The arc furnace is an important equipment in the production of manganese
ferroalloys. In the smelting process, it produces high temperature flue gas
above 700 K, which has high utilization value. During the pelleting process,
moisture exists on the surface and inside of the pellets, which, if directly
fed into the arc furnace, will lower the temperature of the furnace,
affecting the production, and will also cause the pellets to burst,
resulting in pressure fluctuations in the furnace and other hazards. The
preheating shaft kiln reduces the moisture content of the pellet while
preheating the pellet by utilizing high temperature flue gas. In this paper,
through the establishment of porous media and shrinking core coupling
mathematical model, to achieve the prediction of the heating and drying
process of the pellets of various particle sizes, which is in good agreement
with the production monitoring data. The results show that 9~11 mm pellets
have the best preheating effect in terms of tail gas temperature, pellet
temperature and preheating time.