Blast furnace

Pellet swelling has been widely studied, being simultaneous with reduction reactions and common in the operation of blast furnaces. A tube furnace equipped with a camera recording system was used here to study the dynamic and isothermal reduction swelling behaviour of olivine and acid pellets under simulated BF shaft conditions.

Selected publications

• M. Iljana, O. Mattila, T. Alatarvas, V.-V. Visuri, J. Kurikkala, T. Paananen, and T. Fabritius, “Dynamic and Isothermal Reduction Swelling Behaviour of Olivine and Acid Iron Ore Pellets under Simulated Blast Furnace Shaft Conditions”, ISIJ International, vol. 52, no. 7, pp. 1257–1265, 2012.