A pilot-scale study of selective desulfurization via urea addition in iron ore sintering

作者:Long, Hong-ming; Wu, Xue-jian; Chun, Tie-jun*; Di, Zhan-xia; Wang, Ping; Meng, Qing-min
来源:International Journal of Minerals Metallurgy and Materials, 2016, 23(11): 1239-1243.
DOI:10.1007/s12613-016-1344-7

摘要

The iron ore sintering process is the main source of SO2 emissions in the iron and steel industry. In our previous research, we proposed a novel technology for reducing SO2 emissions in the flue gas in the iron ore sintering process by adding urea at a given distance from the sintering grate bar. In this paper, a pilot-scale experiment was carried out in a commercial sintering plant. The results showed that, compared to the SO2 concentration in flue gas without urea addition, the SO2 concentration decreased substantially from 694.2 to 108.0 mg/m(3) when 0.10wt% urea was added. NH3 decomposed by urea reacted with SO2 to produce (NH4)(2)SO4, decreasing the SO2 concentration in the flue gas.