Three-dimensional modelling of charcoal combustion in an industrial scale blast furnace

Y Liu, Y Shen - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Charcoal, a biomass-derived fuel, has the potential to replace coal in pulverised coal
injection (PCI) in ironmaking blast furnaces (BFs) and enable low-carbon ironmaking …

Experimental study on combustion and NO formation characteristics of semi-coke

J Zhang, X Jia, P Wang, D Che - Fuel, 2019 - Elsevier
Pyrolysis condition is vital to physicochemical properties of semi-coke, influencing the
subsequent combustion and NO formation. In this study, the combustion behaviors and NO …

CFD study of charcoal combustion in a simulated ironmaking blast furnace

Y Liu, Y Shen - Fuel processing technology, 2019 - Elsevier
Biomass is a carbon-neutral solid fuel and has the potential to replace coal in pulverised
coal injection (PCI) operation of ironmaking blast furnaces (BFs). In this study, a three …

Influence of biomass blends on the particle temperature and burnout characteristics during oxy-fuel co-combustion of coal

M Issac, A De Girolamo, B Dai, T Hosseini… - Journal of the Energy …, 2020 - Elsevier
The difference in combustion performance between brown coal and black coal blended with
Eucalyptus woodchip and woodchar in varying blending ratios were examined in the air and …

Numerical investigation of the influence of particle shape, pretreatment temperature, and coal blending on biochar combustion in a blast furnace

Q Wang, E Wang - Fuel, 2022 - Elsevier
Using carbon-neutral from biomass is a promising solution to achieve carbon neutrality in
pulverized coal injection (PCI) technology in an ironmaking blast furnace (BF). In this paper …

Computational fluid dynamics study of biomass combustion in a simulated ironmaking blast furnace: effect of the particle shape

Y Liu, Y Shen - Energy & fuels, 2017 - ACS Publications
Biomass is a carbon-neutral fuel and has potential to be used in pulverized coal injection
(PCI) technology in ironmaking blast furnaces (BFs). In comparison to pulverized coal …

Novel technique for assessing the burnout potential of pulverized coals/coal blends for blast furnace injection

HP Tiwari, A Das, U Singh - Applied Thermal Engineering, 2018 - Elsevier
It is imperative to achieve high coke replacement rates in blast furnaces which in turn are
strongly influenced by the effects of combustibility of pulverized coal/coal blend due to …

Structure and reactivity of low-rank coal chars prepared from fluidized bed and moving bed pyrolyzers and the potential for using them in Pulverized Coal Injection …

C Zou, J He, J Zhao, X Li, R Shi, C Ma, Y Kang… - … Materials Transactions B, 2019 - Springer
Utilizing pyrolysis chars as the injection fuel in a blast furnace can reduce the dependence
on high-quality pulverized coal injection (PCI) coal. In this study, the physical properties and …

Ignitability and combustibility of Yallourn pyrolysis char under simulated blast furnace conditions

A De Girolamo, NK Lameu, L Zhang… - Fuel Processing …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this paper we have examined the potential of Yallourn brown coal char (collected from an
industry-scale pyrolyser) to be used as a pulverized coal injection (PCI) fuel, its size …

Effects of microstructural evolutions of pyrolysis char and pulverized coal on kinetic parameters during combustion

J He, C Zou, J Zhao, C Ma, X Zhang - Journal of Iron and Steel Research …, 2019 - Springer
Pyrolysis chars have potential as fuels for pulverized coal injection (PCI); however, their
proper and efficient utilization requires evaluation of char combustion kinetics. The …