Technological research of process for producing titanium rich slag and complex titanium-containing ferroalloy
Vorobkalo N. Baisanov A. Makhambetov Y. Mynzhasar Y. Nurgali N.
August 2023Elsevier Ltd
Heliyon
2023#9Issue 8
This paper demonstrates the results on the experimental smelting of the titanium rich slag and complex titanium-containing ferroalloy under the large-scale laboratory conditions that simulate industrial one. The technological researches of the process were performed on an ore-thermal furnace with 200 kVA transformer power. The titanium rich slag was produced from the low-grade ilmenite concentrate, i.e. the low TiO2 content and the high content of impurities. During the production of the high-grade titanium slag (TiO2 content: 75–80%), the impurity elements are transferred into the associated alloyed metal (cast iron). Thus, it can be used to smelt the steel. As a result, samples of titanium slag have been produced with the content of the main components, %: TiO2 – 80.2; Al2O3 – 4.5; SiO2 – 1.97; Cr2O3 – 1.3 and Fe2O3 – 9.87. Then, in metallurgical practice a complex titanium-containing ferroalloy was first smelted from the previously produced titanium rich slag using a carbothermic approach. The high-ash coal was applied as a carbon-bearing reducing agent. The ash was more 45%. As a result of tests, a pilot batch of the alloy was produced with the following chemical composition, %: Ti - 20–25; Si - 35–45; Al - 10–15; C - 0.2–0.5; P - no more than 0.08; and ferrum. The main component content in the produced alloy suggests that it can serve as an alternative to a mechanical mixture (FeSi45, aluminum shavings, low-percentage ferrotitanium) for steel alloying and deoxidation purposes.
Carbothermal process , Metals and alloys , Ore-thermal furnace , Smelting , Titanium , Titanium rich slag , Titanium-containing ferroalloy
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Zh. Abishev Chemical-Metallurgical Institute, Laboratory of Pyrometallurgical Processes, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
NPJSC “Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University”, Kazakhstan
Zh. Abishev Chemical-Metallurgical Institute, Laboratory of Ferroalloys and Recovery Processes, Karaganda, Kazakhstan
ERG Research and Engineering Center, LLP, Astana, Kazakhstan
Zh. Abishev Chemical-Metallurgical Institute
NPJSC “Abylkas Saginov Karaganda Technical University”
Zh. Abishev Chemical-Metallurgical Institute
ERG Research and Engineering Center
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