Making Iron-Flux Briquettes from Finely Dispersed Waste Products for Use in Steelmaking

• Published in: Metallurgist (New York) Vol. 58; no. 7-8; pp. 570 - 573
• Main Authors: Sorokin, Yu. V., Demin, B. L., Shcherbakov, E. N., Stepanov, A. I., Murzin, A. V., Zhilin, A. M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Boston Springer US 01-11-2014; Springer
• Subjects: Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Chemistry and Materials Science; Iron compounds; Materials Science; Metallic Materials; Refuse and refuse disposal; use in steelmaking; gas-cleaning dust; scale; briquettes; slag; magnetic product; fine wastes
• ISSN: 0026-0894; 1573-8892
• DOI: 10.1007/s11015-014-9956-5

Technologies have been developed for recycling all of the fine-grained wastes formed in metallurgical production operations at the Severskii Pipe Plant. The wastes are recycled into iron-flux briquettes. The optimum compositions of the briquettes were determined and industrial batches of briquettes were made and tested in an open-hearth furnace and 5-ton and 135-ton electric-arc furnaces. The results show the economic and environmental expediency of briquetting fine-grained industrial waste products and using them in steelmaking.