Metallization of Extruded Briquettes (BREX) in Midrex Process

Aitber Bizhanov; Tatyana Malysheva

doi:10.3390/met7070259

Metals (Jul 2017)

Metallization of Extruded Briquettes (BREX) in Midrex Process

Aitber Bizhanov,
Tatyana Malysheva

Affiliations

Aitber Bizhanov: J.C. Steele&Sons, Inc., 710 South Mulberry Street, Statesville, NC 28677, USA
Tatyana Malysheva: Department of Extraction and Recycling of Ferrous Metals, National University of Science and Technology, “MISIS” (MISIS), Leninskiy Prospect 4, 119991 Moscow, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/met7070259
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 7
p. 259

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The results of the full-scale testing of the Extruded Briquettes (BREX) as the charge components of the industrial Midrex reactor are discussed. The influence of the type of binder on the degree of metallization of BREX is analyzed. Magnesium sulfate-based binder helps to reach highest metallization degree of BREX. Mineralogical study shows the difference in the iron-silicate phase’s development as well as in the porosity change during metallization depending on the binder used.

Published in Metals

ISSN: 2075-4701 (Online)
Publisher: MDPI AG
Country of publisher: Switzerland
LCC subjects: Technology: Mining engineering. Metallurgy
Website: http://www.mdpi.com/journal/metals

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