Microwaves Applied to Carbothermic Reduction of Iron Ore Pellets

Abstract

Results of reduction tests conducted on iron ore pellets with carbon are presented in this work. Work done is centered on reduction kinetics using carbon as the reducing agent with a conventional heat supply (heat transfer process) compared with reduction kinetics where heat is supplied by microwaves to the whole volume. Ore used in this work is called “Alzada” which has well known reducibility characteristics, and is often used as standard for comparison.