Reactivity of brazilian coal, charcoal, imported coal and blends aiming to their injection into blast furnaces

For about 10 years the steel industry in Brazil has used pulverized coal injection (PCI) technology in the blast furnaces based on imported coals. In order to decrease the dependence on imported coals, Brazilian coal, which has limited use due to high ash content, was suggested to be mixed with impo...

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Main Authors: Janaína Gonçalves Maria da Silva Machado, Eduardo Osório, Antônio Cezar Faria Vilela
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2010-09-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392010000300003