The aim of this work was to study the iron oxides and zinc reduction of from Electric Arc Furnace Dusts (EAFD), added in the form of a briquette with high silicon content present in hot metal bath. The EAFD will be. This study has begun with the EAFD characterization by chemical analysis, particle size determination, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and Energy Dispersive Spectroscopy (EDS) microanalysis. This study utilized a bench-scale equipment to melt the reactants. During this process, a flow rate of inert gas was kept above the bath. Bath samples were collected periodically and the total silicon content in the hot metal was determined by chemical analysis. Zinc oxide, zinc ferrite and other oxides were reduced, volatized and collected by a gas cleaning system (baghouse) located on top of the oven. It was possible to find peaks in the EDS with a composition of approximately 55.00 % zinc and reduction the FeO by silicon and carbon of hot metal.
Electric Arc Furnace Dust; Briquetting and Recycling
