PHYSICAL PROCESS FOR THE RECOVERY OF IRON FROM MAGNETIC CEMENTITIOUS SPHERICAL PARTICLES GENERATED FROM METALLURGICAL BYPRODUCTS

• Main Authors: PERERA MERCADO YIBRAN ARGENIS, RODRIGUEZ RUIZ FABIAN ROBERTO, SAUCEDO SALAZAR ESMERALDA MONSERRAT
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 24.10.2013
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION ORPROCESSING OF GOODS; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OFWROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINSTCLIMATE CHANGE; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

A physical process for recovering iron from magnetic cementitious spherical particles generated from metallurgical by-products such as slag from a basic oxygen converter (B.O.F.S) by applying a thermal process assisted by Ar-He plasma, which allows the microstructural and morphological transformation of these compounds based on iron, resulting in the generation of magnetic phases, among others. The separation process is based on the classification of the particles according to their new magnetic properties. Thus, when applying a magnetic field, the particles are separated into two fractions: a highly magnetic one and with low cementitious properties, and another fraction with high cementitious properties and almost no magnetic properties. The highly magnetic fraction is mixed with an aqueous medium to form an agglomerate and facilitate its transportation to be reefed to an iron melting process. The fraction with low magnetic properties has potential applications as a densifier in non-conventional cement and concrete.