PEREKAYASAAN ALAT SIMULASI REDUKSI PELET BIJIH BESI BERKARBON[

Abstract

There are three types of iron ore resources in Indonesia such like iron laterite as the most potential, followed by iron sand and the last is iron metasomatic ore, where all of them still have not developed. According to the lack of anthracite and the abundant of bituminous / sub bituminous coal in Indonesia, beside the slag viscosity of iron sand it looks that the direct reduction process to get sponge iron (DRI) is more suitable to threat all of the ores. For that the plan to design a simulation reduction furnace for treating coal bearing pellets of the iron ores have been carried out. The main factors in design are the type and capacity of the furnace (lab.scale). Among the kind of furnaces that decided to design is Paired Straight Hearth (PSH) furnace. It is expected beside to get sponge iron, the reduction also possible to get nugget iron. Due to the furnace is designed to be capable for a temperature of 1200 °C and if possible for 1500 °C. The capacity of the simulation furnace for iron ore is designed for 16,7 kg green pellets of feed, and using heavy fuel oil or LPG as its fuel.