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Chemical reactions at reduction of iron from oxides by natural gas
Author(s) -
В. И. Бердников,
Ю. А. Гудим
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
izvestiâ vysših učebnyh zavedenij. černaâ metallurgiâ
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.3
H-Index - 7
eISSN - 2410-2091
pISSN - 0368-0797
DOI - 10.17073/0368-0797-2020-1-84-86
Subject(s) - methane , natural gas , hydrogen , magnetite , carbon fibers , chemistry , impurity , oxygen , carbon monoxide , reduction (mathematics) , inorganic chemistry , materials science , metallurgy , catalysis , organic chemistry , geometry , mathematics , composite number , composite material
The main component of natural gas is methane CH4 , that is, a component consisting of two active reducing agents for iron – carbon and hydrogen. Previously, computer simulations have found that the reduction of iron from magnetite with carbon begins at 680 °C, and its reduction with hydrogen – at 350 °C. In this paper it is shown that the beginning of the reduction of iron with methane should be expected at a temperature of 530 °C. However, this temperature for natural gas, obtained from gas condensate fields and containing up to 10 % of heavy hydrocarbons and impurities, increases to 550 °C. When using natural gas together with oxygen in the ratio CH4 : O2 = 2:1, temperature of the beginning of reduction also increases to 620 °C. In addition, a calculation formula was proposed for Fe – O – C – H system, which allows predicting the formation of a “pure” phase of iron at 1500 °C based on the chemical composition of the reducing gas mixture.

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