Raw Materials for Ironmaking

Basic components of blast furnace charge, and quality requirements. Iron ores
and its setting. Chemical, mineralogical, physical and metallurgical
properties of raw materials. Sintering process of iron ores. Thermodynamics
and kinetics of fuel combustion at powder bed. Heat transfer by sintering
process. Thermal balances by sintering process. Thermal balances by sintering
process. Amount, structure and properties of gaseous phase. Facilities of
lowering CO content at combustion gases. Pelleting of fine-grained materials.