FOURTH JAPAN-BRAZIL SYMPOSIUM ON DUST PROCESSING-ENERGY-ENVIRONMENT IN METALLURGICAL INDUSTRIES PROCEEDINGS September 23 and 24, 2002 University of Sao Paulo- Polytechnic School Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Sao Paulo, Brazil Edited by: Jun-ichiro Yagi — Tohoku University Cyro Takano - University of Sao Paulo ESCOLA POLITECNICA DA UNIVERSIDADE DE SAO PAULO Printed in Brazil tiWffiERSITATSBiBUOTHEK HANNOVER TECHKISCHE INFORMATIONSBiuLIOTHEK CONTENTS 1. URBAN-SYMBIOTIC ENERGY SYSTEM FOR IRON AND STEELMAKING INDUSTRIES Jun-ichiro Yagi, Tomohiro Akiyama and Hiroshi Nogami Tohoku University and Osaka Prefecture University 1 2. INVESTIGATION OF THE BLAST FURNACE TOP GAS RECYCLING BY USING ONE STAGE OF REFORMING AND INJECTION INTO THE BLAST FURNACE SHAFT Jose Adilson de Castro, Alexandre Jose da Silva, Eduardo Lelis Salgueiro, Hiroshi Nogami and Jun-ichiro Yagi Fluminense Federal University and Tohoku University 17 3. NEW DEVELOPMENTS FOR INJECTION OF COAL INTO BLAST FURNACES Paulo Santos Assis, Jorge Alberto Soares Tendrio and Pedro Jos6 Nolasco Sobrinho Federal University of Ouro Preto and University of Sao Paulo 29 4. THREE DIMENSIONAL MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE BLAST FURNACE: APPLICATION TO SIMULATE THE CHARCOAL MINI BLAST FURNACE Jose Adilson de Castro, Alexandre Jose da Silva, Danielle Eisemberg Gomes, Hiroshi Nogami and Jun-ichiro Yagi Fluminense Federal University and Tohoku University 41 5. IMPROVEMENT OF BLAST FURNACE REACTION EFFICIENCY BY USE OF HIGH REACTIVITY COKE Masaaki Naito Ironmaking R&D Division, Environment & Process Technology Center, Nippon Steel Corporation 53 6. SOME TECHNICAL POINTS ABOUT PRODUCTION OF SODERBERG ELECTRODE PASTE RELATING TO ITS HIGH TEMPERATURE PERFORMANCE Weber de Brito Martins, Jorge Luiz Vieira Miranda, Rubens Habesh and Paulo Santos Assis REDEMAT (UFOP/UEMG/CETEC)- Federal University of Ouro Preto/ Vantec-Carbono 67 7. REACTION ENHANCING MECHANISM IN IRON ORE-CARBONACEOUS MATERIAL COMPOSITE PELLETS HEATED AT ELEVATED TEMPERATURES Yoshiaki Iguchi, Meng Fanming and Masafumi Hiura Nagoya Institute of Technology 77 THE IRON MORPHOLOGY OF SELF-REDUCING BRIQUETTES Jose Carlos D'Abreu , Karla de Melo Martins and Jose Henrique Noldin Junior Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro-PUC-RJ 89 8. 9. RAPID REDUCTION AND MELTING OF CARBON COMPOSITE IRON ORE PELLETS ON HIGH TEMPERATURE Masakata Shimizu, Koki Nishioka and Takayuki Maeda Kyushu University 103 10. THE SELF-REDUCTION TECHNOLOGY FOR THE RECYCLING OF SOLID WASTES IN AN INTEGRATED STEELMAKING PLANT Ramiro Conceic,5o Nascimento, Guilherme Lenz, Erberto Francisco Gentile, Cyro Takano, and Marcelo Breda Mourao University of Sao Paulo 115 11. ULTRA-fflGHREDUCTONRATECFTHEHEMATnEGRAIWIEMIXTURE BY A MECHANICAL MILLING Kuniyoshi Ishii, Yoshiaki Kashiwaya and Jalil Vahdati Khaki Hokkaido University 125 12. THREE-DIMENSIONAL MULTIPHASE MATHEMATICAL MODEL OF THE SINTERING PROCESS, WITH APPLICATION TO RECYCLING DUST FINES FROM THE STEEL INDUSTRIES Jose Adilson de Castro, Alexandre Jose da Silva, Hiroshi Nogami and Jun-ichiro Yagi Fluminense Federal University and Tohoku University 139 13. RECYCLING OF ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE DUST AND SMELTING REDUCTION OF CHROMITE ORE WITH THE AID OF POWDER INJECTION TECHNIQUE TO MOLTEN IRON Masahiro Kawakami, Seiji Yokoyama and Toshihide Takenaka Toyohashi University of Technology 155 14. CHROMIUM RECOVERY FROM STAINLESS STEEL DUSTS Pedro Josd Nolasco Sobrinho, Denise Crocce Romano Espinosa, Paulo Santos Assis and Jorge Alberto Soares Tendrio University of Sao Paulo and Federal University of Ouro Preto 169 15. RECOVERY OF IRON FROM DUSTS AND SLUDGES EMPLOYING COMPOSITE PELLETS Dener Martins dos Santos and Marcelo Breda Mourao University of Sao Paulo 177 16. COMPUTATIONAL STUDY OF THE USE OF STEELMAKING SLAGS Joao Pedro V.Tosetti, Flavio Beneduce, Joao Batista Ferreira Neto, Cyro Takano and Andre L.V.Costa e Silva Technological Research Institute of the State of Sao Paulo.University of Sao Paulo and Universidade Federal Fluminense - UFF/IBQN 189 17. DIMENSIONAL STABILIZATION PROCESS OF ELECTRIC STEEL SLAG AIMING ITS USE AS CEMENT SUBSTITUTE Angela B.Masuero, Antonio. C. F. Vilela and Denise C. C. Dal Molin Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul-UFRGS 205 18. SINTERING BEHAVIOR OF PELLET WITH ADDITION OF METALLURGICAL SLAGS Katsumi Mori, Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, Rei Sugimura and Kunihiko Nakashima Kyushu University 219 19. SYNTHETIC SLAG PRODUCED IN INDUCTION FURNACE FOR USING IN ESR FURNACE Alvaro Martins Junior, Sergio Antdnio Gabrich and Paulo Santos Assis REDEMAT (UFOP/CETEC/UEMG)- Federal University of Ouro Preto/Vantec-Carbono...229 20. EXPANSIBILITY EVALUATION OF ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE SLAGS AS AN ALTERNATIVE MATERIAL TO BASE OF PAVEMENT Eduardo Osorio, Daniel Pagnassut, Mauricio Mancio, Angela B. Masuero, Daniela Graffitti, Carlos A.M. Moraes, Antonio C.F. Vilela and Clovis D. Acosta Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul; University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos and GerdauRiograndense Steel Plant 239 21. EFFECTS OF PROCESS PARAMETERS ON ULTRASONIC DEGASSING OF MELT Mamoru Kuwabara, Noriyasu Kawakita, Keiji Okumura and Masamichi Sano Nagoya University 251 22. ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE DUST REDUCTION USING FOUNDRY FUGITIVE DUST AS THE MAIN REDUCING AGENT Janafna M. Gonc.alves, Carlos A. M. Moraes, Daniela Graffitti, Feliciane Andrade Brehm and Antdnio C. F. Vilela. Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul and Rio dos Sinos University 263