Improvement of Burden and Gas Distribution in Blast Furnace Based on Full Scale Model Experiments

Abstract

Although many efforts have been made to control the burden distribution, there was not yet adequate information to obtain the best control. Therefore, Nippon Kokan K. K. built a full scale 36° segment model equipped with two bells, movable armors, a burden discharge facility and a cold blast supply facility. A number of experiments were made to obtain the burden and gas distribution.
The results of these experiments have been utilized to improve the burden and gas distribution in Fukuyama No. 4 BF; the change from two-batch charging to one-batch charging leading to a more uniform burden distribution resulted in the decrease in fuel rate by 10 kg/THM.