Kinetics of Reduction Reaction in Micro-Fluidized Bed Original Research Article

Micro-fluidized bed reactor is a new research method for the reduction of iron ore fines. The reactor is operated as a differential reactor to ensure a constant gas concentration and temperature within the reactor volume. In order to understand the dynamic process of the reduction reaction in micro-fluidized bed, a series of kinetic experiments were designed. In the micro-fluidized bed, the use of shrinking core model describes the dynamic behavior of reduction of iron ore. And the apparent activation energy is calculated in the range of 700–850 °C while the initial atmosphere is 100% content of CO.