• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제33권2호
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• pp.46-53
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• 2024

전기로 제강공정에서 연속주조 조업 완료 후 ladle에 잔존하는 슬래그의 헌열과 슬래그 중 잔존 CaO를 활용하기 위해 전기로 출강 후 ladle 상부에 슬래그를 투입하여 Ladle Furnace(LF) 공정에서의 전력과 생석회의 사용량을 저감하는 공정이 연구되어 산업현장에서 활용되고 있다. 하지만 이러한 공정은 LF 공정과 연속주조 공정상 시점이 맞지 않으면 재활용율이 낮아진다. 슬래그 재활용율을 높이기 위해서 시점이 맞지 않는 경우 ladle의 슬래그를 슬래그 포트에 미리 부은 후 재활용하는 방법에 대해서 LF 조업 영향성을 분석하였다. Ladle 용융 슬래그를 재활용 방법에 대해 열역학 프로그램 Factsage 8.3에서 FSsteel(steel database)와 FToxid(oxide database)를 활용하여 슬래그 조성에 대한 액상화율을 계산하였고, 재활용 방법에 따라 각 10heats 조업 적용을 통해 슬래그 중 탈황능과 LF 조업성에 대해서 비교하였다. 그 결과 연속주조 조업 완료 후 바로 ladle에 슬래그를 재활용하는 방법에서 전력 사용량이 0.3MWh 낮고, LF 조업시간은 1.2분 단축되었으며, 탈황율은 5.8% 높은 결과를 얻었다.

• Geomechanics and Engineering
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• 제31권2호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2022

Ladle furnace (LF) slag, waste from the steel-making process, was incorporated to improve the compressive strength of soil cement. LF slag was mixed to replace the cement in the soil-cement samples with wt% ratio 20:0, 15:5, and 10:10 of cement and slag, respectively. LF slag in the range of 5, 10, and 20 wt% was also separately added to the 20-wt% cement-treated soil samples. The soil-cement mixed LF slag samples were incubated in a plastic wrapping for 7, 14, and 28 days. The strength of soil cement was highly developed to be higher than the standard acceptable value (0.6 MPa) after incorporating slag into soil cement. The mixing of LF slag resulted in more hydration products for bonding soil particles, and hence improved the strength of soil cement. With the LF slag mixing either a replacement or additive materials in soil cement, the LF slag to cement ratio is considered to be less than 1, while the cement content should be more than 10 wt%. This is to promote a predominant effect of cement hydration by preventing the partially absorbed water on slag particles and keeping sufficient water content for the cement hydration in soil cement.

• 자원리싸이클링
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• 제22권1호
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• pp.36-41
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• 2013

전기로 제강공정 중 LF 공정에서 슬래그는 전기로(EAF)에서 이월된 슬래그와 출강 중에 조재제인 생석회, 돌로마이트 등이 용강 중에 투입되어 생성된다. LF 조업이 끝나면 ladle은 연속주조 공정(CCM)으로 이송되며, ladle 하부의 노즐을 통해 tundish로 용강을 내보내어 연속 주조조업을 하게 된다. 일반적으로 연속 주조공정 후 ladle에 남는 슬래그와 잔강(殘鋼)은 슬래그 포트(Pot)에 받아 슬래그 야적장으로 이송되어 파쇄 후 처리된다. 본 연구에서는 연속 주조공정 후 ladle에 잔류한 용융슬래그(잔강(殘鋼) 포함)를 전기로 출강 후에 ladle 상부에 직접 투입하여 LF 공정 초기의 슬래그를 형성하는데 활용하고자 하였다. 그 결과 LF 공정 중에 사용되는 생석회의 원단위는 2.2 ~ 3.2 kg/steel-ton 저감되었으며, 용강의 생산회수율은 0.3 ~ 0.5% 증가되었다.

• Membrane and Water Treatment
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• 제9권3호
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• pp.181-188
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• 2018

A sidestream contains the filtrate or concentrate from the belt filter press, filter backwash and supernatant from sludge digesters. The sidestream flow, which heads back into the sewage treatment train, is about 1-3% less than the influent flow. However, the sidestream can increase the nutrient load since it contains high concentrations of phosphorus and nitrogen. In this study, the removal of PO4-P with organic matter characteristics and bacteriological changes during the sidestream treatment via ladle furnace (LF) slag was investigated. The sidestream used in this study consisted of 11-14% PO4-P and 3.2-3.6% soluble chemical oxygen demand in influent loading rates. LF slag, which had a relatively high $Ca^{2+}$ release compared to other slags, was used to remove $PO_4-P$ from the sidestream. The phosphate removal rates increased as the slag particle size decreased 19.1% (2.0-4.0 mm, 25.2% (1.0-2.0 mm) and 79.9% (0.5-1.0 mm). The removal rates of dissolved organic carbon, soluble chemical oxygen demand, color and aromatic organic matter ($UV_{254}$) were 17.6, 41.7, 90.2 and 77.3%, respectively. Fluorescence excitation-emission matrices and liquid chromatography-organic carbon detection demonstrated that the sidestream treatment via LF slag was effective in the removal of biopolymers. However, the removal of dissolved organic matter was not significant during the treatment. The intact bacterial biomass decreased from $1.64{\times}10^8cells/mL$ to $1.05{\times}10^8cells/mL$. The use of LF slag was effective for the removal of phosphate and the removal efficiency of phosphate was greater than 80% for up to 100 bed volumes.

• Advances in concrete construction
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• 제11권3호
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• pp.231-238
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• 2021

The present work aims at investigating the effects of using various fine mineral additions as partial replacement to Portland cement on the tribological properties of concrete. To achieve this goal, concrete mixtures were prepared with different percentages (10, 20 and 30%) of limestone fillers (LF) and natural pozzolana (NP), and (20, 40 and 60%) of blast furnace slag (BFS). The interface yield stress (τ0) and viscous constants (η) that allow characterizing friction at the concrete-pipe wall interface were determined using a rotational tribometer. In addition, the compositions of the boundary layers that formed in the pumping pipes of the different concretes under study were also identified and analyzed. The experimental results obtained showed that the concretes studied have a linear tribological behavior that can be described by the Bingham model. Furthermore, the use of different mineral additions, especially limestone fillers and blast furnace slags, even at high rates, had a beneficial effect on the optimization of the volume of paste present in the boundary layer, which made it possible to significantly reduce the viscous constant of concrete. However, a maximum rate of 10% of natural pozzolana was recommended to achieve tribological properties that are favorable to the pumpability of concrete.