Centre De Recherches Metallurgiques-centrum Voor Research in De

Centre De Recherches Metallurgiques-centrum Voor Research De Metallurgie

Henry Gilbert Meunier

Georges Victor Rolf

Jacques Toussaint Boelens

The permeability of a mixture to be agglomerated is measured by means of at east one permeability-measuring device situated upstream of a mixer directly preceding a feed hopper feeding an agglomerating apparatus. Water is added to the mixture in the mixer. The measured permeability value is utilized to influence the quantity of water added in the mixer by means of an automatic feed-forward regulating loop so as to obtain a given permeability at the output of the mixer. The feed-forward loop may be combined with a feedback regulating loop.

Controlling an iron-ore agglomeration process

A combustible bed of ore is formed on a sinter grate, which may form part of a sinter strand. Holes are pierced through the bed before ignition. Combustion-supporting gas is passed through the ignited bed to cause a combustion front to pass through the bed. The bed can be pierced by piercing members carried by a reciprocal frame on a carriage moving parallel to the sinter strand.

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Henry Gilbert Meunier