Blast furnace

Pellet swelling, which occurs simultaneously with reduction reactions, has been widely studied because it is common during blast furnace operation. A tube furnace equipped with a camera recording system was used 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.
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