New Measurement Techniques Describing the Sinter Process

Sinter with high and consistent quality, produced with low costs and emissions is very important for iron production. Transport and storage degrade sinter quality, generating fines and segregation effects. Conventional sinter quality monitoring is insufficient as it is slow and expensive. Consequently, sinter quality and the impact of different sinter quality on daily BF operation is extremely non-transparent. In this work, a new approach will be implemented to strengthen the data base that describes the sinter quality at a sinter plant. New on-line measurements will be established, combined, and analyzed with Big Data technologies. This break-through in continuous quality monitoring should help to get continuous quality indices for sinter and will enable combined optimization of sinter plant and BF.