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Optimization of Raceway Parameters in Iron Making Blast Furnace for Maximizing the Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) Rate
CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India
Chemical Engineering Department, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Odisha, India
Mechanical Engineering Department, ITER, SOA Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, India
Chemical Engineering Department, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Odisha, India
- 1 CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur, India
- 2 Chemical Engineering Department, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Odisha, India
- 3 Mechanical Engineering Department, ITER, SOA Deemed to Be University, Bhubaneswar, India
- 4 Chemical Engineering Department, Indira Gandhi Institute of Technology, Sarang, Odisha, India
Advances in Chemical Engineering and Science·Volume 11 (2021)·Pages 141–153·Published 26 February 2021·DOI10.4236/aces.2021.112009
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Abstract
This paper presents a method by which the maximum possible rate of pulverized coal injection (PCI) in blast furnace can be predicted. The method is based on a two-step approach. First, a first principle simulation model of the blast furnace is used to generate data sets for the development of a linear model of pulverized coal injection rate. The data has been generated randomly in MATLAB software within the range of operating parameters (constraints) of the blast furnace. After that , the coefficients of the function have been determined. The inputs and the resulting outputs formed the data on which the linear optimization model was developed. Next, the linear model was used for maximizing the pulverized coal rate injection by optimizing the other variables. Two operating Indian Blast Furnaces have been chosen to validate the optimization model.
KeywordsRaceway ParametersBlast FurnaceOptimizationPCI
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