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ORGANIZER;CN=ESTAD 2023:mailto:info@metec-estad.com
LOCATION:Room 14b
SUMMARY:Agglomeration: A path to circular and sustainable steel industry
DESCRIPTION:Agglomeration is an essential part in the metallurgical industries, and it comes in the core of circular economy. The agglomeration can play a substantial role not only in enhancing the residue recirculation in the steel plant, but also in introducing the neutral biocarbon for replacing the fossil fuels and consequently mitigate the fossil CO2 emission. The agglomeration can be performed through different techniques such as sintering, pelletising, and briquetting. This study demonstrates the recent trends in pelletising and briquetting as potential pathways for sustainability transitions from the traditional iron and steel making route to the next generation H2-based steel route. Developing biocarbon briquette and/or biocarbon containing agglomerates with the quality fulfil the shaft furnace and/or electric arc furnace will be discussed. In addition, developing and optimizing pellets/briquettes using innovative binders are key approaches to improve the process efficiency, reduce the slag generation, and decrease the energy consumption. In this context, the developed agglomerates will be evaluated in terms of cold mechanical strength, hot mechanical strength, reduction behaviour, softening and melting which are essential parameters to judge the quality of the agglomerates. 

Keywords: Pelletising, Briquetting, Organic binders, Biocarbon, Recycling, Ironmaking, CO2 emission, Circular economy

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