DYNAMIC PROCESS MODELING OF IRON-ORE SINTERING

A mathematical model was developed for the iron ore sintering process considering all the major thermochemical phenomena in the system, assu ming both the static and moving bed configurations. The model predicte d a large number of parameters pertinent to the sintering process incl uding the temperatures of the gas and solid, concentration of various species, amount of solid melted etc. The results were tested against t he data existing in literature, and a limited number of pot tests cond ucted in a pilot plant. Despite high complexity of the problem, the ag reement between the experimental and simulated data was reasonably goo d.