US20150176905A1 - Method and system for producing pig iron or fluid steel pre-products - Google Patents
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- the invention relates to a method and a plant for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products, metal-containing, in particular iron oxide-containing, batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates being at least partially reduced in a reduction zone by means of a reduction gas, subsequently being introduced into a smelting zone and being smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers, in particular coke and/or coal, and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas, the formed reduction gas being supplied to the reduction zone and reacted there and being drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas.
- ultrafinely particulate materials such as, for example, carbon carriers
- injector gases for example, pulverulent coals can be introduced, for example, into a blast furnace or else into a melt-down gasifier by means of an injector gas and an injector.
- injector gases such as nitrogen, air or natural gas
- separate injector gases such as nitrogen, air or natural gas
- a method and a plant can be made available which avoid such disadvantages during the introduction of ultrafinely particulate carbon carriers.
- metal-containing, in particular iron oxide-containing, batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates are at least partially reduced in a reduction zone by means of a reduction gas, subsequently being introduced into a smelting zone and being smelted along with the supply of lumpy carbon carriers, in particular coke and/or coal, and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas, the formed reduction gas being supplied to the reduction zone and reacted there and being drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas, wherein at least part of the export gas is treated in a CO 2 separation device, along with the separation of CO 2 and the formation of a product gas, and is utilized for the introduction, in particular injection, of pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, into the smelting zone.
- the product gas can be combined in a mixing chamber with the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, in particular nitrogen, and is then introduced into the smelting zone.
- a conveying gas in particular nitrogen
- the introduction of the product gas and of the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, into the smelting zone may take place together with an oxygen-rich gas.
- the product gas, the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate the conveying gas, and the oxygen-rich gas can be injected together first into a tuyere or into an oxygen nozzle and then into the smelting zone.
- the export gas can be compressed and/or cooled before treatment in the CO 2 separation device.
- the CO 2 -rich gas separated in the CO 2 separation device can be discharged as tail gas and can be intermediately stored, in particular, together with export gas from the reduction zone.
- the CO 2 -rich gas separated in the CO 2 separation device, as tail gas, and/or export gas from the reduction zone can be at least partially burnt in a heating device for the purpose of heating the product gas.
- the heated product gas can be introduced into the reduction zone and/or the smelting zone.
- the reduction gas drawn off from the reduction zone can be subjected to a dry dedusting and/or wet purification.
- a plant for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products, with a reduction assembly, in which metal-containing, in particular iron oxide-containing, batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates can be at least partially reduced by means of a reduction gas comprises a smelting assembly, into which the at least partially reduced batch materials or the aggregates can be introduced and smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers, in particular coke and/or coal, and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas, the formed reduction gas being capable of being supplied to the reduction assembly, reacted there and drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas, wherein a CO 2 separation device for separating CO 2 from the export gas and for forming a product gas is provided, the product gas being connected via a product gas line to at least one introduction device for the introduction, in particular injection, of pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting assembly.
- the introduction device may have at least one mixing chamber for mixing the product gas with pulverulent carbon carriers and, if appropriate, conveying gas, the mixing chamber being connected to the product gas line and to a conveying line for the inward conveyance of the pulverulent carbon carriers.
- the introduction device may have an introduction line which connects the mixing chamber to at least one nozzle.
- the introduction device may have a supply line for the introduction of oxygen-containing gas.
- the supply line and the introduction line can be merged in the nozzle.
- the nozzle can be a tuyere of a blast furnace or an oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly.
- the reduction assembly can be designed as the shaft of a blast furnace or as a reduction shaft or as a fluidized bed assembly or as a group of series-connected fluidized bed assemblies, and the smelting assembly is designed as the lower part of a blast furnace or as a melt-down gasifier.
- a purification device in particular dry purification and/or wet purification, can be provided in a top gas outlet line for the outlet of reduction gas from the reduction assembly.
- the purification device can be connected by means of an export gas line to the CO 2 separation device, a compressor and/or at least one cooler being arranged in the export gas line.
- a heating device for the heating of product gas before the introduction of the latter into the reduction assembly and/or into the smelting assembly can be provided, the heating device being capable of being heated as a result of the at least partial combustion of tail gas and/or of export gas.
- FIG. 1 shows a plant according to various embodiments with a blast furnace.
- FIG. 2 shows a detail of the introduction device.
- the export gas after a separation of CO 2 , is utilized for the introduction of pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting zone. Consequently, the quantity of reduction gas which is drawn off as top gas from the reduction assembly and, after purification, is present as export gas can be reduced or the fraction of export gas which is utilized in the method can be increased.
- the quantity of export gas which is used in the method as circulation gas, that is to say is delivered anew to the method, can likewise be reduced, since, instead of a propellant gas, such as, for example, nitrogen, customary in conventional methods, a process-specific gas is employed, with the result that the circulated gas quantity is reduced.
- the energy (for example, power for compression) required for conveying the export gas in the method can be reduced, since substantially fewer inert gas constituents are present in the process gases and therefore there is a substantially lower energy demand for the compression, heating and cooling of the process gases.
- the fraction of export gas which cannot be utilized in the process likewise diminishes and, moreover, considerable quantities of injector gas can be saved, and therefore the operating costs of a plant for pig iron production can be reduced.
- a further advantage is that the reduction gas or circulation gas is not contaminated by the propellant gas and therefore the reduction potential is also not reduced.
- reduction gas, from which CO 2 is to be separated, being introduced as propellant gas the initial introduction of energy via the oxygen nozzles or tuyeres can be increased, with the result that reduction agents in the form of coke or coal can be saved.
- the product gas is combined in at least one mixing chamber with the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, and is then introduced into the smelting zone.
- the product gas leads to a considerable rise in the flow velocity at which the pulverulent carbon carriers are introduced into the smelting zone.
- the pulverulent carbon carriers can be introduced into the mixing chamber by means of a conveying gas.
- the product gas By the product gas being supplied, the pulverulent carbon carriers are accelerated and are introduced into the smelting zone at higher velocity. Due to this rise in the injection velocity, for example, blockages caused by slag or damage caused by pig iron injectors can be avoided.
- Introduction to the smelting zone can be controlled in a directed manner or adapted to the operating parameters via the pressure and product gas quantity or via the conveying gas quantity.
- the introduction of the product gas and of the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, into the smelting zone takes place together with an oxygen-rich gas.
- the pulverulent carbon carriers are used as energy carriers and for the formation of reduction gas.
- oxygen-rich gas it is advantageous to add oxygen-rich gas immediately during introduction, in order thereby to allow combustion and therefore an introduction of energy. It is advantageous, for example, to provide the hot blast air or oxygen-enriched hot blast air required in the smelting zone as oxygen-rich gas and to introduce it together with the pulverulent carbon carrier and, if appropriate, with a conveying gas into the smelting zone.
- the product gas, the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate the conveying gas, and the oxygen-rich gas are injected together first into a tuyere or into an oxygen nozzle and then into the smelting zone.
- Tuyeres are devices which are customary in blast furnaces and via which the hot, in particular oxygen-rich gas can be introduced into the smelting zone.
- Oxygen nozzles are devices which are found in smelt-reduction plants and which introduce oxygen-containing gas having high O 2 contents, preferably above 90% O 2 , into the smelting zone of a smelting assembly, such as, for example, a melt-down gasifier.
- the abovementioned gases and the pulverulent carbon carriers can be injected together into the smelting zone, an intimate intermixing of the gases with the pulverulent carbon carriers taking place.
- the export gas is compressed and/or cooled before treatment in the CO 2 separation device.
- the CO 2 -rich gas separated in the CO 2 separation device is discharged as tail gas and is intermediately stored, in particular together with export gas from the reduction zone.
- the tail gas has a mostly highly fluctuating composition, and therefore its calorific value, too, is not constant. Due to intermediate storage, the properties of the tail gas can be compensated.
- export gas can first be stored together with tail gas and subsequently be made available for external uses, such as, for example, for thermal utilization.
- the CO 2 -rich gas separated in the CO 2 separation device, as tail gas, and/or export gas from the reduction zone are/is at least partially burnt in a heating device for the purpose of heating the product gas.
- a heating device for the purpose of heating the product gas.
- the exhaust occurring during combustion is discharged and, if appropriate, subjected to purification.
- the heated product gas is introduced into the reduction zone and/or the smelting zone. The fraction of export gas which remains in the method and can be reused as circulation gas in the reduction zone and in the smelting zone or as product gas in the smelting zone can therefore be markedly increased.
- the reduction gas drawn off from the reduction zone is subjected to a dry dedusting and/or wet purification. Since the drawn-off reduction gas has a considerable fraction of dust load or fine solid particles, it is advantageous first to provide purification, in which case dry or wet purification treatments, but also combinations of these, are possible.
- the purified drawn-off reduction gas may be used according to various embodiments as export gas or delivered for further applications, such as, for example, for thermal utilization.
- the plant according to various embodiments for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products comprises a reduction assembly, in which metal oxide-containing, in particular iron oxide-containing, batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates can be at least partially reduced by means of a reduction gas, and a smelting assembly, into which the at least partially reduced batch materials or the aggregates can be introduced and smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers, in particular coke and/or coal, and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas.
- the reduction gas formed in the smelting assembly can be supplied to the reduction zone, reacted there and drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas.
- the plant comprises, further, a CO 2 separation device for separating CO 2 from the export gas and for forming a product gas.
- the CO 2 separation device is connected via a product gas line to at least one introduction device for the introduction, in particular injection, of pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting assembly.
- CO 2 and preferably also residual water vapor (H 2 O) which are disadvantageous for the smelting process or the generation of reduction gas taking place during this and for the reduction in the reduction zone, can be separated, so that a high-grade product gas with a high fraction of reducing components, such as carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H 2 ), is set.
- Pulverulent carbon carriers occur in large quantity in a multiplicity of metallurgical methods, such as, for example, also in the handling of lumpy coals.
- the introduction device has a mixing chamber for mixing the product gas with pulverulent carbon carriers and, if appropriate, conveying gas, the mixing chamber being connected to the product gas line and to a conveying line for the inward conveyance of the pulverulent carbon carriers.
- the pulverulent carbon carriers are introduced into the mixing chamber, and this may take place, for example, by means of a conveying gas or else due to gravity via the conveying line.
- the product gas being added via the product gas line, the injection velocity and injection energy necessary for introduction are applied, so that the pulverulent carbon carriers can be introduced into the smelting assembly.
- the mixing chamber results in an intimate mixing between the product gas and the pulverulent carbon carriers, so that a uniform introduction becomes possible.
- the introduction device has an introduction line which connects the mixing chamber to at lest one nozzle.
- the nozzle By means of the nozzle, a considerable rise in the flow velocity is obtained, so that even injection into a space with high pressure, such as is the case in conventional smelting assemblies, is possible.
- the intimate intermingling of the pulverulent carbon carriers is further increased, so that a highly homogeneous distribution in the smelting assembly becomes possible.
- a plurality of mixing chambers and/or a plurality of nozzles being provided, a uniform distribution of the pulverulent carbon carriers in the smelting assembly can be ensured.
- the introduction device has a supply line for the introduction of oxygen-containing gas.
- the pulverulent carbon carriers can be introduced together with the oxygen-containing gas, an immediate combustion of the pulverulent carbon carriers and of the product gas or a gasification of the pulverulent carbon carriers upon entry into the smelting assembly being achieved.
- the supply line and the introduction line are merged in the nozzle.
- the nozzle consequently forms a virtually homogeneous nozzle jet which enters the smelting assembly. It is therefore not necessary to provide separate devices for introducing the oxygen-containing gas and for the pulverulent carbon carriers. These can be combined. For the introduction of the pulverulent carbon carriers, therefore, those can be utilized which are already provided in any case for introducing the oxygen-containing gas.
- the nozzle is a tuyere of a blast furnace or an oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly.
- Tuyeres serve for the introduction of mostly hot blast air into the smelting assembly.
- Oxygen nozzles are devices which are found in smelt-reduction plants and which introduce oxygen-containing gas having high O 2 contents, preferably above 90% O 2 , into the smelting zone of a smelting assembly.
- mostly annular devices are provided, in order to allow as uniform an introduction of the hot blast air as possible.
- oxygen-rich gas for example having an oxygen content >90%
- the oxygen-rich gas and the pulverulent carbon carriers can consequently be injected together into the smelting assembly.
- This refinement ensures an especially effective reaction of the pulverulent carbon carriers, so that these can be utilized especially effectively as energy carriers and for the formation of reduction gas.
- the reduction assembly is designed as the shaft of a blast furnace or as a reduction shaft or as a fluidized bed assembly or as a group of series-connected fluidized bed assemblies and the smelting assembly is designed as the lower part of a blast furnace or as a melt-down gasifier. Consequently, a very broad group of metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials and aggregates can be processed, while the reduction assembly can be adapted, for example, to the grain size and composition of the metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials or to the type of lumpy carbon carriers. Likewise, by the selection of the smelting assembly, the plant and method can be coordinated accurately with the metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials to be processed.
- a purification device in particular dry purification and/or wet purification, is provided in a top gas outlet line for the outlet of reduction gas from the reduction assembly.
- the purification device By means of the purification device, the dust load and, for example, fine solid particles discharged with the reduction gas from the reduction assembly are separated.
- dry purification such as, for example, a dust bag, hot gas cyclone, fabric filter or hot gas filter
- wet purification such as, for example, an annular gap scrubber or a Venturi scrubber
- a combination of the above purification plants is also possible.
- the purified reduction gas drawn off the reduction assembly may be utilized according to various embodiments as export gas or be delivered for further applications or utilizations.
- the purification device is connected by means of an export gas line to the CO 2 separation device, a compressor and/or at least one cooler being arranged in the export gas line.
- the export gas is first compressed and then cooled, a substantial fraction of water vapor (H 2 O) also being condensed and separated, so that optimal conditions for CO 2 separation can be set.
- a heating device for the heating product gas before the introduction of the latter into the reduction assembly and/or into the smelting assembly is provided, the heating device being capable of being heated as a result of the at least partial combustion of tail gas and/or of export gas. Consequently, the product gas, which is to be introduced into the smelting assembly and/or into the reduction assembly can be thermally adapted correspondingly. As a result of the combustion of tail gas or of export gas in the heating device, the product gas can be heated particularly cost-effectively.
- the heated product gas can be introduced via lines which connect the heating device to the smelting assembly and to the reduction assembly. Introduction to the smelting assembly may also take place via the introduction device according to various embodiments.
- FIG. 1 shows the plant according to various embodiments with a blast furnace for the production of pig iron RE.
- the lower part of the blast furnace forms a smelting assembly 2 with a smelting zone
- the shaft of the blast furnace forms a reduction assembly 1 with a reduction zone.
- the reduction gas drawn off from the reduction assembly 1 has already been reacted in the reduction zone.
- metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates can be at least partially reduced by means of the reduction gas in the reduction assembly 1 , the spent reduction gas being drawn off as top gas.
- the at least partially reduced metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials are introduced into the smelting zone in which the formation of the reduction gas also takes place.
- top gas For a further utilization of top gas, it is initially mostly necessary to provide gas purification. This may advantageously take place in two stages by means of dry purification 12 and by means of following wet purification 13 . These purification devices are arranged in the top gas outlet line 11 . Wet purification 13 is connected via an export gas line 14 to a CO 2 separation device 3 . This may be operated, for example, by the pressure swing or vacuum pressure swing adsorption method.
- a compressor 15 and, following this, a cooling device 16 are provided in the export gas line 14 , so that the temperature of the export gas can be set in a directed manner for the CO 2 separation, and a large part of the water vapor contained in the export gas can be condensed and separated.
- a CO 2 -rich gas, the tail gas is separated, and a product gas is formed which has high fractions of reducing components, such as, for example, hydrogen and carbon monoxide.
- FIG. 2 shows the introduction device 5 in detail.
- the product gas can be introduced into at least one mixing chamber 6 via the product gas line 4 .
- pulverulent carbon carriers such as, for example, pulverulent coal
- a conveying gas such as, for example, nitrogen
- the supply line 10 via which oxygen-rich gas can be introduced, also issues into the nozzle 9 . Consequently, the oxygen-rich gas, the conveying gas, the product gas and the pulverulent carbon carriers are introduced or injected together into the smelting assembly.
- a multiplicity of nozzles may be provided which may be arranged in such a way that they inject directly into the tuyere or oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly, such as, for example, a blast furnace.
- the introduction line 8 may be designed as an injection lance which may also comprise the mixing chamber 6 . Further, the introduction line 8 may also be designed as a separate injection duct which issues into the nozzle 9 .
- the nozzle 9 may form a tuyere of a blast furnace or an oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly, such as, for example, a melt-down gasifier.
- the supply line 10 and the introduction line 8 are merged at the tip of the injection lance which projects into the tuyere or into the oxygen nozzle or at an injection duct in the tuyere or in the oxygen nozzle.
- Both configurations utilize the tuyere or the oxygen nozzle which constitute known devices, so that the method according to various embodiments or the apparatus can also be implemented on existing plants.
- a heating device 17 may be provided, in which a heating of at least part of the product gas can take place as a result of an at least partial combustion of tail gas from the CO 2 separation device 3 and/or of export gas. This heated part of the product gas can be introduced into the reduction assembly 1 or into the smelting assembly 2 .
- tail gas can be stored in a gas accumulator 18 , an equalization of the composition of these gases taking place. This is necessary, since the composition of the tail gas from a pressure swing or vacuum pressure swing adsorption method fluctuates very sharply, thus also resulting in sharp fluctuations in the calorific value.
- the gas mixture may subsequently be used, for example, for thermal utilization.
Abstract
A method and a plant for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products are shown, metal oxide-containing batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates being at least partially reduced in a reduction zone by a reduction gas, subsequently being introduced into a smelting zone and being smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas. The reduction gas formed in the smelting zone is supplied to the reduction zone, reacted there and drawn off as export gas, CO2 is separated from the export gas, and a product gas is formed which is utilized for the introduction of pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting zone.
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- The present application is a divisional under 37 C.F.R. §1.53(b) of prior U.S. patent application Ser. No. 13/147,307, filed Sep. 21, 2011, by Robert Millner entitled “METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING PIG IRON OR FLUID STEEL PRE-PRODUCTS,” which is a 35 U.S.C. §371 National Stage Application of International Application No. PCT/EP2010/050374, filed Jan. 14, 2010, which designates the United States of America, and claims priority to Austrian Application No. A164/2009, filed Jan. 30, 2009 the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in their entirety.
- The invention relates to a method and a plant for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products, metal-containing, in particular iron oxide-containing, batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates being at least partially reduced in a reduction zone by means of a reduction gas, subsequently being introduced into a smelting zone and being smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers, in particular coke and/or coal, and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas, the formed reduction gas being supplied to the reduction zone and reacted there and being drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas.
- It is known from the prior art that ultrafinely particulate materials, such as, for example, carbon carriers, can be introduced into smelting assemblies by injection by means of injector gases. In this way, for example, pulverulent coals can be introduced, for example, into a blast furnace or else into a melt-down gasifier by means of an injector gas and an injector. The disadvantage of this is that separate injector gases, such as nitrogen, air or natural gas, have to be used, which increase the inert gas volume in the process, particularly in the case of additional internal gas recirculation, or entail high operating costs (for natural gas, power).
- According to various embodiments, a method and a plant can be made available which avoid such disadvantages during the introduction of ultrafinely particulate carbon carriers.
- According to an embodiment, in a method for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products, metal-containing, in particular iron oxide-containing, batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates are at least partially reduced in a reduction zone by means of a reduction gas, subsequently being introduced into a smelting zone and being smelted along with the supply of lumpy carbon carriers, in particular coke and/or coal, and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas, the formed reduction gas being supplied to the reduction zone and reacted there and being drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas, wherein at least part of the export gas is treated in a CO2 separation device, along with the separation of CO2 and the formation of a product gas, and is utilized for the introduction, in particular injection, of pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, into the smelting zone.
- According to a further embodiment, the product gas can be combined in a mixing chamber with the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, in particular nitrogen, and is then introduced into the smelting zone. According to a further embodiment, the introduction of the product gas and of the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, into the smelting zone may take place together with an oxygen-rich gas. According to a further embodiment, the product gas, the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate the conveying gas, and the oxygen-rich gas can be injected together first into a tuyere or into an oxygen nozzle and then into the smelting zone. According to a further embodiment, the export gas can be compressed and/or cooled before treatment in the CO2 separation device. According to a further embodiment, the CO2-rich gas separated in the CO2 separation device can be discharged as tail gas and can be intermediately stored, in particular, together with export gas from the reduction zone. According to a further embodiment, the CO2-rich gas separated in the CO2 separation device, as tail gas, and/or export gas from the reduction zone can be at least partially burnt in a heating device for the purpose of heating the product gas. According to a further embodiment, the heated product gas can be introduced into the reduction zone and/or the smelting zone. According to a further embodiment, the reduction gas drawn off from the reduction zone can be subjected to a dry dedusting and/or wet purification.
- According to another embodiment, a plant for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products, with a reduction assembly, in which metal-containing, in particular iron oxide-containing, batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates can be at least partially reduced by means of a reduction gas, comprises a smelting assembly, into which the at least partially reduced batch materials or the aggregates can be introduced and smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers, in particular coke and/or coal, and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas, the formed reduction gas being capable of being supplied to the reduction assembly, reacted there and drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas, wherein a CO2 separation device for separating CO2 from the export gas and for forming a product gas is provided, the product gas being connected via a product gas line to at least one introduction device for the introduction, in particular injection, of pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting assembly.
- According to a further embodiment of the plant, the introduction device may have at least one mixing chamber for mixing the product gas with pulverulent carbon carriers and, if appropriate, conveying gas, the mixing chamber being connected to the product gas line and to a conveying line for the inward conveyance of the pulverulent carbon carriers. According to a further embodiment of the plant, the introduction device may have an introduction line which connects the mixing chamber to at least one nozzle. According to a further embodiment of the plant, the introduction device may have a supply line for the introduction of oxygen-containing gas. According to a further embodiment of the plant, the supply line and the introduction line can be merged in the nozzle. According to a further embodiment of the plant, the nozzle can be a tuyere of a blast furnace or an oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly. According to a further embodiment of the plant, the reduction assembly can be designed as the shaft of a blast furnace or as a reduction shaft or as a fluidized bed assembly or as a group of series-connected fluidized bed assemblies, and the smelting assembly is designed as the lower part of a blast furnace or as a melt-down gasifier. According to a further embodiment of the plant, a purification device, in particular dry purification and/or wet purification, can be provided in a top gas outlet line for the outlet of reduction gas from the reduction assembly. According to a further embodiment of the plant, the purification device can be connected by means of an export gas line to the CO2 separation device, a compressor and/or at least one cooler being arranged in the export gas line. According to a further embodiment of the plant, a heating device for the heating of product gas before the introduction of the latter into the reduction assembly and/or into the smelting assembly can be provided, the heating device being capable of being heated as a result of the at least partial combustion of tail gas and/or of export gas.
- The invention is explained in more detail below, by way of example and unrestrictively, with reference to
FIGS. 1 and 2 . -
FIG. 1 shows a plant according to various embodiments with a blast furnace. -
FIG. 2 shows a detail of the introduction device. - By virtue of the method according to various embodiments, at least part of the export gas, after a separation of CO2, is utilized for the introduction of pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting zone. Consequently, the quantity of reduction gas which is drawn off as top gas from the reduction assembly and, after purification, is present as export gas can be reduced or the fraction of export gas which is utilized in the method can be increased. The quantity of export gas which is used in the method as circulation gas, that is to say is delivered anew to the method, can likewise be reduced, since, instead of a propellant gas, such as, for example, nitrogen, customary in conventional methods, a process-specific gas is employed, with the result that the circulated gas quantity is reduced. Consequently, the energy (for example, power for compression) required for conveying the export gas in the method can be reduced, since substantially fewer inert gas constituents are present in the process gases and therefore there is a substantially lower energy demand for the compression, heating and cooling of the process gases. The fraction of export gas which cannot be utilized in the process likewise diminishes and, moreover, considerable quantities of injector gas can be saved, and therefore the operating costs of a plant for pig iron production can be reduced. A further advantage is that the reduction gas or circulation gas is not contaminated by the propellant gas and therefore the reduction potential is also not reduced. Furthermore, by reduction gas, from which CO2 is to be separated, being introduced as propellant gas, the initial introduction of energy via the oxygen nozzles or tuyeres can be increased, with the result that reduction agents in the form of coke or coal can be saved.
- According to an embodiment of the method, the product gas is combined in at least one mixing chamber with the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, and is then introduced into the smelting zone. The product gas leads to a considerable rise in the flow velocity at which the pulverulent carbon carriers are introduced into the smelting zone. The pulverulent carbon carriers can be introduced into the mixing chamber by means of a conveying gas. By the product gas being supplied, the pulverulent carbon carriers are accelerated and are introduced into the smelting zone at higher velocity. Due to this rise in the injection velocity, for example, blockages caused by slag or damage caused by pig iron injectors can be avoided. Introduction to the smelting zone can be controlled in a directed manner or adapted to the operating parameters via the pressure and product gas quantity or via the conveying gas quantity.
- According to an embodiment of the method, the introduction of the product gas and of the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate together with a conveying gas, into the smelting zone takes place together with an oxygen-rich gas. The pulverulent carbon carriers are used as energy carriers and for the formation of reduction gas. For this purpose, it is advantageous to add oxygen-rich gas immediately during introduction, in order thereby to allow combustion and therefore an introduction of energy. It is advantageous, for example, to provide the hot blast air or oxygen-enriched hot blast air required in the smelting zone as oxygen-rich gas and to introduce it together with the pulverulent carbon carrier and, if appropriate, with a conveying gas into the smelting zone.
- According to a further embodiment of the method, the product gas, the pulverulent carbon carriers, if appropriate the conveying gas, and the oxygen-rich gas are injected together first into a tuyere or into an oxygen nozzle and then into the smelting zone. Tuyeres are devices which are customary in blast furnaces and via which the hot, in particular oxygen-rich gas can be introduced into the smelting zone. Oxygen nozzles are devices which are found in smelt-reduction plants and which introduce oxygen-containing gas having high O2 contents, preferably above 90% O2, into the smelting zone of a smelting assembly, such as, for example, a melt-down gasifier. These are mostly arranged annularly around the smelting zone, so that a uniform introduction of the gas is achieved. Advantageously, the abovementioned gases and the pulverulent carbon carriers can be injected together into the smelting zone, an intimate intermixing of the gases with the pulverulent carbon carriers taking place.
- According to a further embodiment of the method, the export gas is compressed and/or cooled before treatment in the CO2 separation device. By virtue of these measures, on the one hand, the operating parameters advantageous for CO2 separation can be set and, on the other hand, the pressure and temperature of the product gas can be influenced.
- According to yet a further embodiment of the method, the CO2-rich gas separated in the CO2 separation device is discharged as tail gas and is intermediately stored, in particular together with export gas from the reduction zone. The tail gas has a mostly highly fluctuating composition, and therefore its calorific value, too, is not constant. Due to intermediate storage, the properties of the tail gas can be compensated. By excess export gas, which is not used as product gas, being admixed, export gas can first be stored together with tail gas and subsequently be made available for external uses, such as, for example, for thermal utilization.
- According to an embodiment of the method, the CO2-rich gas separated in the CO2 separation device, as tail gas, and/or export gas from the reduction zone are/is at least partially burnt in a heating device for the purpose of heating the product gas. As a result of combustion, the energy content of the tail gas and/or of the export gas can be utilized, and therefore a cost-effective heating of the export gas can be achieved. The exhaust occurring during combustion is discharged and, if appropriate, subjected to purification. According to a further embodiment of the method, the heated product gas is introduced into the reduction zone and/or the smelting zone. The fraction of export gas which remains in the method and can be reused as circulation gas in the reduction zone and in the smelting zone or as product gas in the smelting zone can therefore be markedly increased.
- According to an embodiment of the method, the reduction gas drawn off from the reduction zone is subjected to a dry dedusting and/or wet purification. Since the drawn-off reduction gas has a considerable fraction of dust load or fine solid particles, it is advantageous first to provide purification, in which case dry or wet purification treatments, but also combinations of these, are possible. The purified drawn-off reduction gas may be used according to various embodiments as export gas or delivered for further applications, such as, for example, for thermal utilization.
- The plant according to various embodiments for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products comprises a reduction assembly, in which metal oxide-containing, in particular iron oxide-containing, batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates can be at least partially reduced by means of a reduction gas, and a smelting assembly, into which the at least partially reduced batch materials or the aggregates can be introduced and smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers, in particular coke and/or coal, and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas. The reduction gas formed in the smelting assembly can be supplied to the reduction zone, reacted there and drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas. The plant comprises, further, a CO2 separation device for separating CO2 from the export gas and for forming a product gas. The CO2 separation device is connected via a product gas line to at least one introduction device for the introduction, in particular injection, of pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting assembly. By means of the CO2 separation device, CO2 and preferably also residual water vapor (H2O), which are disadvantageous for the smelting process or the generation of reduction gas taking place during this and for the reduction in the reduction zone, can be separated, so that a high-grade product gas with a high fraction of reducing components, such as carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H2), is set. Pulverulent carbon carriers occur in large quantity in a multiplicity of metallurgical methods, such as, for example, also in the handling of lumpy coals.
- The possibility of processing carbon carriers of this type is therefore a substantial economic benefit. Likewise, due to the renewed utilization of the reduction gas drawn off from the reduction assembly, the overall efficiency of the pig iron production method can be improved, so that, for example, the entire quantity of carbon carriers per tonne of produced pig iron can be reduced. By the product gas being utilized for introducing pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting assembly, it is possible to manage without the otherwise customary injection gas, such as, for example, nitrogen, liquid gas or natural gas. Consequently, on account of the lower inert gas fraction, the quantity of process gas is reduced overall, so that even smaller plants for gas treatment or gas conduction become possible.
- According to an embodiment of the apparatus, the introduction device has a mixing chamber for mixing the product gas with pulverulent carbon carriers and, if appropriate, conveying gas, the mixing chamber being connected to the product gas line and to a conveying line for the inward conveyance of the pulverulent carbon carriers. First, the pulverulent carbon carriers are introduced into the mixing chamber, and this may take place, for example, by means of a conveying gas or else due to gravity via the conveying line. By the product gas being added via the product gas line, the injection velocity and injection energy necessary for introduction are applied, so that the pulverulent carbon carriers can be introduced into the smelting assembly. The mixing chamber results in an intimate mixing between the product gas and the pulverulent carbon carriers, so that a uniform introduction becomes possible.
- In one possible variant of the apparatus, the introduction device has an introduction line which connects the mixing chamber to at lest one nozzle. By means of the nozzle, a considerable rise in the flow velocity is obtained, so that even injection into a space with high pressure, such as is the case in conventional smelting assemblies, is possible. Moreover, the intimate intermingling of the pulverulent carbon carriers is further increased, so that a highly homogeneous distribution in the smelting assembly becomes possible. By a plurality of mixing chambers and/or a plurality of nozzles being provided, a uniform distribution of the pulverulent carbon carriers in the smelting assembly can be ensured.
- According to an embodiment of the apparatus, the introduction device has a supply line for the introduction of oxygen-containing gas. The pulverulent carbon carriers can be introduced together with the oxygen-containing gas, an immediate combustion of the pulverulent carbon carriers and of the product gas or a gasification of the pulverulent carbon carriers upon entry into the smelting assembly being achieved.
- According to a further embodiment of the apparatus, the supply line and the introduction line are merged in the nozzle. The nozzle consequently forms a virtually homogeneous nozzle jet which enters the smelting assembly. It is therefore not necessary to provide separate devices for introducing the oxygen-containing gas and for the pulverulent carbon carriers. These can be combined. For the introduction of the pulverulent carbon carriers, therefore, those can be utilized which are already provided in any case for introducing the oxygen-containing gas.
- According to an embodiment of the apparatus, the nozzle is a tuyere of a blast furnace or an oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly. Tuyeres serve for the introduction of mostly hot blast air into the smelting assembly. Oxygen nozzles are devices which are found in smelt-reduction plants and which introduce oxygen-containing gas having high O2 contents, preferably above 90% O2, into the smelting zone of a smelting assembly. For this purpose, mostly annular devices are provided, in order to allow as uniform an introduction of the hot blast air as possible. Instead of hot air, however, it is also possible to inject oxygen-rich gas, for example having an oxygen content >90%, into the smelting assembly. The oxygen-rich gas and the pulverulent carbon carriers can consequently be injected together into the smelting assembly. This refinement ensures an especially effective reaction of the pulverulent carbon carriers, so that these can be utilized especially effectively as energy carriers and for the formation of reduction gas.
- According to an embodiment of the apparatus, the reduction assembly is designed as the shaft of a blast furnace or as a reduction shaft or as a fluidized bed assembly or as a group of series-connected fluidized bed assemblies and the smelting assembly is designed as the lower part of a blast furnace or as a melt-down gasifier. Consequently, a very broad group of metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials and aggregates can be processed, while the reduction assembly can be adapted, for example, to the grain size and composition of the metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials or to the type of lumpy carbon carriers. Likewise, by the selection of the smelting assembly, the plant and method can be coordinated accurately with the metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials to be processed.
- In one possible variant of the apparatus, a purification device, in particular dry purification and/or wet purification, is provided in a top gas outlet line for the outlet of reduction gas from the reduction assembly. By means of the purification device, the dust load and, for example, fine solid particles discharged with the reduction gas from the reduction assembly are separated. In addition to dry purification, such as, for example, a dust bag, hot gas cyclone, fabric filter or hot gas filter, wet purification, such as, for example, an annular gap scrubber or a Venturi scrubber, may also be provided. Further, a combination of the above purification plants is also possible. The purified reduction gas drawn off the reduction assembly may be utilized according to various embodiments as export gas or be delivered for further applications or utilizations.
- According to an embodiment of the apparatus, the purification device is connected by means of an export gas line to the CO2 separation device, a compressor and/or at least one cooler being arranged in the export gas line. The export gas is first compressed and then cooled, a substantial fraction of water vapor (H2O) also being condensed and separated, so that optimal conditions for CO2 separation can be set.
- According to an embodiment of the apparatus, a heating device for the heating product gas before the introduction of the latter into the reduction assembly and/or into the smelting assembly is provided, the heating device being capable of being heated as a result of the at least partial combustion of tail gas and/or of export gas. Consequently, the product gas, which is to be introduced into the smelting assembly and/or into the reduction assembly can be thermally adapted correspondingly. As a result of the combustion of tail gas or of export gas in the heating device, the product gas can be heated particularly cost-effectively. The heated product gas can be introduced via lines which connect the heating device to the smelting assembly and to the reduction assembly. Introduction to the smelting assembly may also take place via the introduction device according to various embodiments.
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FIG. 1 shows the plant according to various embodiments with a blast furnace for the production of pig iron RE. The lower part of the blast furnace forms asmelting assembly 2 with a smelting zone, and the shaft of the blast furnace forms a reduction assembly 1 with a reduction zone. The reduction gas drawn off from the reduction assembly 1 has already been reacted in the reduction zone. This means that metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates can be at least partially reduced by means of the reduction gas in the reduction assembly 1, the spent reduction gas being drawn off as top gas. The at least partially reduced metal oxide-containing or iron oxide-containing batch materials are introduced into the smelting zone in which the formation of the reduction gas also takes place. - For a further utilization of top gas, it is initially mostly necessary to provide gas purification. This may advantageously take place in two stages by means of
dry purification 12 and by means of followingwet purification 13. These purification devices are arranged in the topgas outlet line 11.Wet purification 13 is connected via anexport gas line 14 to a CO2 separation device 3. This may be operated, for example, by the pressure swing or vacuum pressure swing adsorption method. Mostly, acompressor 15 and, following this, acooling device 16, such as, for example a water cooler, are provided in theexport gas line 14, so that the temperature of the export gas can be set in a directed manner for the CO2 separation, and a large part of the water vapor contained in the export gas can be condensed and separated. In CO2 separation, a CO2-rich gas, the tail gas, is separated, and a product gas is formed which has high fractions of reducing components, such as, for example, hydrogen and carbon monoxide. -
FIG. 2 shows the introduction device 5 in detail. The product gas can be introduced into at least one mixing chamber 6 via theproduct gas line 4. Via a conveyingline 7, pulverulent carbon carriers, such as, for example, pulverulent coal, are conveyed into the mixing chamber 6 by means of a conveying gas, such as, for example, nitrogen, and are supplied to anozzle 9 via anintroduction line 8 by means of the product gas. Thesupply line 10, via which oxygen-rich gas can be introduced, also issues into thenozzle 9. Consequently, the oxygen-rich gas, the conveying gas, the product gas and the pulverulent carbon carriers are introduced or injected together into the smelting assembly. Advantageously, a multiplicity of nozzles may be provided which may be arranged in such a way that they inject directly into the tuyere or oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly, such as, for example, a blast furnace. - The
introduction line 8 may be designed as an injection lance which may also comprise the mixing chamber 6. Further, theintroduction line 8 may also be designed as a separate injection duct which issues into thenozzle 9. Thenozzle 9 may form a tuyere of a blast furnace or an oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly, such as, for example, a melt-down gasifier. - Preferably, the
supply line 10 and theintroduction line 8 are merged at the tip of the injection lance which projects into the tuyere or into the oxygen nozzle or at an injection duct in the tuyere or in the oxygen nozzle. Both configurations utilize the tuyere or the oxygen nozzle which constitute known devices, so that the method according to various embodiments or the apparatus can also be implemented on existing plants. - In addition, a
heating device 17 may be provided, in which a heating of at least part of the product gas can take place as a result of an at least partial combustion of tail gas from the CO2 separation device 3 and/or of export gas. This heated part of the product gas can be introduced into the reduction assembly 1 or into thesmelting assembly 2. - Excess export gas or else tail gas can be stored in a
gas accumulator 18, an equalization of the composition of these gases taking place. This is necessary, since the composition of the tail gas from a pressure swing or vacuum pressure swing adsorption method fluctuates very sharply, thus also resulting in sharp fluctuations in the calorific value. The gas mixture may subsequently be used, for example, for thermal utilization. -
- 1 Reduction assembly
- 2 Smelting assembly
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- 8 Introduction line
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- 10 Supply line
- 11 Top gas outlet line
- 12 Dry purification
- 13 Wet purification
- 14 Export gas line
- 15 Compressor
- 16 Cooling device
- 17 Heating device
- 18 Gas accumulator
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1. A plant for the production of pig iron or liquid steel semi-finished products, with a reduction assembly, in which metal-containing batch materials and, if appropriate, aggregates can be at least partially reduced by means of a reduction gas, and with a smelting assembly, into which the at least partially reduced batch materials or the aggregates can be introduced and smelted along with the supply of carbon carriers and oxygen-containing gas and along with the formation of the reduction gas, the formed reduction gas being capable of being supplied to the reduction assembly, reacted there and drawn off, if appropriate after purification, as export gas, wherein a CO2 separation device for separating CO2 from the export gas and for forming a product gas is provided, the product gas being connected via a product gas line to at least one introduction device for the introduction or injection, of pulverulent carbon carriers into the smelting assembly, wherein the introduction device has at least one mixing chamber for mixing the product gas with pulverulent carbon carriers and conveying gas, the mixing chamber being connected to the product gas line and to a conveying line for the inward conveyance of the pulverulent carbon carriers.
2. The plant according to claim 1 , wherein the batch materials contain iron-oxide, the lumpy carbon carriers are at least one of coke and coal, and the conveying gas is nitrogen.
3. The plant according to claim 1 , wherein the introduction device has an introduction line which connects the mixing chamber to at least one nozzle.
4. The plant according to claim 1 , wherein the introduction device has a supply line for the introduction of oxygen-containing gas.
5. The plant according to claim 4 , wherein the supply line and the introduction line are merged in the nozzle.
6. The plant according to claim 3 , wherein the nozzle is a tuyere of a blast furnace or an oxygen nozzle of a smelting assembly.
7. The plant according to claim 1 , wherein the reduction assembly is designed as the shaft of a blast furnace or as a reduction shaft or as a fluidized bed assembly or as a group of series-connected fluidized bed assemblies, and the smelting assembly is designed as the lower part of a blast furnace or as a melt-down gasifier.
8. The plant according to claim 1 , wherein a purification device is provided in a top gas outlet line for the outlet of reduction gas from the reduction assembly.
9. The plant according to claim 8 , wherein the purification device is connected by means of an export gas line to the CO2 separation device, wherein at least one of a compressor and at least one cooler being arranged in the export gas line.
10. The plant according to claim 1 , wherein a heating device for the heating of product gas before the introduction of the latter into at least one of the reduction assembly and into the smelting assembly is provided, the heating device being capable of being heated as a result of the at least partial combustion of at least one of tail gas and of export gas.
11. The plant according to claim 8 , wherein the purification device is at least one of a dry purification and wet purification device.
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