Applied Chemical Engineering

Utilization of converter gases through energy chemical accumulation

V.S Korolev

Department of Innovative Tecnologies for High-Tech Industries, National Reserch University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute", Moscow, 111250, Russia

M.Y Shevyakov

Department of Innovative Tecnologies for High-Tech Industries, National Reserch University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute", Moscow, 111250, Russia

S.N Petin

Department of Innovative Tecnologies for High-Tech Industries, National Reserch University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute", Moscow, 111250, Russia

A.V Burmakina

Department of Innovative Tecnologies for High-Tech Industries, National Reserch University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute", Moscow, 111250, Russia

I.I Feoktistov

Department of Innovative Tecnologies for High-Tech Industries, National Reserch University "Moscow Power Engineering Institute", Moscow, 111250, Russia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.59429/ace.v8i3.5712

Keywords: converter gas; natural gas; metallurgical industry; exergy analysis; carbon dioxide conversion; energy chemical accumulation; reactor; metallic dust carryover; numerical simulation

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Abstract

This study presents an exergy analysis of options for efficient converter gases in steel production. The analysis concluded that the most preferable option involves regenerative fuel utilization of converter gas through an energy chemical accumulation process. A geometric model of the energy chemical accumulation reactor was developed and investigated using ANSYS Fluent. The study determined reactor dimensions that ensure an equilibrium syngas composition. Furthermore, it established the correspondence between the energy chemical accumulation reactor's geometric parameters and the dimensions of the inclined gas duct in the converter gas cooling boiler.

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