Recent Advances in Iron Ore Sintering
A special issue of Minerals (ISSN 2075-163X). This special issue belongs to the section "Mineral Processing and Extractive Metallurgy".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (31 December 2023) | Viewed by 2531
Special Issue Editors
Interests: agglomeration of iron ore and hydrogen metallurgy; mathematical modeling and intelligent control of metallurgical process; multi-pollutants control of metallurgical flue gas; resource utilization of multi-industry solid waste
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Interests: agglomeration of iron ore and hydrogen metallurgy, multi-pollutants control of metallurgical flue gas, resource utilization of multi-industry solid waste
Interests: solid valorization; metallurgical pollutants control; sustainable construction materials
Special Issues, Collections and Topics in MDPI journals
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sintering is the thermal agglomeration process through which mixtures of iron ore fines, recycled ironmaking products, fluxes, slag-forming agents, and fuels are partially fused to produce clustered lumps to be fed into the blast furnace. Moving the flame down the front of the particulate bed is accompanied by series of physicochemical reactions such as coke combustion, iron oxide reduction, and re-oxidation, carbonate decomposition, melting and solidification, etc. In the few past decades, extensive studies, both scientific investigations and numerical modelling, have been conducted to determine the best parameters for generating a high-quality sinter, but the common laws and basic theories are still far from distinct. Today, the iron ore sintering industry faces aims to achieve transformation in the form of digitalization, intelligence, technological revolution, and low-carbon green growth. It is therefore of great significance to profoundly figure out the essence of iron ore sintering.
This Special Issue focuses on the key developments in iron ore sintering, paying particular attention to the chemical reaction processes, the transport of heat and mass, kinetics, and thermodynamics as well as intensification methods. Contributions discussing resource recycling, energy saving, emission reductions, and intelligent control are welcome.
Prof. Dr. Xiaohui Fan
Dr. Min Gan
Dr. Zengqing Sun
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- iron ore sintering
- physicochemical principles
- low carbon
- emission reduction
- intelligent control
