Shatrughan Soren
Indian Institute of Technology (Indian School of Mines), India
Title: Characterization and application of biomass used in metallurgical sintering operation as a fuel replacement
Biography
Biography: Shatrughan Soren
Abstract
The The present paper highlights important aspects of sintering process for iron ores, which has been gaining considerable attention over the years. Increasing requirement of steel, depleting sources of iron ore, compositional variations, such as, decreasing Fe content, increased alumina, silica LOI and goethetic content as well as excessive generation of fines are some of the major factors behind growing use of the sintering process. Moreover, with environment policies becoming more stringent all over the world, there is an emphasis on containment of excessive generation of NOx, SOx and COx gases. Biomass has certain characteristics which makes it a potential alternate and that are, lesser sulphur and ash content, availability in plenty, lower generation time, uniform ignition but for smaller time period, lesser emissive constituents and carbon neutrality. According to literature, a metallurgical sintering operation can optimally replace 20% of coke breeze by biomass without effecting the quality of the product. The objective of the present work is to characterize biomass to find out its suitability and replacement ability in metallurgical sintering operations. Various analytical methods such as macro thermos-gravimetric analysis and micro TG-DTA, FESEM-EDX, FTIR is used to interpret the characteristics which makes it suitable for replacement.
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Recent Publications:
1. Jha, G., and Soren, S. 2017. Study on applicability of biomass in iron ore sintering, Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Vol 80: 399-407
2. Demirbas, T., and Demirbas, A. H. 2010. Bioenergy, Green Energy. Biomass and Biofuels. Energy Sources Part A. Vol 32:1067-1075.
3. Vassilev S. V., Vassilev C. G., Vassilev V. S. 2015. Advantages and disadvantages of composition and properties of biomass in comparison with coal: An overview. Fuel 158:330–350.
4. Zandi M, Paheco MM, Fray TAT. Biomass for iron ore sintering. Miner Eng., 2010; 23:1139–45.
5. Abreu G. C., de Carvalho J. A., Jr, da Silva B.E.C., Pedrini R.H. Operational and environmental assessment on the use of charcoal in iron ore sinter production. J. Clean Prod 2015; 101: 387–94.