Effect of charcoal addition on the properties of a coke subjected to simulated blast furnace conditions

Authors

Xing Xing, University of New South WalesFollow
Harold P. Rogers, University of WollongongFollow
Guangqing Zhang, University of WollongongFollow
Kim Hockings, BHP Billiton
Paul Zulli, University of WollongongFollow
Alex Deev, CSIRO Minerals Down Resources
John G. Mathieson, CSIRO Minerals ResourcesFollow
Oleg Ostrovski, University of New South WalesFollow

RIS ID

111093

Publication Details

Xing, X., Rogers, H., Zhang, G., Hockings, K., Zulli, P., Deev, A., Mathieson, J. & Ostrovski, O. (2017). Effect of charcoal addition on the properties of a coke subjected to simulated blast furnace conditions. Fuel Processing Technology, 157 42-51.

Abstract

A pilot oven produced coke with the addition of 7.5 wt% charcoal (bio-coke) and the similarly produced base blend coke were subjected to gasification and annealing under the simulated blast furnace conditions. The effect of charcoal addition on the coke properties after gasification and annealing was characterised using Raman spectroscopy, ultra-micro indentation and tensile testing. The addition of charcoal significantly increased the coke reactivity with CO2 as a result of its increased surface area by charcoal. The addition of charcoal made no further contribution to the devolatilisation or mineral reactions of coke during annealing. The charcoal particles were well preserved after annealing at 2273 K, but preferentially consumed in the gasification. Annealing temperature had less effect on the graphitisation of the charcoal component compared to the coexisting inert maceral derived component (IMDC) and reactive maceral derived component (RMDC). The charcoal addition had no effect on the microstructure and microstrength of coexisting microtextural types during annealing and gasification. The charcoal presented a higher resistance to fracture than IMDC and RMDC under annealing conditions. The addition of charcoal did not deteriorate the coke resistance to strength degradation under the thermal load of blast furnace. However, charcoal addition caused more severe degradation by gasification as demonstrated by more reduction in the tensile strength of the bio-coke. This was attributed to the preferential solution loss reaction of the charcoal particles leaving voids which coalesced the pores in coke, thereby increasing the defects that cause stress concentration under loading.

Grant Number

ARC/LP130100701