PROCESS OF DEZINCIFYING A MATERIAL FLOW OPERATING A PIG-IRON PRODUCTION PLANT

摘要

There is disclosed a process of dezincifying the flow of material at the operation of a plant for the production of pig iron including a direct reduction shaft furnace and a meltdown gasifier. The crude reducing gas drawn off the meltdown gasifier is dedusted in two steps. In the first step zinc-poor coal dust is separated in a cyclone operated at a higher temperature, which is recycled into the meltdown gasifier. In the second step, upon cooling of the gas leaving the first cyclone, solid particles enriched with zinc are separated at a lower temperature. The dezincified reducing gas is fed to the direct reduction shaft furnace and the zinc-rich substances separated off the second cyclones are processed to a zinc concentrate.