Abstract：The development of the electric furnace steelmaking play a very important role in the adjustment of the modern iron and steel industry. And the direct reduction iron is the key for the development of electric furnace steelmaking. Because of the lack of technology of coal gasification- shaft furnace and resources of natural gas in China, using gas- base shaft furnace to produce direct reduction iron in our country is rare. A new reduction process by using the pyrolysis of methanol to produce the direct reduction iron was put forward. Moreover, the advantages of methanol embodied in the new technology were also discussed, and the feasibility of methanol as a reducing agent was analyzed by the two aspects of using domestic coal and abroad natural gas to make methanol. By considering the future trend of development in this industry, using methanol to produce direct reduction iron had obvious advantages in environmental protection, energy saving, short process, and it was no need for the coal gasification- shaft furnace complex linking process, the source of reducing agent was solved. Thus, it is worthy to promote and develop this new idea in this industry.
刘冬冬. 用甲醇生产直接还原铁的可行性探讨[J]. 中国冶金, 2017, 27(11): 24-29.
LIU Dong- dong. Discussion on feasibility of production of direct reduction iron by using methanol. China Metallurgy, 2017, 27(11): 24-29.
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