JP5786826B2 - How to apply coating material to the inner surface of molten steel tank - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for applying a coating material to the inner surface of a molten steel tank, and particularly to a method for applying a coating material containing a used refractory.

  Containers (hereinafter also referred to as “molten steel tanks”) that contain molten steel in the steelmaking process, such as tundish for continuous casting, are fireproof castables such as chamotte, alumina or alumina-spinel, and bricks (hereinafter referred to as these). They are collectively called “wear refractories”). Furthermore, the surface of the ware refractory has a magnesia quality for the purpose of protecting the ware refractory, facilitating removal of residual molten steel in the container after use, and purifying the molten steel contained in the container. The coating material is thinly coated.

  Properties required for the coating material include corrosion resistance for protecting the wear refractory, and strength that does not cause compressive fracture under molten steel static pressure. Furthermore, as a characteristic contrary to these, the property that it is not seized on the wear refractory and can be easily disassembled from the wear refractory after use is required. This is because the durability of this coating material is about 1 to 30 heat, where the amount of molten steel that can be accommodated in one ladle is 1 charge and the continuous casting of steel for 1 charge is 1 heat, and dismantling and construction are repeated. Because it is.

  In particular, in recent years, the production ratio of high-grade steel with a long casting time and a high casting temperature has been increasing, and even if it is a spray or coating material that is relatively difficult to seize on the wear refractory, the frequency of seizure on the wear refractory is high Due to the high level, there is an increasing demand for properties that do not seize on ware refractories.

  By the way, most lining refractories provided in molten metal refining vessels represented by converters are currently disposed of after use. However, reuse has been attempted from the viewpoint of reducing environmental burden, reducing processing costs, and effectively using resources. In converters, bricks made of magnesia-carbon are widely used as lining refractories. Patent Documents 1 to 6 describe a method for reusing used refractories such as magnesia-carbon bricks.

  In patent document 1, the carbon containing spray repair material which mix | blended the refractory waste obtained from the used magnesia-carbon containing refractory is proposed. In order to obtain this repair material, it is necessary to heat-treat the used refractory crushed material in advance to form a decarburized layer, and to impregnate phosphoric acid or the like as a surface treatment agent. Although the hydrophilicity and corrosion resistance are improved by impregnation with the surface treatment material, it is inferior in terms of corrosion resistance, strength, etc. compared to the case of using an unused refractory raw material, and an increase in cost that cannot be ignored by adding an impregnation treatment process Occurs. In addition, if the particle size of the crushed material is less than 1 mm, it can be pulverized by heat oxidation treatment and a decarburized layer cannot be formed. If the particle size exceeds 5 mm, it is difficult to adhere by rebound when spraying the repair material. The particle size is limited to 1 mm or more and 5 mm or less.

  Patent Document 2 describes a magnesia castable using the magnesia-carbon brick waste material. In order to obtain this magnesia castable, the waste material must be sized to 5 to 60 mm, immersed in a silica sol solution or the like for several tens of minutes, and then dried.

  Thus, in the reuse method proposed in Patent Documents 1 and 2, the particle size of the used refractory crushed material is limited to 1 mm or 5 mm or more.

  Moreover, in patent document 3, 20-70 mass% of used magnesia-carbon bricks with a particle size of 0.3-20 mm are included in the aggregate of the hot repair material mainly composed of the aggregate and the organic binder. Has been proposed. In this document, as a reason not to use used magnesia-carbon bricks with a particle size of less than 0.3 mm, carbon and impurities such as impurities and dust are accumulated in fine powder with a particle size of less than 0.3 mm. It is mentioned that when this fine powder is enriched, the corrosion resistance of the hot repair material is significantly reduced.

  Patent Document 4 proposes blending a dolomite raw material with a spray repair agent using a used magnesia-carbon brick. In the same document, the magnesia of the spray repair material including fine powder having a particle size of less than 0.3 mm obtained by pulverizing the used magnesia-carbon brick, which could not be used in the hot repair material described in Patent Document 3, was used. It can be used as a quality raw material.

  However, although the thing which mix | blended the dolomite raw material with the used magnesia-carbon brick of patent document 4 can be used as a spray repair material, it cannot be used as a coating material. This is because the coating material blended with dolomite is not easily disassembled from the wear refractory after use because the seizure to the wear refractory is significant. Moreover, the spray repair material containing dolomite also has a problem of being pulverized by heat oxidation treatment.

  Patent Documents 5 and 6 disclose alumina-silica containing mullite generated by the heat of molten steel during use as an indeterminate refractory for spraying to repair a tundish lining coated with a coating material such as MgO. Alumina-magnesia used amorphous refractories containing spinel produced by heat of molten steel during use, including those having a particle size of less than 1 mm, have been proposed. However, these refractories for spraying must be confirmed with an X-ray diffractometer or the like to determine whether or not the target component is generated, and are difficult to use in large quantities. Moreover, the used refractory which the target component has not produced | generated cannot be used.

Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 9-278548 Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 6-219853 JP 2004-162952 A JP 2011-121798 A Japanese Patent No. 4348174 Japanese Patent No. 4351526

  As described above, particles having a particle diameter of less than 1 mm, particularly less than 0.3 mm, obtained from used magnesia-carbon bricks were difficult to use as a coating material for the inner surface of the molten steel tank. Moreover, even if particles having a particle diameter of less than 1 mm can be used, analysis by X-ray diffraction is necessary before construction. Furthermore, when particles having a particle size of less than 0.3 mm are used, there is a problem that the corrosion resistance is low.

  The present invention has been made in view of this problem, and particles having a particle size of less than 0.3 mm obtained by crushing used magnesia-carbon bricks can be used. An object of the present invention is to provide a method of applying a coating material on the inner surface of a molten steel tank, which does not require analysis by X-ray diffraction, has corrosion resistance and strength, and can be easily disassembled from a wear refractory after use.

  When the coating material is applied to the inner surface of the molten steel tank, since the thickness is generally as thin as about 10 to 30 mm, the present inventors have obtained a particle diameter of 3 mm obtained by crushing the used magnesia-carbon brick. The use of the following particles (including those below 0.3 mm) was expected to be appropriate. In addition, the present inventors have confirmed that when the particle size exceeds 3 mm, the coating material easily peels from the inner surface of the molten steel tank.

  Based on this expectation, as a result of the study by the present inventors, magnesia-carbon particles including those having a particle size of less than 0.3 mm in addition to those having a particle size of 3 mm or less were used as a coating material, and appropriate water was added to the molten steel It was found that by coating the inner surface of the tank and heat-treating at 900 ° C. or higher for 1 hour or longer, the coating material has corrosion resistance and strength and can be easily disassembled after use.

  The reason why it can be easily disassembled is that carbon is removed by heat treatment and the coating material becomes porous, and the reason for providing strength is to suppress the powdering of the coating material because moisture is added before heat treatment Because it can. Moreover, the reason for having corrosion resistance is that the surface of the coating material is sintered.

  Furthermore, the inventors of the present invention added carbon to the coating material and then coated the inner surface of the molten steel tank, followed by heat treatment, whereby carbon accumulated and enriched in fine powder having a particle size of less than 0.3 mm and It has been found that impurities such as impurities and dust can be eliminated.

  This invention is made | formed based on these knowledge, The summary exists in the construction method of the coating material to the inner surface of the molten steel tank shown to following (1)-(3).

(1) A method for applying a coating material to the inner surface of a molten steel tank, wherein the coating material includes a pulverized material of used magnesia-carbon brick and a magnesia material, and the pulverized material of used magnesia-carbon brick. The blending ratio of 10 to 60% by mass, the total blending ratio of the used magnesia-carbon brick pulverized product and the magnesia material is 90% by mass or more, and the used magnesia-carbon brick pulverized product has a particle size (Step 1) adding 15 to 30% by weight of moisture to the coating material, and (Step 2) coating to which the moisture has been added. in wood, the inner surface of the molten steel bath is at a temperature in the range of 200 ° C. from room temperature, be coated with a thickness of 10 to 30 mm, (step 3) The coating material on the inner surface of the molten steel tank, comprising a series of steps of subjecting the coating material covering the inner surface of the molten steel tank to an atmospheric temperature of 900 ° C. or higher and heat-treating for 1 hour or longer. Construction method.

(2) In the above (1), the magnesia-carbon brick contains 10 to 25% by mass of carbon, 70 to 85% by mass of magnesia, and the content of other impurities is 5% by mass or less. Application method of coating material on inner surface of molten steel tank as described.

(3) The construction method of the coating material on the inner surface of the molten steel tank according to (1) or (2), wherein the inner surface of the molten steel tank is made of a wear refractory.

  According to the method of applying the coating material to the inner surface of the molten steel tank of the present invention, using particles having a particle size of less than 0.3 mm obtained by crushing used magnesia-carbon bricks that could not be used conventionally, A coating material that has corrosion resistance and strength and can be easily disassembled after use can be obtained. Since the coating material used for the molten steel tank is used in large quantities, the amount of recycling can be increased dramatically. In addition, since an impregnation process and analysis by X-ray diffraction are unnecessary before construction, an increase in unnecessary cost can be suppressed.

It is a figure which shows the relationship between the compounding rate of magnesia-carbon brick, and the baking generation rate.

1. Composition of coating material The coating material used in the present invention contains 10 to 60% by mass of used magnesia-carbon brick and 40 to 90% by mass of magnesia material, and is used for magnesia-carbon brick and magnesia material. A total compounding rate shall be 90 mass% or more. The magnesia raw material is a material responsible for the corrosion resistance of the coating material, and it is preferable to use electrofused magnesia having a magnesia content of 95% by mass or more.

  When the blending ratio of the used magnesia-carbon brick is less than 10% by mass, seizure tends to occur on the inner surface of the molten steel tank, and disassembly becomes difficult. Moreover, when the blending ratio exceeds 60% by mass, it is difficult to adhere to the inner surface of the molten steel tank, the construction is difficult, the strength after the construction is reduced, and the carbon is easily transferred to the contained molten steel. Arise. Therefore, the blending ratio of the used magnesia-carbon brick is 10 to 60% by mass.

  The chemical composition of the used magnesia-carbon brick is preferably carbon (C): 10 to 25% by mass, magnesia (MgO): 70 to 85% by mass, and other impurities: 5% by mass or less. This is because if the carbon content is less than 10% by mass, seizure to the inner surface of the molten steel tank tends to occur, and if it exceeds 25% by mass, the strength decreases and mechanical damage tends to occur.

  The used magnesia-carbon brick to be blended is a particle having a particle size of 3 mm or less, and includes particles having a particle size of 0.3 mm or less. Since particles having a particle size of less than 0.3 mm have been conventionally discarded, the amount of recycling can be increased by using them. The particle size distribution of the used magnesia-carbon brick particles is most preferably a particle size of 1 to 3 mm: 40% by mass, 0.3 to 1 mm: 40% by mass, and 0.3 mm or less: 20% by mass. This is because, when crushed with a jaw crusher, the fine powder part can be used efficiently, and good properties can be obtained by making the coating material porous.

  The reason why the particle size of the used magnesia-carbon brick is 3 mm or less is that when coating the inner surface of the molten steel tank, the thickness of the coating material is about 10 to 30 mm. It is because it becomes easy to peel from.

  Spent magnesia-carbon brick particles are obtained by crushing bricks, which can be done, for example, by a jaw crusher. Moreover, the particle size distribution can be adjusted by adjusting crushing with a jaw crusher, or by mixing those classified by a sieve at a predetermined ratio.

  In addition to the used magnesia-carbon brick and magnesia material, the coating material may contain a binder. As the binder, clays (for example, clay, silica flour, etc.), alkali metal silicates or alkali metal phosphates used in conventional refractories for spraying, or combinations of two or more of these are used. Can be used.

  Furthermore, 3% by mass or less of organic short fibers or inorganic short fibers may be blended in order to obtain effects such as improving the adhesion of the coating material and promoting drying (improving drainage). Typical examples of organic short fibers that can be used include nylon, vinylon, and polyvinyl alcohol, and typical examples of inorganic short fibers include alumina, silica, and rock wool.

2. Method of applying coating material After adding moisture to the coating material, the inner surface of the molten steel tank is coated by troweling, pouring, dry spraying, or wet spraying. You may coat | cover by methods other than these.

  Dry spraying is a method in which a coating material is pumped by air from a material tank and is sprayed by adding water just before the nozzle or the nozzle. The wet spraying is a method in which the coating material discharged from the material tank is pressure-fed by air while being hydromixed and sprayed from a nozzle.

  The thickness of the coating material to be coated is about 10 to 30 mm. The temperature of the inner surface of the molten steel tank is in the range of normal temperature to 200 ° C. The molten steel tank is lined with chamotte, alumina or alumina-spinel refractory castables or bricks (wear refractories).

  The moisture added to the coating material immediately before coating the inner surface of the molten steel tank is 15 to 30% by mass with respect to the mass of the coating material. The moisture addition rate affects the fluidity and adhesion of the coating material. When the moisture addition rate is less than 15% by mass, the fluidity is insufficient, so that it is difficult to adhere to the inner surface of the molten steel tank. In addition, pulverization is likely to occur during the heat treatment described below. On the other hand, if it exceeds 30% by mass, the fluidity becomes excessive and moisture sag is likely to occur, and it is easy to peel off from the inner surface of the molten steel tank after the heat treatment.

  After coating the inner surface of the molten steel tank with a coating material, the atmosphere is heated by a gas burner to set the atmosphere temperature to 900 ° C. or higher and heated for 1 hour or longer. Thereby, the carbon contained in the coating material is oxidized and removed from the coating material, and the coating material is sintered and becomes porous. The inventors analyzed the coating material after the heat treatment, and confirmed that carbon was not detected including the surface in contact with the inner surface of the molten steel tank. That is, the heat treatment can prevent carbon contained in magnesia-carbon brick fines and impurities such as impurities and dust from accumulating and enriching.

  By removing carbon from the coating material, the molten steel accommodated in the molten steel tank is not contaminated with carbon. In addition, since the coating material is sintered, the corrosion resistance is improved, and when the coating material is porous, it is difficult to seize on the inner surface of the molten steel tank, and disassembly after use becomes easy.

  In order to remove carbon from the coating material, the heat treatment temperature is preferably 1000 ° C. or more, more preferably 1200 ° C. or more, and the heat treatment time is preferably 2 hours or more, more preferably 3 hours or more.

  The coating material application method of the present invention can be applied to a molten steel tank that is required to be easily disassembled from tundish and other coating materials.

  Below, the test done in order to confirm the effect of this invention is demonstrated.

1. Test Method The used coating material was blended with the magnesia-carbon brick and magnesia raw material having a particle size of 3 mm or less at the blending ratio and moisture addition ratio shown in Table 1, and added moisture. The used magnesia-carbon brick also includes particles having a particle size of 1 mm or less and particles having a particle size of 0.3 mm or less. The magnesia material was electrofused magnesia having a magnesia content of 95% by mass or more. These coating materials were dry sprayed to coat the inner surface of a tundish made of wear refractory with a thickness of 30 mm, and subjected to a heat treatment at an atmospheric temperature of 1200 ° C. for 3 hours to complete the coating material construction.

  In Comparative Examples 1 and 2, the blending ratio of the used magnesia-carbon brick having a particle size of 3 mm or less was smaller than the specified range of the present invention, and Comparative Example 3 was large. Inventive Examples 1 to 6 all satisfied the provisions of the present invention.

  A tundish with a molten steel capacity of 30 t was used. The coating material was applied, and the tundish subjected to heat treatment was used for continuous casting by so-called continuous casting until the coating material became unusable, and the coating material was disassembled after use.

2. Evaluation items Evaluation items were bulk specific gravity, bending strength and compressive strength of the coating material before use as evaluation of mechanical properties. In addition, as an evaluation of the performance when the molten steel was actually accommodated, the corrosion resistance of the coating material, the durability of the actual tundish machine, the seizure occurrence rate, and the adhesion were used.

  The bulk specific gravity of the coating material was a value measured by JIS R2205 (measurement method of apparent porosity, water absorption, specific gravity of refractory bricks). The compressive strength and flexural strength were values measured by JIS R2553 (castable refractory strength test method).

  The corrosion resistance of the coating material is an index of the difficulty of erosion of the coating material, and was evaluated by the erosion rate. After the continuous casting by continuous casting, the erosion depth of the coating material on the inner surface of the tundish was observed, the erosion depth was measured, and the value obtained by dividing the erosion depth by the number of charges was taken as the erosion rate.

  The durability of the actual tundish machine is the number of charges in the molten steel until the coating material becomes unusable.

The seizure occurrence rate is the ratio of the tundish that was disassembled after being used for casting of 15-charge, 4500t molten steel, and the coating material was seized into the refractory on the inner surface of the tundish. (1) It is expressed by a formula. All dismantled tundishes were evaluated for seizure.
R = n / N (1)
Here, R is the occurrence rate of seizure, n is the number of tundish where seizure occurs, and N is the number of tundish that has been disassembled. In each of Comparative Examples 1 to 3 and Invention Examples 1 to 6, N = 150.

Adhesion is an index of the ease with which the coating material adheres to the inner surface of the tundish, and was evaluated by the rebound loss occurrence rate. The rebound loss means that the coating material sprayed toward the inner surface of the tundish by the spraying device falls without adhering to the inner surface of the tundish. The rebound loss occurrence rate is the ratio (mass ratio) of the sprayed coating material that has fallen without adhering, and is expressed by the following equation (2).
L = w / W (2)
Here, L is the rebound loss occurrence rate, w is the mass of the sprayed coating material that has fallen without adhering, and W is the mass of the sprayed coating material.

3. Test results Table 1 shows the results of the above evaluation items together with the mixing ratio of the raw materials. Corrosion resistance and durability of the actual machine tended to be more excellent as the blending ratio of magnesia-carbon brick was higher. However, Comparative Example 3 in which the mixing ratio of magnesia-carbon brick was 65% by mass was inferior to the present invention example having 60% by mass.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram showing the relationship between the mixing ratio of magnesia-carbon bricks and the seizure occurrence rate. As shown in FIG. 1 and Table 1, the seizure occurrence rate was 10% when the mixing ratio of magnesia-carbon brick was 0% by mass, but decreased to 5% when the mixing ratio was 5% by mass. If it was 10% by mass or more, it was 0%.

  For the adhesion, the rebound loss occurrence rate was 15% or less as ◯ (good), 15-30% as △ (possible), and 30% or more as x (impossible). Since the specific gravity of magnesia-carbon brick is smaller than that of the magnesia material, Examples 1 to 6 of the present invention have a lower specific gravity than Comparative Examples 1 and 2, and the rebound loss occurrence rate is small. As a result, the evaluation of Comparative Examples 1 and 2 was Δ, while the evaluations of Invention Examples 1 to 6 were ○. In Comparative Example 3 in which the mixing ratio of magnesia-carbon brick was higher than that of the present invention, the rebound loss was large and the evaluation was x.

  In addition, about the above-mentioned Example, the effect was confirmed with the tundish with the lining of the wear refractory which is disadvantageous rather than the coating construction being a steel skin. Therefore, it is needless to say that the present invention can be applied to a molten steel tank having an iron skin without a lining.

  According to the construction method of the coating material on the inner surface of the molten steel tank of the present invention, particles having a particle size of 1 mm or less obtained by crushing used magnesia-carbon bricks that could not be used conventionally are used for corrosion resistance and The coating material can have a strength and can be easily disassembled after use. Since the coating material used for the molten steel tank is used in large quantities, the amount of recycling can be increased dramatically. In addition, since an impregnation process and analysis by X-ray diffraction are unnecessary before construction, an increase in unnecessary cost can be suppressed.

Claims (3)

A method for applying a coating material to the inner surface of a molten steel tank,
The coating material includes a used magnesia-carbon brick pulverized product and a magnesia material,
The mixing ratio of the used magnesia-carbon brick pulverized product is 10 to 60% by mass, and the total mixing ratio of the used magnesia-carbon brick pulverized product and the magnesia raw material is 90% by mass or more,
The used magnesia-carbon brick pulverized product comprises a particle size of 3 mm or less and includes a particle size of 0.3 mm or less,
(Step 1) adding 15 to 30% of moisture to the coating material;
(Step 2) Coating the inner surface of the molten steel tank having a temperature in the range of room temperature to 200 ° C. with a thickness of 10 to 30 mm with the coating material to which the moisture has been added,
(Step 3) The coating material covering the inner surface of the molten steel tank is heated at an ambient temperature of 900 ° C. or higher for 1 hour or longer,
A method of applying a coating material to the inner surface of a molten steel tank, comprising a series of steps.   2. The molten steel tank according to claim 1, wherein the magnesia-carbon brick contains 10 to 25 mass% of carbon, 70 to 85 mass% of magnesia, and the content of other impurities is 5 mass% or less. Method of coating material on the inner surface of The method for applying a coating material to the inner surface of the molten steel tank according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the inner surface of the molten steel tank is made of a wear refractory.

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