Reduction Behavior With CO Under Micro-Fluidized Bed Conditions Original Research Article

To process optimization and improve the degree of reduction, a two-step experiment was designed. The experiment was carried out in the micro-fluidized bed. The reactor in the micro-fluidized bed is operated as a differential reactor to ensure an equal temperature and residence time with the reactor volume. The experiment used Brazilian iron ore and reducing gas of CO. The operating temperature was 400 to 800 °C and the residence time was between 10 and 60 min. In correspondence with experiment, microscopic technique was applied too. The test shows that temperature and residence time of the pre-reduction stage have an important effect on the degree of reduction. By using two-step experiment, the maximum value of reduction degree increases by 44. 1% compared with the maximum value of traditional reduction experiment. Microscopic analysis shows that the specific surface area, surface morphology and texture of reduced iron ore after pre-reduction stage have an important effect on the degree of final reduction too.