Prediction of Pulverized Coal Combustibility by Measuring Chemi-luminescence of Radical Species around Tuyere

Abstract

To develop novel technologies for reducing CO2 emission from ironmaking process, steelmaking companies in Japan are engaging in the national project called COURSE50. In this project, a large amount of H2 is co-injected into blast furnace (BF) with pulverized coal (PC). In order to clarify how the co-injection affects PC combustibility, PC combustibility should be measured in COURSE50 BF. However, it was difficult to measure PC combustibility in BF without bothering operation. Therefore, we developed the non-contact measurement method for PC combustibility (ηPC) by utilizing chemi-luminescence spectra of PC combustion field in the lab-scale combustion furnace. We also applied the method to the COURSE50 experimental BF to ensure the accuracy of the method. And then we found that