焼結原料の落下軌跡を遮る位置に、前記粒状物質を落下させる筒体を設け、該筒体の先端開口部の切り口を、パレット進行方向に対して傾斜させたことを特徴とする請求項4記載の焼結原料層の通気改善装置。In place of the plate-like body, a cylindrical body for dropping the granular material is provided at a position that blocks the fall trajectory of the sintering raw material to the pallet, and the cut end of the front end opening of the cylindrical body is inclined with respect to the pallet traveling direction. The ventilation improvement device for a sintering raw material layer according to claim 4, wherein 前記筒体の先端開口部の切り口をパレット面と平行にすると共に、該開口部よりパレット進行方向の上流側に、落下して来た粒状物質の上流側への流れ込みを防止する堰止め部材を設けてなることを特徴とする請求項5記載の焼結原料層の通気改善装置。  A damming member that makes the cut end of the cylindrical opening parallel to the pallet surface and prevents the falling particulate matter from flowing upstream from the opening to the upstream side in the pallet traveling direction. The ventilation improvement device for a sintering raw material layer according to claim 5, wherein the device is provided. 前記堰止め部材のパレット進行方向上流側面を凸状としてなることを特徴とする請求項6記載の焼結原料層の通気改善装置。  The apparatus for improving ventilation of a sintering raw material layer according to claim 6, wherein the upstream side surface of the damming member in the pallet traveling direction has a convex shape. 前記筒体のパレット進行方向下流側面を凸状としてなることを特徴とする請求項6記載の焼結原料層の通気改善装置。  The apparatus for improving ventilation of a sintering raw material layer according to claim 6, wherein the downstream side surface in the pallet traveling direction of the cylindrical body has a convex shape. 前記筒体の形状を板状としてなることを特徴とする請求項5〜8のいずれかに記載の焼結原料層の通気改善装置。  The apparatus for improving ventilation of a sintered raw material layer according to any one of claims 5 to 8, wherein the cylindrical body has a plate shape.
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