Materials Handling Plant in

the Ironmaking Process

Gary Ellis and Jeremy Fletcher

MHEA’s Bulk ’08 Seminar

Materials Handling Plant in the Ironmaking Process

Siemens VAI Metals Technologies Ltd

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Overview

SIEMENS VAI

ƒ Who are we?

ƒ What do we do?
ƒ Where in our business do
material handling opportunities
exist?

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Company History

Dravo Corporation
Davy International

Davy Ashmore

Davy United

Davy McKee
Birlec
Arthur G. McKee
Priest Furnaces
Head-Wrightson
Clecim
Krupp-Koppers Swindell Dresser

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Major Plant Areas

Furnace Charging Automation

Moving Throat Armour Control Software
Furnace Top Valves
Stockhouse Design
Dustcatcher
Multi Size Charging
Cyclone
De-dusting Venturi Scrubber
On Blast On Gas On Gas

Fuel
Injection

Hot Blast Stoves Furnace Shell Casthouse Runners

Internal / External Cooling Flat Floor Design
Waste Heat Recovery Refractories De-dusting
Air Blowers Tower Structure Taphole Equipment

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Raw Materials

Materials going into the Blast Furnace:

Coke and Coal

Iron Ore, pellets
and sinter

Plus – Dolomite, limestone etc

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Coal Injection

Why Inject Coal?

Injected coal is considerably cheaper than metallurgical coke and more

economical than other tuyere injectants.

Higher coal injection rates are possible than with oil, or natural gas
resulting in higher coke replacement rates for given blast conditions.

In comparison to other injectants coal injection allows utilisation of higher

blast temperatures so improving furnace productivity and fuel rate.

Coal injection can result in smoother blast furnace operation with less
hanging and slipping than for all-coke operation.

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Coal Injection

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Typical Stockhouse Flowsheet

STOCKHOUSE

SCREENS

SURGE / WEIGH
WEIGH HOPPERS
HOPPERS

FINES
BINS
TO FURNACE

FINES TO SINTER
PLANT
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Stockhouse Feed Types

Rotary Type Stockhouse

Tripper Type Stockhouse

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Furnace Charging Types

In-Line Stockhouse

Transfer House Type Stockhouse

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Furnace Charging Types (cont.)

Skip Charged Furnace

Bucket Conveyor Charged Furnace

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Concrete Stockhouse

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Steel Stockhouse

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Hoppers

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Screens

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Feeders

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Screw Conveyors

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What can you help us with?

Supply and Design of Stockhouse Equipment:

Conveyors
Hoppers
Bin Gates, Feeders, Screens
Screw Conveyors

Advice and Consultancy with Stockhouse Design

New and improved ideas of handling and moving bulk materials

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Thank you for listening!

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Contact

Gary Ellis and Jeremy Fletcher

Siemens VAI MT – Blast Furnace Division

Stockton on Tees

Phone: 01642 662196

Fax: 01642 606569

E-mail: jeremy.fletcher@siemens.com

Web: www.siemens.com/metals

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