Dephosphorization Treatment of High Phosphorus Iron Ore by Pre-reduction, Air Jet Milling and Screening Methods

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel process for the pre-treatment of high phosphorus iron ore by pre-reduction, air jet milling and screening methods. The dephosphorization behavior was evaluated as a function of such parameters as the milling gas kinetic energy, E_k and specific energy consumption, E_sp. At a fixed milling gas kinetic energy, the dephosphorization treatment behavior was highly dependent on the solids feed rate and the degree of sintering of the pre-reduced phases. The proposed pre-treatment process involves a pre-reduction process by carbonaceous materials at 1200°C, and air jet milling using E_k of 325.24 kJ and E_sp of 3.24 kJkg^–1h followed by fine screen separation using a 25 μm screen size.