The 5th International Congress on Science and Technology of Ironmakin

(ICSTF09)

October 20-22,2009

Shanghai,

Organized by

The Chinese Society for Metals Proceedings of the 5th International Congress on the Science and Technology of Ironmaking

Part B Blast Furnace Ironmaking

Bl-1 Ironmaking Process Bl-1.01 Advancement and Thought of BF Iron-Making Technology in Baosteel

ZHURen-liang andLI Yon-qing (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 537 B1 -1.02 Technological Reconstruction of Ansteel Ironmaking System Since "The Tenth Five-Year"

SHANG Ce, WANG Qian, WANG Bao-hai and TANG Qing-hua ( Co Ltd) 544 B1-1.03 Developments in Blast Furnace Ironmaking Chandan Barman Ray, Narayan Sengupta and Amitava Dasgupta (M.N. Dastur & Company (P) Ltd) 549 B1 -1.04 Progress in Technology of Vanadium-Bearing Titanomagnetite Smelting in Pangang FU Wei-guo andXIE Hong-en (Panzhihua Iron & Steel Research Institute) 554 Bl-1.05 Technical Advance of TISCO Ironmaking WANG Hong-bin and Kui-hong (Taigang Stainless Steel Co Ltd) 560 B 1-1.06 The Mini Blast Furnace Flex

Castro Jose A dilson (Federal Fluminense University) 5 64 B1-1.07 Progress of Iron-Making Technology for Special Ore in -lin, SONG Guo-long andMAXiang (Baotou Steel Group Co) 569 Bl-1.08 Some of the Aspects Future of Blast Furnace Ironmaking The Process: Focusing on Low Cost Hot Metal

Maarten Geerdes, Roman Vaynshteyn andReinoud van Laar (Danieli Corus BV) 575 B1 -1.09 Technique Index Analysis on Different Types of Blast Furnace DUANDong-ping and LIU Wen-quan (Chinese Academy of Sciences) 581

Bl-2 Energy Saving and Emission Control B1-2.01 Energy-Saving and Emission-Reducing of Blast Furnace Ironmaking Production in China

YANG Tian-jun, ZHANG Jian-liang and ZUO Hai-bin (University of Science and Technology ) 587 Bl-2.02 Optimization of Biomass Utilization for Reducing CO2 in Ironmaking Process Shigeru Veda, Kentaro Watanabe, Kazunari Yanagiya, Ryo Inoue and Tatsuro Ariyama (Tohoku University) 593 B 1-2.03 Application of Dry Dedusting Technology in Ansteel New No.4 BF Dong-sheng, FAN Chuan-chang, Jian-wei, LONG Cheng-jun and ZHONG Shan (Angang Steel Co Ltd) 600 B 1-2.04 Energy and Exergy Analyses of Low Coke Blast Furnace Ironmaking ZHANG Guangqing and Ostrovski Oleg (University of New South Wales) 603 B 1-2.05 Study on Dry Type Bag Filter Cleaning Technology of BF Gas at Large Blast Furnace ZHANG Fu-ming (Shougang International Engineering Technology Co Ltd) 608 B 1-2.06 Optimization of Blast Furnace Operation Under Top Gas Recycling Helle Hannu, Helle Mikko, Pettersson Frank and Saxen Henrik (Abo Akademi University)... 613

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B1 -2.07 Discuss on Operation of Large-Scale BF With Low Fuel Rate MA Jin-fang, WAN Lei, JIA Guo-li and ZHANG Hai-bin (Shougang Qian'an Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 619 Bl-2.08 Study of Decreasing Energy Consumption in Ironmaking System ZHANG Qi, CAI Jiu-ju, YAO Tong-hui, WU Fu-zhong and JIA Feng-mi (Northeastern University) 624 B1 -2.09 Review of Energy Saving and Emission Reduction in Iron Making Process ZHOU Yu-sheng, XU Hui, ZHANG You-ping and FENG Hua-tang (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 628 B1-2.10 Jigang Develop Circular Economy Strongly to Realize Energy-Saving and Emission- Cutting in Ironmaking LIU Chong-ting, WANG Liang-zhou, KONG Fan-shuo, QIHua and JIA Yong ( Iron and Steel Group Co) 633 B1-2.11 Independent Innovation and Sustainable Development of Blast Furnace Power Recovery Turbine Train LIU Li-guang, Chang-qing and SUN Hong-sheng (Xi'an Shaangu Power Co Ltd) 636 B1-2.12 Research and Application of Energy-Saving and Ejection-Decreasing Technology of 3200m3 Blast Furnace in Tangshan Steel ZHAOJun, YOUXin-dong, WANG Yi-guang, LI Ming and GUOXiu-ying (Tangshan Iron and Steel Co Ltd) 641

B1 -2.13 The Influence of Domestic Sewage on Circulated Utilization of BFG Washing Water CHENG Xiang-li, CANG Da-qiang, SUN Xiao-yue and CHAI Qing-feng (University of Science and Technology Beijing) 647 Bl-2.14 Application of Micro-Pore Insulating Brick in Torpedo and Energy Conservation Analysis LIHai-feng, ZHOUJun, ZHANG Mei-jie, HUANG-Ao andLINXiao-long (China University of Geosciences) 651 B1-2.15 Changes the Air Volume and Reduce the Load to Realization 20000m3/h Air Separation Installment's Energy Conservation Practice WANG Rong-hua and ZHANG Jian ( Iron & Steel Group Co Ltd) 655

B2-1 Blast Furnace Performance B2-1.01 Low Coke Rate Operation of Blast Furnace by Controlling Size of Coke Mixed Into Ore Layer Muneyoshi Sawayama, Kazuya Miyagawa, Kentaro Nozawa, Yoshiyuki Matsui and Ko-ichiro Shibata (KOBE Steel Group) 659 B2-1.02 Practices of Blast Furnace Intensifying Operation at WISCO XIONG Ya-fei, YANG Jia-long and LI Hitai-yuan ( Iron & Steel Co) 664 B2-1.03 Successful Blow-in of Essar Steel Algoma Blast Furnaces 6 and 7 Jones Lornes, Vanmarmm Diana, Tuomi Jonathan, Dutta Devbrat, Thibodeau Darin, Kuaskman Peter, Krasavtsev Alex, Quigley Kelly, Liu Sining, Hyde JBarry and Cameron Ian (Essar Steel Algoma Inc) 672 B2-1.04 Efficiency of Using Briquettes From Technogenic and Natural Raw Materials in Blast Furnace Process I FKurunov, VN Titov, E MScheglov, D N Tikhonov andA I Kononov (Novolipetsk Steel)... 678

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B2-1.05 Industrial Practice of Low Fuel Rate and High PCI Rate at Shouqin No.l BF HANQing, DING Ru-cai, WU Keng, WEI Shao-hua and ZHU Li (Shouqin Metal Materials Co Ltd) 685 B2-1.06 Effects of Operation Parameters on Drainage Behavior in a Blast Furnace Hearth Zhou Ping, D (Frank) Huang and Chenn Q Zhou (Central South University) 691 B2-1.07 MAC Lump Properties Study and Plant Performance at Baosteel Stainless Steel ZHANG Zheng-wei, HU Xiao-ming, DU Hong-jin, Honeyands Tom TA and LIN Li-quan (Baosteel Stainess Steel Co) 696 B2-1.08 Operational Research to Optimize the Iron Raw Materials for Blast Furnace Burden Destro Elton, Assis Paulo Santos, Silva Guilherme Liziero Ruggio, Carias Rafael Dario Alves and Oliveira Felipe Otdvio Morato (Federal University of Ouro Preto) 70 i B2-1.09 Causes and Solutions on Operation Difficulties of 2000 m3 BF No.5 of Handan Iron & Steel Co LI Gui-yang, Gui-xi andBISi-you (Handan Iron & Steel Group Co Ltd) 706 B2-1.10 Research on Tuyere Coke Sampling and Instruction for Blast Furnace Operation ZHU Wei-chun, ZHANG -song, MA Li, WANG Zi-ting and WANG Xiao-peng () 711 B2-1.11 The Relining and Blowing-in of Baosteel No.2 Blast Furnace ZHU Ren-Hang, ZHU Jin-ming, LI Jun, XIANG Zhong-yong, OU Yang-biao and ZHOU Zhong-ming (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 716 B2-1.12 Long Campaign Life and Running Smoothly by Adjusting Burden Distribution Regulation SHANG Ce, ZHANG Yan-hui and JIN Guo-yi (Ansteel Limited Co) 722 B2-1.13 The Law Discussion and Analysis of Burden Distribution Test of 5500m3 BF YAN Shii-wu, ZHANG Jian and SU Wei (Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co Ltd) 727 B2-1.14 Blow-in of Blast Furnace No.2 in Gerdau Acominas S A, Brazil ZOU Zhong-ping, XI Bin, WANG Liang and Marcelo Alves de Carvalho (CISDI Engineering Co Ltd) 731

B2-1.15 The Practices on Rapid Restart of No. 3 BF in Shougang Group ZHANG He-shun, CHEN Jun and WEISong-min (Shougang Group) 738

B2-1.16 Influence of the Change in Raw Material on Blast Furnace and the Countermeasures LIN Cheng-cheng and WANG Shi-bin (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 743 B2-1.17 Discussing the Influence Factors of Flow Gas Distribution of QIAN GANG BF Throat ZHANGXue-song and ZHU Wei-chun (Shougang Group) 748

B2-2 Tuyere Injection B2-2.01 An Industrial Investigation of Bi-PCI Process in a Blast Furnace SHEN Feng-man, DING Zhi-min, YANG Wen-guang, JIANG Xin, MU Lin and SHEN Yan-song (Northeastern University) 753 B2-2.02 Recycling of Fine Oily Scale by Injection Into Blast Furnace Ivan Kurunov, Dmitriy Tikhonov and Aleksandr Kononov (Novolipetsk Steel) 758 B2-2.03 Blast Furnace Technology With Charcoal Injection: Technological and Ecological Aspects Babich Alexander, SenkDieter and Fernandez Migue (RWTH Aachen University) 762

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B2-2.04 Technical Research on Economical Pulverized Coal Injection for Blast Furnace XU Wan-ren, LI Zhao-yi and GUO Yan-ling (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 767 B2-2.05 An Estimation of PC Injection Efficiency in Ukraine Yaroshevskyy Stanislav, Kochura Volodymyr, Lystopadov Vladislav, Kuznetsov Olexandr and Braga Vitally (Donetsk National Technical University) 771 B2-2.06 Pulverized Coal Combustion Catalyzed by Ce02 Based on Iron-Making System GONG Xu-zhong, GUO Zhan-cheng and WANG Zhi (Chinese Academy of Sciences) 777 B2-2.07 New Design Methods for Coal Distribution Systems for Blast Furnace Coal Injection HilgrafPeter andNolde Hans-dieter (Claudius Peters Technologies GmbH) 783

B2-2.08 Research and Practice on Coal Utilization Under High PCI Rate in Shougang Qiangang BF

MA Ze-jun, ZHU Wei-chun, WANG Dong-qing and QING Ge-le (Shougang Group) 788 B2-2.09 Optimisation of the Design of Pulverized Coal Injection Lances: From Concept to Full Scale Implementation at BlueScope Steel's BF 6 Daniel Maldonado, Paul Zulli, Peter Austin, Mark Walsh, John Mathieson, Baoyu Guo, Aibing Yu and Harold Rogers (BlueScope Steel) 793 B2-2.10 Low Coke Rate Ironmaking in Blast Furnace With Hot Gas Injection ZHANG You-ping, ZHO U Yu-sheng andLI Zhao-yi (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 800 B2-2.ll Study of the Behavior of Biomass, Coal and Mixtures at Their Injection Into Blast Furnaces

Machado Janaina, Osorio Eduardo, Vilela Antonio, Babich Alexander, Gudenau Heinrich and Sent Dieter (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul) 804

B2-2.12 Experiment on Combustion-Supporting Agent on PCI for Combustibility of Pulverized Coal

YANG Shuang-ping, JU Jian-tao, DONG Jie, WANG Miao and LIU Hua-xin (Xi'an University of Architecture and Technology) 809

B2-2.13 Coal Conversion Reactions and Their Impact on BF PCI Operations LLu, V Sahajwalla and A McLean (CSIRO Minerals) 813 B2-2.14 Results of Dense Phase Pulverised Coal Injection System

Schulte van Bentheim Michael (Kiittner GmbH & Co KG) 818

B2-2.15 Application and Research on Coal Blending Model for Pulverized Coal Injection of Blast Furnace MA Ze-jun, ZHU Wei-chun, MA Li, PAN Wen and WANG Dong-qing (University of Science and Technology Beijing).... 821 B2-2.16 Research and Development of Automatic Coal Injection Technology for No.3 BF in Shougang WANG Sheng, CHEN Jim and MA Hong-bin (Shougang Group) 825

B3-1 Blast Furnace Maintenance and Camplaign Life B3-1.01 Practice and Concept for Extending Blast Furnace Campaign Life at WISCO ZHANG Shou-rong and YUZhong-jie (Wuhan Iron and Steel Co) 830 B3-1.02 3-D CFD Blast Furnace Hearth Model

D (Frank) Huang and C Q Zhou (ArcelorMittal) 836 B3-1.03 Production Practice of Baosteel Large BF's Long Campaign Life ZHANG Long-lai, JIN Jue-sheng andJU Qin-zhang (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 844

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B3-1.04 Modelling of Titanium Compound Formation in Blast Furnace Hearth Guo Baoyu, Zulli Paul, Maldonado Daniel YuAibing and Shen Yansong (University of New South Wales) 851 B3-1.05 Development and Application of BF Hearth Lining Protection by Wire Feeding WANG Wen-zhong (Northeastern University) 857 B3-1.06 On-Line Erosion Diagnosing, Effective Maintaining and Design Optimizing for Large-Scale Blast Furnace MA Jin-fang, ZHAO Hong-bo and CHENG Shu-sen (Shougang Qian'an Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 859 B3-1.07 Judgment Method for the Gas Gap of BF Hearth Lining CHEN Liang-yu, and LU Chao-yang (Northeastern University) 864 B3-1.08 Design and Research for Long Life of the 3200m3 Blast Furnace at the South Area of Tang Steel QI Si-qing, LIXue-jin and WEI Li (Capital Engineering & Research Incorporation Ltd) 869 B3-1.09 Study on Structure Stability of Blast Furnace Hearth Ceramic Lining CAO Yong-guo, HE Ru-sheng and WU Sheng-li (Beijing REAL Nonmetallic Materials Co Ltd) 874 B3-1.10 Development and Research of New BF Copper Cooling Staves in China ZONG Yan-bing, CANG Da-qiang, BAI Hao and LI Yu (University of Science and Technology Beijing) 879 B3-l.ll The Practice of Copper Cooling Stave Application for ShouGang No.2 BF ZHANG He-shun, MA Hong-bin, CHEN Jun and ZHOU Ji-liang (Shougang Group) 883 B3-1.12 Manufacture and Application of the New Kind Cast Copper Cooling Stave for Blast Furnace

XULiang-you, CHENXian-liang, RUAN Jun-da and CHENXue-bing ( Shuguang Machinery Co Ltd) 888 B3-1.13 Longlife Technologies of Hearth Area for Blast Furnace at BenGang LIU Qing-ye (Benxi Iron and Steel Co Ltd) 893 B3-1.14 Study on Mechanics of "Elephant Foot Shaped" Erosion of BF Hearth ZHAO Hong-bo, CHENG Shu-sen, ZHU Jin-feng, PAN Hong-wei, WANG Zi-jin and SUN Jian-she (University of Science and Technology Beijing) 897 B3-1.15 Application of Ti02 Nanoparticle Suspensions in BF Cooling Stave and Reducing Energy Consumptions JIN Yi, ZONG Yan-bing, BAI Hao and CANG Da-qiang (University of Science and Technology Beijing) 902

B3-2 Instrumentation and Process Control

B3-2.01 Ironmaking Research Especially Insitu-Measurement Gudenau Heinrich-wilhelm and Sent Dieter (RWTH Aachen University) 906 B3-2.02 Present Status of Investigation and Application of Ironmaking Blast Furnace Mathematical Models in China

BlXue-gong, FU Lian-chun, XIONG Wei and JIN Yan (Wuhan University of Science and

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B3-2.03 Innovation and Development of Shougang Blast Furnace Expert System MA Fa-tao and ZHOU Jian-ping (Shougang Automation and Information Technology Co Ltd) 923 B3-2.04 Development of Monitoring & Diagnosis System Based on Multivariate Statistical Analysis Methods in Blast Furnace Process Tae-hwa Choi and Jung-il Kim (POSCO) 927 B3-2.05 Development of Specific Measuring Techniques in Ironmaking Process SHA Yong-zhi, CAO Jim and WANG Feng-qi (Central Iron & Steel Research Institute) 929 B3-2.06 Blast Furnace Operation Using Information on Active Burden Weight Marsuverskiy Boris A (Mechel Management OOO) 933 B3-2.07 Development of the FCG Mathematical Model for the Bell-less Blast Furnace in Ansteel CHE Yu-man, LI Lian-cheng, SUN Bo, SUN Peng and GUO Tian-yong (Angang Steel Co Ltd) 938

B3-2.08 Probing the Inner Structure of a Blast Furnace by Cosmic-Ray Muon Radiography Akihiko Shinotake, Shinroku Matsuzaki, Kazuya Kunitomo, Masaaki Naito, Misao Hashimoto, Asao Hatanaka, Toshihiro Nagane, Kanetada Nagamine and Hiroyuki Tanaka (Nippon Steel Co) 942

B3-2.09 Study of Burden Distribution Control Based on Infrared Image Pattern Recognition

and Case-Based Inference L K Chen (Wuhan Iron & Steel Co) 947 B3-2.10 Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) and Inspection of the Blast Furnace Refractory Lining by Stress Wave Propagation Technique Sadri A/shin and Gebski Pawel (Hatch Ltd) 951

B3-2.11 Laser Detect Technology and Burden Distribution Computer Simulation Model on BF GAO Zheng-kai and DAI Jian-hua (University of Science and Technology Beij ing) 956 B3-2.12 Research and Application of 3D Simulation of Dynamic Imaging for the BF Burden Surface LI Yi-wei, CHENXian-zhong, WU Yun and LIUFeng-mei (Baoshan Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 960 B3-2.13 Particle Flow Transition During Blast Furnace Bin Discharge Pinson David John, Chew Sheng Jason and Austin Peter Richard (BlueScope Steel) 965 B3-2.14 Rules Mining and Fuzzy Inferring for Temperature Forecasting of Hot Metal in BF Production

GUO Hong-wei, ZHANG Jian-liang, ZUO Hai-bin, LIU Zheng-jian and YANG Tian-jun (University of Science and Technology Beij ing) 970 B3-2.15 Optimization of Molten Iron Flow Behavior in Ladle With Blowing Gas ZHANG Mei-jie, XIANG Wu-guo, HUANG Ao and LIN Xiao-long (Wuhan University of Science and Technology) 975

B4-1 Hot Blast Stove; Design and Equipment

B4-1.01 Shaftless Hot Stove- Reliable Construction for Blast Heating up to the High Temperatures Kalugin Iakov (Kalugin JSC) 979 B4-1.02 Technology Progress on High Blast Temperature of Hot Blast Stove in Shougang

ZHAO Min-ge and CHEN Guan-jun (Shougang Group) 985

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B4-1.03 3D- Numerical Simulation Research of the Kalugin Hot Blast Stove CHEN Yi-sheng, WANG Wei-li and HE Zhen (Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology) 990 B4-1.04 Advancement of Hot Blast Stove Technology in China WU Qi-chang and FENG Yan-bo (Capital Engineering and Research Incorporation Ltd) 994 B4-1.05 Study and Application of Ceramic Burner of Hot Blast Stove for Blast Furnace DAI Fang-qin, LI Shao-hua and LIU Ke (Wuhan Research Institute of Metallurgical Construction) jqq2

B4-1.06 Research on the Optimization Application of BF Hot Stove Energy-Saving Coating WANG Miao, BAI Hao, ZHAO Li-hua, CANG Da-qiang, CHENG Xiang-li and ZHOU Hui-min (University of Science and Technology Beijing) 1007 B4-1.07 Methodology and Results of Ironmaking Technology Selection for Specific Site Conditions

Gordon Yakov, Freislich Michiel and Els Jeanne (Hatch) 1011 B4-1.08 A New Design System of Blast Furnace XIANG Zhong-yong, CHEN Ying-ming and ZOU Zhong-ping (CISDI Engineering Co Ltd) 1016

B4-1.09 The Bell-less Rotary Charging Unit of the New Generation is a Break-Through in the Blast Furnace Charging Technology B Boranbaev, YGlazer, V Vakulin andA Sirkar (Totem Co Ltd) 1023 B4-1.10 Design of 5500m3 Blast Furnace at Shougang Jingtang ZHANG Fu-ming, QIAN Shi-chong, ZHANG Jian and MAO Qing-wu (Beijing Shougang International Engineering Technology Co Ltd) 1029 B4-1.11 Blast Furnace Hearth Design Evolution McNally Rory, Serradeill Muriel and Roulet Frederic (Saint-Gobain Industrial Ceramics)... 1034 B4-1.12 Iron-Making Technology Selection Using a Fuzzy Hierarchical TOPSIS Method Nasser Towhidi, Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam and Mohammad Peymandar (University of Teheran) 1039 B4-1.13 Some Aspects of the Future of Blast Furnace Iron-Making and the Equipment: Blast Furnace Design for Low Cost Hot Metal

Reinoud van Laar, Maarten Geerdes and Roman Vaynshteyn (Danieli Corns) 1045 B4-1.14 Optimization of Melted Iron Flow Behavior in Torpedo With Gas Blowing at Bottom HUANG Ao, GU Hua-zhi, WANG Hou-zhi and ZHANG Mei-jie (Wuhan University of Science and Technology) 1050 B4-1.15 Technology of High Blast Air Temperature for BF in Shougang Qian'an Iron and Steel Co Ltd

WANG Jian-min, MA Jin-fang, WANG Wei-ping andLUfei (Shougang Qian'an Iron & Steel Co Ltd) 1054

B4-1.16 Numerical Simulating the Effects of High Radiative Coating on Heat Transfer Process in Regenerator of BF Hot Stove ZHOU Hui-min, , CANG Da-qiang, BAI Hao, WANG Yuan-cheng, FANG Zhao-hong, ZHANG Hai-tao, LIU Xin-hua, WANG Miao, CHENG Xiang-li, ZHAO Li-hua andZONG Yan-bing ( Huimin Science & Technology Co Ltd) 1058

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B4-1.17 Introduction of Iron Field Dedusting System Alteration of No.7 Blast Furnace in Handan Steel WANG Hong and LI Gui-yang (Handan Iron & Steel Group Co Ltd) 1063 B4-1.18 A Number of Issues and Principles in the Blast Furnace Blower Station Design MA Lin-gui, TANG Jun-feng and L U Song-tao (Handan Iron & Steel Group Co Ltd) 1067 B4-1.19 Technology of Opening Hole Pipe Connection Under Pressure in the Blast Furnace Gas Pipeline ZHAO Hai-xia, ZHAO Feng-duo, ZHAO Hai-feng and TIAN Man (Handan Iron and Steel Group Co Ltd) 1072 B4-1.20 The Development of China-Made Type SS (Mr. Seng) Blast Furnace Bell-less Top Technology SENG Quan-song (Beijing SS Metallurgy Equipment Technology Co Ltd) 1076

B4-2 Modelling and Simulation

B4-2.01 Coupled DEM - CFD Modelling of the Iron-Making Blast Furnace Adema Allert, Yang Yongxiang and Boom Rob (Delft University of Technology) 1081 B4-2.02 Evaluation of Blast Furnace Performance With Carbon Composite Agglomerates Charging for Lower Temperature Operation CHU. Man-sheng and Yagi Jun-ichiro (Northeastern University) 1086

B4-2.03 Development of Advanced Blast Furnace Simulation Model Based on Discrete Element Method

Shungo Natsui, Shigeru Ueda, Fan Zhen-yun, Junya Kano, Hiroshi Nogami, Ryo Inoue and Tatsuro Ariyama (Tohoku University) 1092 B4-2.04 Research on Rist Diagram With Fuzzy and Incomplete Parameters LUHu-sheng, WANG Huan-bang andNA Shu-ren (Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology) 1097

B4-2.05 Studies on RTD of Metalloids in the Blast Furnace

Mukherjee Kakali and Prakash Swatantra (National Metallurgical Laboratory) 1101 B4-2.06 Discussion and Expansion on Blast Furnace Operating Line NA Shu-ren (Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology) 1108

B4-2.07 Effect of Particle Properties on the Solid Flow Profile in a Blast Furnace R Safavi Nick, A Tilliander, T LI Jonsson andP G Jonsson (Royal Institute of Technology)... 1112 B4-2.08 Modelling the Effect of MnO on Slag Properties and Mn, Si and S Distribution in Blast Furnaces

CHEN Chun-lin, ZHANG Ling, Wright Steven, SUN Shou-yi, Jahanshahi Sharif and Honeyands Tom (CSIRO Minerals) 1116 B4-2.09 Analysis of Particle Size Segregation at Bell-less Top of Blast Furnace by Discrete Element Method

Mio Hiroshi, Komatsuki Satoshi, Hidaka Jusiike, Kadowaki Masatomo, Matsiizaki Shinroku and Kunitomo Kaziiya (Doshisha University) 1121

B4-2.10 Investigation of Viscous Fingering During Blast Furnace Hearth Drainage Using a Hele-Shaw Viscous Flow Model

He Qinglin, Evans Geoff, Zulli Paul and Tamil Francis (University of Newcastle) 1126

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B4-2.11 Heat Transfer Study of Blast Furnace 2 at SSAB Oxelosund Swartling Maria, Sundelin Bo, Tilliander Anders and Jonsson Par (Royal Institute of Technology, Materials Science and Engineering) 1131 B4-2.12 Modelling in-Furnace Phenomena of Coal/Coke Combustion in a Blast Furnace: Effects of Coal Properties Shen Yansong, Guo Baoyu, Yu Aibing, Austin Peter and Zulli Paul (University of New South Wales) 1137

B4-2.13 Effects of Tuyere Dimensions and Bosh Angle on Raceway Shape and Particle

Movement Based on Cold-Model Experiments Naoyuki Takeuchi, Akinori Murao, Taihei Nouchi, Shiro Watakabe and Michitaka Sato (JFE Steel Co) 1143

B4-3 Experiment and Research B4-3.01 The Dissection of Laiwu Steel's 125m3 BF

LUO Deng-wu, ZHANG Jian-liang, GUO Huai-gong, ZUO Hai-bin and ZENG Hui (Laiwu Steel Group Ltd) 1149 B4-3.02 Investigation of the Phenomena in the Blast Furnace Hearth by Means of Dissection Test and Numerical Analysis Kaoru Nakano, Atsuya Kasai and Takanobu Inada (Sumitomo Metal Industries Ltd) 1156 B4-3.03 Effect of Carbon Structure on Iron Carburization and Primary Fe-C Liquid Formation Behavior Ohno Ko-ichiro, Maeda Takayuki, Nishioka Koki and Shimizu Masakata (Kyushu University) 1161 B4-3.04 Trials With LRI at LKAB's Experimental Blast Furnace Zuo Guangqing and Hallin Mats (LKAB) 1166 B4-3.05 Fundamental Studies in Ironmaking Slags to Lower Operating Temperatures and to Recover Titania From Slag Zhao Baojun, Jak Eugene andHayes Peter (University of Queensland) 1172 B4-3.06 Effective Use of Hydrogen in Gaseous Reduction of Iron Ore Agglomerates With H2-CO Usui Tateo, Nishimura Tsunehisa, Ono (-Nakazato) Hideki, Konishi Hirokazu andKawabata Hirotoshi (Osaka University) 1179 B4-3.07 Investigation of Blast Furnace Primary Slag Property Optimization at High PCI Rates FULian-chun, BlXue-gong, FENG Zhi-hui, ZHOU Guo-fan andZHANG Shou-rong (Wuhan University of Science and Technology) 1185 B4-3.08 The Wetting of Liquid Iron Carbon on Aluminate Minerals Formed During Coke Dissolution in Iron Brian J Monaghan, Michael W Chapman and Sharon A Nightingale (University of Wollongong) 1190

B4-3.09 Effect of Magnesium Oxide and Aluminum Oxide Content on the Final Slag Fluidity of Blast Furnace Jia-Shyan Shiau and Shih-Hsien Liu (China Steel Co) 1194 B4-3.10 Experimental Study on Reduction Behavior of Iron Ore Fines at Low Temperature LI Qiu-ju, YUXiao, WANG Dao-jing andHONG Xin (Shanghai University) 1199

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B4-3.ll Thermodynamics Analyses on the Comprehensive Utilization of Vanadium-Bearing Titanomagnetite ZHENG Hai-yan, XUEXun, WEI Guo and SHEN Feng-man (Northeastern University) 1204 B4-3.12 Heat Transportation System From Steelworks to Chemical Plants Takahiro Nomura, Noriyuki Okinaka and Tomohiro Akiyama (Hokkaido University) 1207 B4-3.13 On the Configuration of Closed Two-Phase Regions in Equilibrium Phase Diagrams Sidorov Evgeny andPikunov Mikhail (Vladimir State University) 1212

B4-3.14 On Equilibrium Phase Diagram of the Iron - Carbon System Sidorov Evgeny (Vladimir State University) 1216 B4-3.15 Effects of Oxygen Blast on the Tuyere Working Life in Packed Bed Type Ironmaking Process

YAO Xiao-guang and ZHENG Shao-bo (Shanghai University) 1221

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