Gasification Behavior of Phosphorus during Biomass Sintering of High-phosphorus Iron Ore

Abstract

Developing the innovative technology for efficient utilization of high-phosphate iron ore was the inevitable choice of resource strategy. In this paper, exploring a new method of gasification removal of phosphorus by iron ore sintering technology based on biomass. Combined with theoretical analysis and experimental research, the effects of different conditions (biochar type, addition proportion, basicity) on the reduction and gasification behavior of phosphorus were studied. The results showed that the addition of biochar instead of part of the coke powder could promote the reduction of apatite and increase the dephosphorization rate compared with the full coke breeze. Among different types of biochar fuels (fruit shell charcoal, straw charcoal, bamboo charcoal), bamboo carbon had the greatest effect on the dephosphorization rate. The optimal reduction temperature was 1100°C, substitution proportion of bamboo charcoal was 20% and basicity was 0.5 for the phosphorus gasification and removal, and the corresponding dephosphorization rate was 28.77%. Selective reduction of iron and phosphorus existed in the reduction process, iron oxide took precedence over the reduction of apatite, and part of phosphorus gas entered the metal iron to form iron phosphide, resulting in the decrease of dephosphorization rate.