US20150114528A1 - Method of lowering dew point of amibient gas within annealing furnace, device thereof, and method of producing cold-rolled annealed steel sheet - Google Patents

Method of lowering dew point of amibient gas within annealing furnace, device thereof, and method of producing cold-rolled annealed steel sheet Download PDF

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US20150114528A1 US14/391,022 US201314391022A US2015114528A1 US 20150114528 A1 US20150114528 A1 US 20150114528A1 US 201314391022 A US201314391022 A US 201314391022A US 2015114528 A1 US2015114528 A1 US 2015114528A1
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  • This disclosure relates to advantageous production of a steel strip that can lower the dew point of an ambient gas in a continuous annealing furnace and has high wettability and, in particular, relates to a method of lowering the dew point of an ambient gas in an annealing furnace, a device for the method, and a method of producing a cold-rolled and annealed steel sheet.
  • the low-temperature gas is directly introduced into the high-temperature furnace.
  • a large amount of thermal energy is required to maintain the steel strip temperature in the furnace, the gas temperature cannot be controlled, and the energy efficiency is very low.
  • the temperature of a gas to be returned to the furnace is not sufficiently increased and, as described in JP '622, the water adsorption filter having a low dehumidification capacity lowers the dew point only to approximately ⁇ 30° C. and cannot lower the dew point to ⁇ 45° C. or less.
  • known techniques to lower the dew point of the atmosphere of a continuous annealing furnace have problems that they cannot achieve a low dew point of ⁇ 45° C. or less and that they have very low energy efficiency.
  • a dryer for example, of a desiccant method or a compressor method that allows a dew point of ⁇ 45° C. or less to lower the dew point of an annealing furnace ambient gas and a circulator to lower the dew point to ⁇ 45° C., installing a heat exchanger in the circulator to increase or decrease the temperature of the gas, and modifying a gas inflow (gas introduction) into a heating zone and a cooling zone of the furnace to improve energy efficiency.
  • Part of an ambient gas in the heating zone and/or the soaking zone is sucked out and is cooled through a high-temperature gas passage of the heat exchanger by heat exchange with a gas in a low-temperature gas passage, is then further cooled by mixing with part of an ambient gas of the cooling zone, is then further cooled through the gas cooler, is then dehumidified to a dew point of ⁇ 45° C. or less in the dryer, is then heated through the low-temperature gas passage of the heat exchanger by heat exchange with a gas in the high-temperature gas passage, and is returned to the heating zone and/or the soaking zone.
  • part of gas flowing from the dryer toward the low-temperature gas passage of the heat exchanger is returned directly to the cooling zone without passing through the heat exchanger.
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic view of Conventional Example 1.
  • FIG. 2 is a schematic view of Conventional Example 2.
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic view of a circulation system according to Conventional Example 2.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic view of Conventional Example 3.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a circulation system according to Conventional Example 3.
  • FIG. 6 is a schematic view of Comparative Example 1.
  • FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a circulation system according to Comparative Example 1.
  • FIG. 8 is a schematic view of our Example 1.
  • FIG. 9 is a schematic view of a circulation system according to Example 1.
  • FIG. 10 is a schematic view of our Example 2.
  • FIG. 11 is a schematic view of a circulation system according to Example 2.
  • a large amount of Mn oxide is produced on the surface of the steel strip and inhibits the adhesion of plating.
  • a circulator equipped with a dryer that allows a dew point of ⁇ 45° C. or less to achieve a very low dew point to prevent concentration of Mn oxide on the surface of the steel strip.
  • the desired ambient gas temperature in the annealing furnace is different in a heating zone, a soaking zone, and a cooling zone. More specifically, the sucked gas is cooled to approximately room temperature in a gas cooler before entering the dryer, dehumidified in the dryer, and returned to the furnace.
  • a low-temperature gas is directly introduced into a high-temperature region such as the heating zone or the soaking zone, a high temperature required to anneal the steel strip cannot be maintained. For this reason, the temperature of the introduced gas from the circulator must be increased.
  • a heat exchanger between the furnace and the gas cooler. More specifically, a high-temperature gas sucked from the heating zone or the soaking zone of the furnace (sucked gas) is cooled in the cooler before entering the dryer. Utilizing thermal energy resulting from the temperature difference, therefore, the gas cooled in the gas cooler and dehumidified in the dryer can be heated. Thus, thermal energy discharged from the gas cooler can be effectively utilized.
  • a high-temperature gas sucked from the heating zone or the soaking zone of the furnace is passed through the heat exchanger, cooled in the gas cooler, dehumidified in the dryer, heated in the heat exchanger, and then returned to the heating zone or the soaking zone of the furnace.
  • the temperature of the high-temperature gas sucked from the heating zone or the soaking zone after the heat exchange is sometimes higher than the gas temperature in the cooling zone.
  • the gas after the heat exchange can advantageously be mixed with a low-temperature gas sucked from the cooling zone to lower energy required to further cool the gas in the downstream gas cooler.
  • the gas temperature after cooling with the gas cooler is lower than the temperature of the cooling zone of the furnace, part of gas cooled in the gas cooler, dehumidified in the dryer, and returned directly to the cooling zone without passing through the heat exchanger can lower the temperature and the dew point of the cooling zone, thus further improving energy efficiency.
  • a dryer for use herein preferably has a high dehumidification capacity, for example, of a desiccant method for continuous dehumidification using calcium oxide, zeolite, silica gel, or calcium chloride or a compressor method using an alternative chlorofluorocarbon.
  • FIGS. 1 to 11 illustrate the structure and gas passages of a continuous annealing furnace having a heating zone and a cooling zone according to Examples, Comparative Example, and Conventional Examples.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates Conventional Example 1 described in JP '953.
  • Ambient gas supply equipment 12 directly supplies another low-temperature ambient gas to a heating zone 1 and a cooling zone 2.
  • FIGS. 2 and 3 illustrate Conventional Example 2 described in JP '830.
  • a gas sucked from a cooling zone 2 enters a circulator 8 through a flow path 15 , passes through a heat exchanger 9 to heat a gas from ambient gas supply equipment 12 , and returns to the cooling zone 2 through a flow path 16 .
  • the low-temperature ambient gas supplied from the gas supply equipment 12 is heated in the heat exchanger 9 and introduced into a heating zone 1 through an ambient gas pipe 7 .
  • FIGS. 4 and 5 illustrate Conventional Example 3 described in JP '622.
  • a gas sucked from heating zone 1 is introduced into a circulator 8 through a flow path 15 , cooled in a heat exchanger 9 with a gas from a water adsorption filter 18 , dehumidified with the water adsorption filter 18 made of activated alumina, heated in the heat exchanger 9 , and returned to the heating zone 1 through a flow path 16 .
  • Each device includes three water adsorption filters 18 alternately operated at intervals of three hours.
  • FIGS. 6 and 7 illustrate Comparative Example 1.
  • a gas sucked from a heating zone 1 is introduced into a circulator 8 through a flow path 15 , cooled in a heat exchanger 9 with a gas that has been dehumidified in a dryer 11 , further cooled in a gas cooler 10 , dehumidified in the dryer 11 , heated in the heat exchanger 9 with a gas from the heating zone 1, and returned to the heating zone 1 through a flow path 16 .
  • FIGS. 8 and 9 illustrate our Example 1.
  • a gas sucked from a heating zone 1 is introduced into a circulator 8 through a flow path 15 , cooled in a heat exchanger 9 with a dehumidified gas from a dryer, mixed in a mixer 20 with another gas sucked from a cooling zone 2 through a flow path 19 , further cooled in a cooler 10 , dehumidified in a dryer 11 , heated with a gas from the heating zone 1, and returned to the heating zone 1 through a flow path 16 .
  • FIGS. 10 and 11 illustrate our Example 2.
  • the gas dehumidified in the dryer 11 is distributed with a gas distributor 13 .
  • One part of the distributed gas is introduced into the heat exchanger 9 , heated therein with a gas from the heating zone 1 and returned to the heating zone 1 through a flow path 16 .
  • the other part of the distributed gas is returned directly to a cooling zone 2 through a flow path 17 .
  • Table 1 shows the dew points of the sucked gases and the dew points of the introduced gases passing through the gas passages and exhausted heat energy during the passage in Examples and Conventional Examples.
  • Table 1 shows that the dew points of the gases introduced into the annealing furnaces in No. 1 to No. 3 of Example 1 and No. 4 to No. 6 of Example 2 are satisfactorily lower than the target temperature of ⁇ 45° C., as compared with Conventional Examples No. 7 to No. 10.
  • the dew points in the furnaces measured upstream from an annealing furnace outlet 21 are also satisfactorily lower than ⁇ 45° C.
  • No. 1 to No. 3 of Example 1 and No. 4 to No. 6 of Example 2 exhausted less heat energy and have very high energy efficiency.

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