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- the invention relates to a method for produc- ing sintered manganese ore pellets.
- the invention also relates to sintered manganese ore pellets prepared by said method.
- Remarkable amounts of finely divided ore par ⁇ ticles are obtained in connection with mining, crushing, transport and handling of manganese ore.
- Finely divided manganese ore having a grain size below 6-9 mm cannot be directly used in manganese alloy smelting.
- Finely divided ore easily forms covers and crusts on top of the charge in an electric furnace. Crust for ⁇ mation can cause gas eruptions, problems in the set ⁇ tling of the charge and extensive disturbances in the smelting operation.
- Manganese ore fines are typically agglomerat ⁇ ed and sintered with a travelling grate sintering apparatus, when large production of manganese ore sinter is needed.
- the amount of coke used in sintering is substantial, even as high as 10 w-%, because manganese ore fines are mainly melted in the sintering process.
- the product - sintered manganese ore - is then crushed to a particle size below 50-75 mm.
- the product is po ⁇ rous, hard and sharp.
- the crushed product with a par ⁇ ticle size of 6-75 mm is fed to a smelting furnace.
- US 6063160 discloses a method for sintering finely divided manganese-containing material having a particle size smaller than 6 mm in a conveyor-type sintering apparatus in an essentially continuous oper- ation.
- the process comprises the steps of adding a binding agent and an optional carbon-bearing material to the finely-divided material, micro-pelletizing the resulting mixture, and passing the micro-pelletized composition through a drying and preheating zone, a reaction and sintering zone, and a cooling zone.
- the sintered material is crushed, screened and conveyed to a smelting plant.
- the sinter thus produced lacks me ⁇ chanical resistance to endure excessive handling and long-distance hauling.
- Another manganese pellet production process of the prior art uses manganese ore which has been calcinated in a fluidized bed in a reducing atmos ⁇ phere.
- the process involves thermal treatment, also known as calcination, of manganese ore, followed by pelletizing and sintering.
- the calcination aims at generating magnetite and facilitating elimination of iron through magnetic separation, leading to manganese ore enrichment.
- a side effect of thermal treatment is decomposing of manganese superior oxides which inter- fere with manganese pellet burning in traditional pro ⁇ duction processes.
- WO 2010/009527 Al discloses a process to pro ⁇ cute manganese pellets from non-calcinated manganese ore.
- the process comprises ore size preparation, flux addition, agglomerant (binding agent) addition, pelletizing resulting in crude pellets, and thermal processing through drying, pre-heating and heating the crude pellets.
- An object of the invention is to provide a new and improved process for manufacturing sintered manganese pellets. Another object of the invention is to provide manganese ore pellets suitable for the pro ⁇ duction of stainless steel in an easy to use form.
- the method comprises produc ⁇ ing a pelletizing feed comprising finely divided manganese ore and binding agent; pelletizing the pelletizing feed to produce green pellets; and sinter- ing the green pellets in a steel belt sintering furnace, the sintering step comprising conveying the pellets on a steel belt through process zones of differ ⁇ ent temperatures, the process zones including at least one drying zone, at least one heating zone, at least one sintering zone, and at least one cooling zone, preferably three.
- finely divided manganese ore is produced by wet grind ⁇ ing and filtering manganese ore fines. In another embodiment of the present inven ⁇ tion, finely divided manganese ore is produced by dry grinding manganese ore fines.
- the method comprises grinding and screening the manga ⁇ nese ore to produce a particle size distribution com ⁇ prising less than 50% below 400 mesh (38 ⁇ ) and 40- 85%, more preferably 55-70% below 200 mesh (74 ⁇ ) .
- bentonite is used as binding agent.
- the amount of ben ⁇ tonite can be 0.5-1.0 w-%, preferably 0.6-0.8 w-%.
- fine carbon is added to the pelletizing feed.
- the amount of fine carbon can be 0.1-2.0 w-%, prefera- bly 0.5-1.0 w-%.
- fluxing agent is added to the pelletizing feed.
- Suita ⁇ ble fluxing agents comprise, for instance, limestone, dolomite and quartzite.
- the retention time in the drying zone is 6-8 minutes and temperature of the drying gas fed into the drying zone is 200-300° C, preferably 220-280° C. If the dry ⁇ ing is carried out too violently, the pellets are bro- ken in the drying zone.
- pellets are dried in two drying zones.
- the retention time in the first and second dry ⁇ ing zone can be 7-8 minutes and 5-6 minutes, respec- tively, and the temperature of the drying gas fed into the first and second drying zone can be 150-250° C and 350-450° C, respectively.
- the retention time in the heating zone is 5-12 minutes . In one embodiment of the present invention, the retention time in the sintering zone is 7-14 minutes .
- the material bed in the sintering zone is heated to a maximum temperature of 1200-1450° C, preferably 1250- 1410° C, more preferably 1280-1390° C.
- air from the cooling zone is re-circulated to at least one of the preceding zones.
- Sintered manganese ore pellets manufactured by a process according to the present invention have a compressive strength of at least 150 kg/pellet of 12 mm diameter.
- Manganese ores typically contain manganese oxides, silicates, carbonates, and hydrated components.
- the volatiles content of manga ⁇ nese ore fines can be up to 20.0%.
- Some manganese ores also contain calcites. Ore fines are generated, for instance, in excavation, crushing, screening and washing of manganese ore. This fines fraction can be used as a raw material in the production of sintered manga ⁇ nese ore pellets according to the present invention.
- Manganese ore fines are preferably wet ground in a wet ball mill.
- the slurry from the wet grinding is filtrated to remove excess water. No further drying is needed.
- the filter cake forms the basis of pelletizing feed.
- the target fineness of the pelletiz- ing feed is less than 50% under 400 mesh (38 ⁇ ) and 40-85%, preferably 55-70% under 200 mesh (74 ⁇ ) .
- Dry grinding of manganese ore fines is possi- ble when the original ore contains only a little mois ⁇ ture . If necessary, the ground manganese ore can be screened to produce finely divided manganese ore of the desired particle size.
- Binding agent is added to the pelletizing feed.
- the binding agent is preferably bentonite, which can be added to the pelletizing feed in an amount of 0.5-1.0 wt-%, preferably 0.6-0.8 wt-%. In the indus ⁇ trial scale production such amounts of bentonite are sufficient, whereas in the laboratory scale the amounts of bentonite needed to produce acceptable pel ⁇ lets can be higher.
- fine carbon (coke or other car ⁇ bon-bearing material) can optionally be added to the pelletizing feed.
- the amount of fine carbon can be 0.1-2.0 w-%, preferably 0.5-1.0 w-%.
- Carbon addition is not needed when the manganese ore is in the oxi ⁇ dized form containing lots of Mn02. In that case a strong exothermic reaction between the carbon and oxy- gen tends to break the structure of the pellets.
- Car ⁇ bon can be used when the manganese ore contains a small amount of, for instance, carbonates as calcite. Small amounts of carbon can also be used when the man ⁇ ganese ore contains larger amounts of carbonates.
- Car- bon reactions liberate carbon monoxide (CO) ; this re ⁇ action is endothermic, limiting the increase of the bed temperature.
- fluxing agent can optionally be added to the pelletizing feed.
- Suitable fluxing agents include limestone, dolomite, quartz, quartzite, wol- lastonite, and any mixtures thereof. Flux can be added when the bed temperature needs to be lowered. The need of flux depends of the mineralogy of the ore. Fluxes are also needed when self-fluxing pellets are produced to minimize the need of flux addition in smelting.
- the pelletizing feed consisting of finely divided manganese ore, bentonite, fine carbon and op ⁇ tional fluxing agent is mixed well. The moisture con ⁇ tent of the pelletizing feed must be controlled very carefully.
- Pelletizing can be carried out in a rotary pelletizing drum or on a pelletizing disc.
- the discharge from the pelletizing device is preferably screened in a roller screen located under the dis ⁇ charge end of the pelletizing device.
- the oversize lumps are crushed and returned with the screen undersize as a recycling load back to the pelletizing feed production.
- Green pellets of a desired size can be dropped on a belt conveyor feeding to a shuttle feeder of a sintering furnace.
- Sintering of green pellets can be carried out in a steel belt sintering furnace or a travelling grate sintering furnace.
- the pellet dust and de- dusting of the sintering furnace are re-circulated back to the pelletizing feed.
- a steel belt-type sintering furnace comprises an endless conveyor belt to transport the sintering feed through the stages of the sintering furnace.
- the thermal treatment in the sintering apparatus comprises the steps of drying, heating, sintering and cooling of the pellets.
- the sintering furnace is preferably a multi ⁇ compartment oven through which the green pellets are carried on a perforated steel conveyor belt.
- a coun ⁇ ter-current flow of cooling gases is arranged to carry waste heat from sintered pellets to those entering the front-end compartments.
- gases are sucked and cooling air blown through wind-boxes located under the conveyor belt.
- sintered pellets are used as a bottom layer on the steel belt to protect it from too high temperatures.
- the sintering furnace typically comprises at least one drying compartment as the first zone.
- hot gas which is preferably re ⁇ circulated from a third cooling zone, can be sucked through the bed and, as a consequence, the bed starts to dry.
- the temperature of the drying gas is prefera- bly 200-400° C.
- the drying zone can be divided into two sections, especially when the moisture of the pel ⁇ lets is higher than 10%. Then the temperature in the first drying zone is in the range of 200-300° C.
- the drying temperature can be controlled by adjusting the cooling air flow through the third cooling zone. Typically, extra recycle gas is conducted to bypass the drying compartment.
- the sintering furnace further comprises at least one heating compartment as the second zone.
- hot gas which is preferably re-circulated from a second cooling zone is sucked through the bed to increase the bed temperature.
- the bed is preferably heated to such a temperature where the carbon in the green pellet bed ignites to commence sintering reactions.
- the temperature of the heating gas is preferably 1050-1150° C.
- the heat needed is obtained by burning fuel gas in a burner lo ⁇ cated in a circulating gas duct.
- the sintering furnace comprises a sintering compartment as the third zone to obtain sin ⁇ tered pellets.
- hot gas which is preferably circulated from a first cooling zone, is usually sucked through the bed.
- the tempera ⁇ ture of the bed is preferably increased to the sinter- ing temperature, which, depending on the mineralogy, can be 1200-1450° C.
- the maximum temperature of the sintering bed is preferably 1250-1410° C, more prefer ⁇ ably 1280-1390° C.
- the heat necessary for the sinter ⁇ ing stage can be obtained by burning fuel gas in a burner.
- process gases are separately taken out from each front-end zone to control the sin- tering temperature, pressure and gas flow profiles in the sintering furnace.
- the gases are cleaned in wet scrubbers.
- the gas flows may be adjust ⁇ ed by controlling the speed of the off-gas fans.
- the sintered pel ⁇ lets are cooled in one or more consecutive cooling compartments.
- the sintered pellets are cooled by blow ⁇ ing air through the bed from below the belt.
- the cool ⁇ ing gases may be circulated to the front-end compart- ments.
- air is blown separately to each wind-box according to the pressure settings in the compartments over the bed.
- the sintering reactions usually still continue - at least partially - in the cooling zones to further strengthen the product pel- lets.
- fresh sintered pellets are dis ⁇ charged together with bottom layer pellets and trans ⁇ ported on the conveyor belt to screening and pellet bins.
- the final product pellets suitable for use as smelting charge may be screened to a particle size of about 6-16 mm.
- the compressive strength of sintered pellets is preferably over 150 kg/pellet of 12 mm diameter.
- the compressive strength represents the pellet' s abil- ity to resist compressive forces without breaking. It is determined by placing pellets between two steel plates and evenly applying a measured pressure until the pellet fractures. Compressive strength is ex ⁇ pressed as the applied pressure in kilogram per pel- let.
- the compressive strength Fi 2TBia can be calculated according to the following formula:
- - 12 is the reference diameter of the desired pellet [mm] ; - FD is the measured compressive strength of the pel ⁇ let [ kg/pellet ] .
- the total porosity of sintered pellets is preferably 10-50%, more preferably 12-40%.
- the true density of the sintered pellets is preferably 3-5 g/cm 3 , more preferably 3.5-4.5 g/cm 3 .
- the product received from the manganese pel ⁇ let sintering furnace is a hard porous pellet with constant physical and chemical properties.
- the manga- nese ore pellets produced according to the invention can be used as a starting material for the manufacture of ferromanganese, silicomanganese and ferrochromium manganese alloys.
- the dust recycling load in the production of sintered pellets is much lower than in the production of the conventional sintered product, as no crushing of sintered product is needed.
- the pellets endure han ⁇ dling and hauling without breakage or production of excessive amounts of dust.
- Pelletizing and sintering tests were carried out in the laboratory scale with a sample of Brazilian manganese ore.
- the ore was of oxidized type and it contained different types of hydroxides.
- the main phases of the sample comprised manganese oxides, pyro- lusite, vernadite, todorokite, gibbsite, nacrite, kao- linite, silicon oxide, and mullite.
- the chemical anal ⁇ ysis of the ore fines is shown in Table 1.
- the pelletizing test was carried out on a la ⁇ boratory disc with a diameter of 400 mm.
- the pelletizing mixture consisting of dried manganese ore fines, bentonite, and calcite as a flux in some tests, was first mixed manually and then in a laboratory mixer. The mixed batch was manually fed onto the pelletizing disc. The feed was moistened with a water sprayer in accordance with the formation of pellets. The desired pellet diameter was 12 mm. After pelletizing the diameters and compressive strengths of the wet and dried pellets were measured. The moisture of the wet pellets was measured.
- the sintering tests were carried out in an induction furnace.
- the pellets were charged in a 110 ml alumina crucible.
- the crucible was placed into a large graphite crucible in the induction furnace.
- the graphite crucible was covered with a lid. Air was blown into the crucible throughout the test and the temperature was measured.
- the pellets were heated ac- cording to a desired temperature profile for steel belt sintering in the laboratory scale.
- the compres ⁇ sive strength target was 150 kg/pellet (proportioned to 12 mm size) .
- the maximum temperatures in three tests were 1350° C, 1300° C and 1250° C.
- the retention time at the maximum temperature was 9-12 minutes.
- the compressive strength of moist pellets was 1.5 kg/pellet and of dried pellets 7.8 kg/pellet. Compres ⁇ sive strengths of this order are high enough.
- the moisture content of the pellets was about 15%.
- test results indicate that good quality sintered pellets can be produced in an industrial scale process.
- test samples were ground to produce the desired fineness of manganese ore fines for the batch pelletizing and sintering tests. Grinding was carried out with a pressure grinding mill and a vibrating Pal- la mill at a dry state.
- the purpose of batch pelletizing was to study the pelletizing properties of finely divided manganese ore and also to produce pellets for batch sintering tests.
- the ground manganese ore fines were mixed with bentonite. In some cases also coke was added.
- Pelletizing tests were performed using a pelletizing disc. The batch was fed manually onto the disc. The pelletizing feed was moisturized with water sprayer according to the formation of pellets. The desired grain size of pellets was 12 mm.
- Sintering tests were performed using a batch sintering system, which consists of a butane burner, combustion chamber, sintering reactor, and the necessary gas lines.
- the gas lines were equipped with the necessary water-cooled valves to lead combustion gases to the reactor and off-gases to a gas cleaning system.
- the sintering process was controlled continuously by an automatic process control system.
- the batch sintering process comprised the following zones:
- the drying and heating zone was divided into two different zones.
- the amount of gas feed and retention time were pre-selected for each zone.
- the temperature of the combustion gases was con ⁇ trolled by the amount of butane, air ratio, and oxygen enrichment.
- the combustion gases entered the reactor from above.
- the cooling gas was ducted into the reactor from above. In the industrial scale processes the combustion gases and cooling gases would be fed to the material bed from beneath.
- Moist green pellets were charged into the re ⁇ actor on a bottom layer consisting of previously sintered brown pellets. The height of both layers was about 200 mm. After the sintering program was completed, the batch reactor was cooled to below 100° C and the sintered pellets were discharged from the reactor. The bed of sintered pellets was divided into three different sections for the laboratory tests. The sec- tions were an upper section (50 mm) , a middle section (100 mm), and a lower section (50 mm) . The protective bottom layer was changed after every test. Test materials
- the manganese ore fines used as test material were originally too coarse for pelletizing, which is why they had to be ground.
- the test materials were ground in dry state.
- the target fineness was less than 50% under 400 mesh (38 ⁇ ) and 65-70% under 200 mesh (74 ⁇ ) . These target values are coarser than those usually used in chromite pelletizing and sintering in order to avoid breakage of pellets due to decomposi ⁇ tion of volatile components of the ore.
- the grain size of the ground manganese ore fines Z1-Z3 used in the batch pelletizing and sintering tests is shown in Table 3.
- Zl and Z2 represent the manganese ore fines from South African deposits and
- Z3 represents the manganese ore fines from a Brazilian deposit.
- Zl manganese ore contained much more vola- tiles than Z2 manganese ore due to its high content of calcite.
- the high calcium content of Zl manganese ore needs to be taken into account in smelting.
- Z3 manganese ore had also quite high volatile content. Z3 manganese ore was oxidized ore and it con- tained also a plenty of hydroxides.
- Zl manganese ore fines could be divided into three mineralogical types: manganese oxides, silicates and carbonates.
- the manganese phases in the carbonate- based particles were disseminated.
- the manganese oxide phase appeared as bixbyite ( ⁇ 2 ⁇ 3 ) and hausmannite ( ⁇ 3 ⁇ 4 ) grains.
- the silicate phase consisted of manga ⁇ nese silicate grains, such as braunite and caryoplite.
- the carbonate phase appeared as kutnorite and calcite grains .
- Z2 manganese ore fines The microstructure of Z2 manganese ore fines was different from that of Zl manganese ore fines.
- the Z2 manganese ore did not contain as much carbonate as Zl manganese ore.
- Z2 manganese ore could be divided into two morphological types: manganese oxides and silicates.
- the manganese oxides appeared as bixbyite and hausmannite.
- the silicate phase consisted of braunite, calcium manganese silicate and bementite. These oxide and silicate phases were very finely dis ⁇ seminated.
- the silicate grains also contained inclu ⁇ sions of iron oxides.
- the carbonate appeared as cal- cite.
- Z3 manganese ore fines were of oxidized type.
- the manganese ore contained mainly three hydrated com ⁇ ponents: vernandite, gibbsite and goethite.
- the hy ⁇ droxides contained impurities.
- the manganese hydroxide contained a small amount of iron and aluminum.
- Manga ⁇ nese and aluminum also formed hydrosilicate .
- Z3 manga ⁇ nese ore also contained pure Mn02 and S1O2 grains. Po ⁇ tassium and barium appeared in manganese hydroxides.
- the target of the pelletizing and sintering tests was to find proper sintering conditions to pro ⁇ cute suitable pellet grade for smelting in an electric furnace.
- the studied parameters were the retention time and temperature in different sintering zones and coke addition. The same amount of bentonite was used in every test.
- the moisture content of the green pellets was in the range of 6.1-7.5%.
- the wet strength was 2.2-2.7 kg/pellet and the dry strength was 4.6-6.4 kg/pellet. These strength values are high enough.
- the compressive strength of the sintered pel- lets was very high in some tests. Compressive strengths of over 300 kg/pellet could be measured. The pellet size shrank a little during the sintering.
- the maximum temperature of the dry- ing gas was 300° C.
- the feed gas temperature was in ⁇ creased to 1150° C when cooling was started.
- the maxi ⁇ mum temperature in the bed was about 1200° C at the bottom, 1250° C in the middle, and 1280° C on the top of the bed.
- the total retention time in the drying, heating and sintering zones was 22.5 minutes.
- the compressive strength of the sintered pel ⁇ lets of Z2 manganese ore was good in many process con ⁇ ditions.
- the minimum total retention time, without cooling, was 21.5 minutes.
- the drying time varied be- tween 6 and 8 minutes.
- the heating time was 5-12 minutes and the sintering time was 7-14 minutes.
- Pelletizing of Zl manganese ore was easy and coke addition made it even easier.
- the compressive strength of the pellets made from Zl manganese ore fines was at first clearly lower compared to the pel ⁇ lets of Z2 manganese ore. The parameters needed to produce good pellets for smelting were determined.
- the wet strength was 2.6-3.4 kg/pellet and the dry strength was 11.8-16.2 kg/pellet. These strength values are high enough.
- the dry strength of Zl manganese ore pellets was about two times higher than the dry strength of Z2 manganese ore pellets.
- the compressive strength of sintered pellets was acceptable (over 200kg/pellet, not proportioned to 12 mm) in some of the tests. The best results were achieved when the total retention time in drying, heating and sintering steps was 24-26 minutes.
- the temperature of the drying gas was about 300° C at the end of the drying period.
- the maximum temper ⁇ ature in the bed was a little below 1400° C.
- the tem ⁇ perature of the feed gas was 1200° C before cooling was started.
- the temperature in the middle of the bed was 1300-1350° C.
- the pellets shrank considerably during the sintering.
- the compressive strength of the Z3 sintered pellets was not very good if the total retention time in the sintering process was too short.
- the abrasion resistance of sintered pellets was studied using a modified Tumbler method.
- the batch consisted of a sample of 1 kg.
- the test was performed in a steel drum equipped with six lifters. After 90 minutes rotation time the entire batch was screened with 0.6 mm and 5.0 mm sieves.
- the abrasion resistance value indicates the durability of the pellets against abrasion. The lower the value, the higher is the abra ⁇ sion resistance of the pellets.
- Abrasion resistance values for sintered pellets are shown in Table 5.
- the modified Tumbler values of Zl and Z3 pel ⁇ lets were excellent.
- the abrasion resistance of Z2 pellets was the highest although their compressive strength was excellent.
- the Tumbler value of Z2 pellets was at the same level as that of chromite ore pellets.
- Density and porosity are often used to de ⁇ scribe the structure of the sintered pellets.
- the den ⁇ sity and porosity of sintered pellets taken from the middle layer of the material bed are shown in Table 6.
- True density is the mass divided by the vol ⁇ ume of the pellet, the volume not including the pore spaces within the pellet. True density was measured using a He-pycnometer . For this determination, the pellets were ground to a grain size of -74 ⁇ .
- Bulk density is the mass divided by the vol- ume of the pellet, the volume also including the in ⁇ ter-granular spaces, i.e. the porosity factor.
- the di ⁇ ameter of twenty pellets was measured, each from three directions, and the mean diameter was calculated. The pellets were weighed together. The mean weight of the pellets and the bulk density were calculated.
- Total porosity was calculated based on the bulk density and the true density. Apparent density was determined in deionised water under vacuum. Twenty pellets were weighed and put into a beaker and weighed together. The beaker was filled with deionised water to an exact volume. The beaker with pellets and water was weighed. The pellets with water were decanted into a suction bottle con ⁇ taining water. The bottle was connected to a vacuum pump. Air was removed from the pellets under vacuum. The pellets were weighed with the open porosity full of water. Apparent density was calculated based on the mass of dry pellets, bulk volume of dry pellets, mass of water in the open porosity and the density of wa ⁇ ter .
- the total porosity of Zl pellets was very high and much higher than the total porosity of Z2 pellets.
- the main reason for the difference in porosi ⁇ ty can be the fact that the Zl manganese ore contained much more volatiles than the Z2 manganese ore.
- the pellets of Z3 manganese ore had the low- est porosity. Those pellets shrank considerably in the sintering. Furthermore, there seemed to be melt phases on the surface of Z3 pellets.
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