Abstract
The majority of ferrochrome (FeCr) is produced through the carbothermic reduction of chromite ore. In recent years, FeCr producers have been pressured to curve carbon emissions, necessitating the exploration of alternative smelting methods. The use of hydrogen as a chromite reductant only yields water as a by-product, preventing the formation of carbon monoxide (CO)-rich off-gas. It is however understood that only the Fe-oxide constituency of chromite can be metalized by hydrogen, whereas the chromium (Cr)-oxide constituency requires significantly higher temperatures to be metalized. Considering the alternation of chromite’s spinel structure when oxidized before traditional smelting procedures, the effects on its reducibility using hydrogen were investigated. Firstly, the effect of hydrogen availability was considered and shown to have a significant effect on Fe metallization. Subsequently, spinel alternation induced by pre-oxidation promoted the hydrogen-based reducibly of the Fe-oxide constituency, and up to 88.4% of the Fe-oxide constituency was metallized. The Cr-oxide constituency showed little to no reduction. The increase in Fe-oxide reducibility was ascribed to the formation of an exsolved Fe2O3-enriched sesquioxide phase, which was more susceptible to reduction when compared to Fe-oxides present in the chromite spinel. The extent of Fe metallization of the pre-oxidized chromite was comparable to that of unoxidized chromite under significantly milder reduction conditions.
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INPART
Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa
Subject
Geology,Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
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