Resumo A indústria siderúrgica consome cal continuamente em seus processos de refino do aço. Desta forma, o presente estudo tem por objetivo caracterizar o resíduo lama de cal, proveniente do processo das indústrias de celulose, na etapa de recuperação de reagentes e avaliar sua potencial utilização substituindo a cal como matéria-prima das escórias sintéticas no processo siderúrgico de dessulfuração. O resíduo foi submetido às seguintes técnicas de caracterização: análise química, difração de raios-X (DRX), calorimetria exploratória diferencial (DSC), análise termogravimétrica (TG), análise de superfície específica e de porosidade (BET), análise granulométrica por difração de raios laser. Os resultados obtidos nas análises apontam que a lama de cal possui teores de CaO potenciais para a utilização nos processos siderúrgicos de refino. Palavras-chave: Resíduos sólidos industriais; Lama de cal; Dessulfuração; Escória sintética.
The use of alternative raw materials is essential for establishing a circular economy in the mineral and ironmaking sectors. Therefore, this study investigates the potential of lime sludge as fluxing material during pelletization and proposes an alternative route for the usage of waste. The pellets were manufactured with different binary basicity values (CaO/SiO 2 ) (0.15-0.45) and bentonite (0.5-0.7 wt%) and fixed carbon (0.5-1.1 wt%) contents. The results demonstrated that lime sludge has significant potential for application in pelletization. Pellet quality was evaluated using drop number, mechanical strength, tumble index, porosity, and kinetic analyses. Pellets with the optimal composition using lime sludge withstood 3.6 drops/pellet, a tumble test of 1.57 wt.%, and a mechanical strength test of 214.83 kgf/pellet and exhibited a porosity of 31.28%. Lime sludge did not influence the reducibility of the iron-ore pellets. In the temperature range of 800-900 °C, the reaction was controlled by diffusion, with E a between 179.89 and 233.10 kJ/mol.
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