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 …

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 …

Characteristics of high temperature C-CO2 gasification reactivity of Victorian brown coal char and its blends with high ash fusion temperature bituminous coal

B Dai, A Hoadley, L Zhang - Fuel, 2017 - Elsevier
This research paper explores the high temperature gasification reactivity of brown coal char
and its potential for promoting the gasification of high-ash-fusion temperature bituminous …

Technological advancements in evaluating the performance of the pulverized coal injection through tuyeres in blast furnace

A Agrawal, RK Tiwari, S Kumar… - Metallurgical …, 2020 - metallurgical-research.org
The pulverized coal injection (PCI) is pursued to reduce the hot metal production cost by
replacing the expensive metallurgical coke with the non-coking coal. Increasing the PCI rate …

Inhibition effects of wetting and corrosion behavior of high-alkali coal using typical additives under gasification conditions

J Gao, W Su, J Hou, X Song, Y Bai, J Wang, P Lv, G Yu - Fuel, 2025 - Elsevier
The presence of alkali metal Na in high-alkali coal causes severe corrosion in high-
chromium-refractory gasifiers, posing a significant challenge for large-scale gasification …

Characteristics of high temperature co-gasification and ash slagging for Victorian brown coal char and bituminous coal blends

B Dai, A Hoadley, L Zhang - Fuel, 2018 - Elsevier
The low ash and high iron content of Victorian brown coal (VBC) makes it difficult to achieve
desirable slagging for entrained-flow gasification. This study investigates the blending of …

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 …

The ignition dynamics of the water-filled fuel compositions

RI Egorov, DV Antonov, TR Valiullin… - Fuel Processing …, 2018 - Elsevier
Various fuel composites became popular for a last decade because smart mixture of
different combustibles allows effective minimization of the negative features of components …

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 …