Abstract
The reduction of metal oxides by hydrogen is a very significant reaction in metallurgical industries. Particularly, hydrogen reduction is one of the effective methods to reduce CO2 emission in iron and steel industry. The mathematical modeling of H2 reduction process would help to define the operating parameters and to get a better control of the reduction process. In this study, a new kinetic model regarding hydrogen reduction of metal oxides controlled by external gas diffusion has been proposed. The model has incorporated numbers of parameters such as temperature, size of the metal oxides, diffusion coefficient constant, hydrogen partial pressure, density of metal oxides and time. Furthermore, the shape of metal oxides (spherical, cylindrical, lamellar particles) was considered as well, and the models for the reduction of metal oxides with different shapes were combined to a formula. Also, the developed model can be applied to describe the reduction kinetics under both isothermal and non-isothermal conditions. Because the model is in the analytic function, therefore, it is convenient for usage and theoretical analysis. Application of the developed model to practical systems validated that its predicted values agreed very well with the experimental data.
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