Iron, 1. Fundamentals and Principles of Reduction Processes
Abstract
The article contains sections titled:
| 1 | Properties |
| 2 | Production |
| 2.1 | Raw and Auxiliary Materials |
| 2.1.1 | Ores |
| 2.1.1.1 | Ore Deposits |
| 2.1.1.2 | Supply of Iron Ore |
| 2.1.1.3 | Most Important Iron-Producing Countries |
| 2.1.1.4 | Beneficiation of Iron Ore |
| 2.1.1.5 | Agglomeration |
| 2.1.2 | Reducing Agents |
| 2.1.3 | Refractory Materials |
| 2.2 | Thermodynamic Principles |
| 2.2.1 | Thermodynamic Principles of the Reduction Reactions |
| 2.2.2 | Mass and Heat Exchanges of the Reduction Reaction with Carbon as the Primary Fuel |
| 2.2.3 | Thermodynamic Principles of Metal–Slag Reactions |
| 2.3 | Kinetic Principles |
| 2.3.1 | Reduction in the Solid State |
| 2.3.1.1 | Time Dependence of Individual Processes During Reduction |
| 2.3.1.2 | Rate Laws of Complex Reduction Reactions |
| 2.3.2 | Reduction in the Liquid State |
| 2.3.2.1 | General |
| 2.3.2.2 | Microkinetics |
| 2.3.3 | Kinetics of Post-Combustion Heat Transfer |
| 2.4 | Classification of Reduction Processes |
| 2.4.1 | Limiting Conditions for the Reduction in Shaft Furnaces |
| 2.4.2 | Limiting Conditions for the Reduction in Rotary Kilns |
| 2.4.3 | Limiting Conditions for the Reduction in Fluidized Beds |
| 2.4.4 | Limiting Conditions for Smelting Reduction Processes |
| Acknowledgement | |
| References |
