ABSTRACT
Sintering process consumption accounts for about 15% of the energy consumption
o f t h e s t e e l i n d u s t r y, s e c o n d o n l y t o t h e i r o n - m a k i n g p r o c e s s . M e t h o d s r e s e a r c h f o r
e n e r g y - s a v i n g a n d c o n s u m p t i o n - r e d u c i n g o f t h e s i n t e r i n g p r o c e s s m a i n l y f r o m t w o
aspects: First, recycling various waste heat generated by the sintering process, second is
to improve the sintering process, reducing the amount of fuel consumption directly, ect.
But w i t h t h e mode r n pr o d u c ti o n p roc e s s e s gr a dual o p t i miz e d an d t he p r o ces s e nergy
de c l i n i n g , t h e i m p r o ve sp a ce o f e n e rgy s a v i n g i s g e tt i n g s m al l e r an d s m a l le r. F o r ou
country, most of the sintering production is extensive, effective ventilation is too large,
while the too much air lead to sinter wind box pressure oversize, exacerbate sintering
a i r l e a k a g e , t h e r e b y g r e a t l y i n c r e a s i n g e l e c t r i c a l e n e r g y c o n s u m p t i o n o f t h e f a n . I n
addition, t he majority of sinter ing flue gas recycling stay in its s ensible heat , but the
c o n t a i n e d r a r e c o m b u s t i b l e g a s e s i s r a r e l y c o n c e r n e d , t h e s e g a s e s n o t o n l y c a u s e
environmental pollution, but also contains a large number of chemical energy untapped.
For t h e abo v e pr o b l e ms, t his a r t ic l e i s ba s e d on a si m i l ar p r i n c ip l e t o b u i l d s i n t erin g
c o m b u s t i o n t e s t r i g , t h r o u g h e x p e r i m e n t a l m e t h o d s t o s t u d y t h e i m p a c t o f r e d u c e
e f f e c t i v e w i n d o n s i n t e r i n g q u a l i t y, u n d e r s t a n d c o m p o s i t i o n c h a n g e l a w s o f s i n t e r i n g
f l u e g a s e s , t o p r o v i d e a r e f e r e n c e f o r t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f n e w e n e r g y s a v i n g
a p p r o a c h e s . A t t h e s a m e t i m e , c o m b i n i n g w i t h e n g i n e e r i n g e x a m p l e s , u s i n g
t h e r m o d y n a m i c e x e r g y a n a l y s i s m e t h o d t o c a l c u l a t e a n d a n a l y s i s s i n t e r i n g p r o c e s s
system of the existing production, and compare the slightly superior of the two kinds of
t y p i c a l w a s t e h e a t r e c y c l i n g s c h e m e , o n t h i s b a s i s , p r o p o s e t e c h n i c a l i n n o v a t i o n
suggestions of sintering energy saving. The study show that:
(1) Ventilation volume reduced about 20% of the nominal air volume of the
production, does not affect the rate of finished sinter, and can greatly reduce electrical
energy consumption of the fan, in this condition, O
2 contained in the sintering flue gas
also can decreased obviously; CO content during the initial stage flue gas of sintering is
always higher than its rear end, and have an increasing trend with the decreasing of the
air volume, when air volume reduced 30% of the nominal air volume, the CO content in
f l u e g a s i n c r e a s e d s i g n i f i c a n t l y , s h o w t h a t i n c o m p l e t e c o m b u s t i o n d u r i n g s i n t e r i n g
process exacerbating, this air volume may be small, also have relationship with the air
lea k a g e of t e st i n g pla t f o rm; C O
2 i n t h e f l u e ga s d ecre a ses a s t h e a i r vol u me r e d uced
gradually, however, the changes of air volume have not obviously influence on it.
Recommends in the actual production can reduce 20% of the effective air volume in
sintering, while take the preceding flue gas of the sintering machine re-combustion
make the chemical energy of the combustible component CO can be recycled.
(2) I n c o m p l e t e c o m b u s t i o n a n d c h e m i c a l r e a c t i o n s w h i c h a r e t h e r m o d y n a m i c
p r o c e s s o f t h e w h o l e s i n t e r i n g p r o c e s s c a u s e a b i g g e s t e x e r g y l o s s , t o i m p r o v e t h e
e x e rg y e f f i c i e n c y o f t h e w h o l e s i n t e r i n g p r o c e s s , f i r s t c o n s i d e r t h e s t a r t i n g f r o m t h i s
a s p e c t , t h a t i s i m p r o v i n g t h e s i n t e r i n g c o n d i t i o n s ; t h e c h e m i c a l e x e r g y o f t h e
unrecovered sintering wa ste gas is much larger than heat exergy of the sensible heat ;
during the waste heat recovery, the higher the outlet steam parameters, the higher the