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The Phenomenon of the Slag Foaming and the Result of using Various Slag Deforming Agents in the Steelmaking Converter  

Chun, Sang-Ho (Steelmaking Dept. Kwangyang Works POSCO)
Song, Choong-Ok (Kooyang Co.)
Ban, Bong-Chan (Sunchon Nat'l Univ.)
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Resources Recycling / v.15, no.2, 2006 , pp. 18-23 More about this Journal
Abstract
Foaming of slag is a thermodynamically unstable phenomenon and has significant effects in iron and steelmaking processes. For better recycling method of pulp sludge, the application as an defoaming agent during steelmaking process was adopted and tested. The forming machine has been modified in order to produce the briquettes, which are made of pulp sludge and slag with different weight ratio. Influencing factors on the foaming phenomena have been studied and tested for better understanding of foaming phenomena. Experiments were carried out with $CaO-FeO-SiO_2$ based slags with Ar gas injection and addition of coke particles. The slag basicity and (%FeO) contents adapted as major factors to treasure foaming tendency of the slag system. It was found that foam index (${\Sigma}$) gradually decreased as both the basicity and the (FeO) content increase. Four kinds of antifoaming agent such as aluminium dross, cokes, rice bran and pulp sludge with steelmaking slag have been tested in actual process. Aluminium dross was the most effective, and pulp sludge with steelmaking slag also showed the desired results.
Keywords
Foaming oi slag; Antifoaming agent; Pulp sludge; Slag basicity; Foam index;
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