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Ying Li1, Huiting Chen1, Abourehab Hammam1,2
1State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Advanced Ferrometallurgy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, 99 Shangda Rd, Shanghai 200444, China.
Abstract:
The aim of this study was to investigate the properties of an organic binder used in cold-bonded briquettes (CBBs) prepared from two different iron bearing materials. The applied binder is a type of starch as indicated by chemical analysis, iodine-starch staining and Fourier transform infrared analyses. Thermogravimetric differential scanning calorimetry showed that the binder pyrolysis undergoes four stages: moisture desorption, ash volatilization, pyrolysis of organic matter and decomposition of materials with high activation energy. The difference between the dry and heat-treated samples during the macroscopic failure process is the instability propagation of the crack. The CBB shows a low decrepitation index at 700 °C. The returned fines of CBBs used with the organic binder were applied in two blast furnaces. The industrial trials showed that the CBBs do not influence the performance of the blast furnace and can reduce the fuel consumption rate. The curing rate of the binder decreases, and the growth rate of compressive strength decreases during the curing process. Iron ore particles are bonded together and exist in the form of aggregation after mixing with water and binder. The edges and corners of the particles become blurred, and the original surfaces of the particles are covered with binder film, the surface of which is covered with fine particles. The multi-branched structure of amylopectin provides omnibearing adhesion sites, thus forming binder agglomeration and film leading to a strong adhesion between binder and iron ore particles. Binder film and binder agglomeration work together to make the CBB perform well.
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