Blast Furnace Operation with Low Fuel Rate

Abstract

At No. 3 blast furnace of K imitsll Works, a test operation was planned to obtain the lower limit of fuel rate (the target was 430 kg/t-Pig mainly by controlling the profile of sqftening-melting zone in the furnace. As a result of the operation, a new record of fue l rate of 431 kg/t-Pig was attained in March, 1975. Based on the results of the test operation, the technique to decrease fuel rate was investigated, and the lower limit of fu el rate to be attained in the next J 0 years wa s estimated by use of a mathematical model to be about 400 kg/t-Pig. This fuel rate is attained mainly by the improvement of raw material properties .