Effect of Smelting Time on Vanadium and Titanium Distribution Behavior and Slag Viscosity in HIsmelt

Abstract

HIsmelt is well suited for smelting vanadium–titanium magnetite due to its flexibility in feedstock selection and tolerance to high viscosity slag, compared with the blast furnace. In this work, the effect of smelting time on the distribution behavior and recovery rates of vanadium and titanium in HIsmelt smelting of vanadium–titanium magnetite was investigated by experiment for the first time. The relationship between slag viscosity and temperature at different smelting times was further revealed by thermodynamic calculations. The experimental results show that extending the smelting time increases the FeO content in the slag, the LV rose from 0.66 to 5.02, the LTi declined from 206.90 to 114.86, the shorter smelting time is favorable for increasing the recovery ratio of vanadium and titanium in metal and slag. In addition, slag viscosity decreases with increasing smelting time. The precipitation of high melting point titania spinel and CaTiO3 phases is responsible for the significant increase in slag viscosity at 1300 °C.