2021 Volume 107 Issue 6 Pages 494-501
For achieving high sinter yield and quality, various technologies are being implemented and developed to control the heat pattern during the sintering reaction. Further improvements in these technologies necessitate detailed time-course profiles of temperature at all sinter-bed heights; however, no technique has yet been reported for determining the temperature distribution in the top layers of the sinter bed at high spatial and time resolutions. Herein, detailed heat patterns in these layers were visualized by a newly developed pot test apparatus having ~300-mm sinter-bed height. The developed apparatus demonstrated the effect of ignition time on heat patterns during combustion and immediately after ignition. Ignition times of 30, 60, and 90 s demonstrated that the high-temperature holding time increased with an increase in ignition time, and this effect is more evident in the top layer. All parameters, including high-temperature holding time, flue gas composition, and sinter yield, suggest that a longer ignition time intensified coke combustion in the top half layer. The developed technique to measure the temperature in the top layer will quantitatively clarify the effect of segregation or ignition condition on the heat pattern in the top layer.
