Converter steelmaking method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024068061-A1
Application number	US-202118270606-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Dec 17, 2021
Priority date	Jan 26, 2021
Publication date	Feb 29, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

A converter steelmaking method has molten pig iron subjected to dephosphorization process for dephosphorized molten iron, dephosphorized molten iron is subjected to decarburization process for molten steel. For dephosphorization process, a first cold iron source in amount meeting Formula (1) is charged into first converter-type vessel, then undephosphorized molten pig iron is charged and subjected to dephosphorization process. Dephosphorized molten iron is discharged and held in molten metal receiving vessel. After second cold iron source is charged into first converter-type vessel in which dephosphorization process has been performed, the dephosphorized molten iron held in molten metal receiving vessel is charged and subjected to decarburization process. % W s0 ≤0.1186T−134 (% W s0 ≥0) . . . (1), where % W s0 : a ratio (%) of first cold iron source to sum of first cold iron source and charge amount of undephosphorized molten pig iron, and T: a temperature (° C.) of undephosphorized molten pig iron.

First claim

1 . A converter steelmaking method comprising:
a step in which an auxiliary material is added, and an oxidizing gas is supplied, to a cold iron source and undephosphorized molten pig iron that are contained in a converter-type vessel, and the undephosphorized molten pig iron is subjected to a dephosphorization process to obtain dephosphorized molten iron, and the obtained dephosphorized molten iron is tapped into a molten metal receiving vessel and held in the molten metal receiving vessel; and a step in which the dephosphorized molten iron held in the molten metal receiving vessel is recharged into a first converter-type vessel in which the dephosphorization process has been performed or a second converter-type vessel different from the first converter-type vessel, and an oxidizing gas is supplied and the dephosphorized molten iron is subjected to a decarburization process to obtain molten steel, wherein: for the dephosphorization process, after a first cold iron source in an amount meeting Formula (1) below is charged all at once into the first converter-type vessel, the undephosphorized molten pig iron is charged and subjected to the dephosphorization process; and for the decarburization process, after a second cold iron source is charged all at once into the first converter-type vessel in which the dephosphorization process has been performed or the second converter-type vessel different from the first converter-type vessel, the dephosphorized molten iron held in the molten metal receiving vessel is charged and subjected to the decarburization process:
% W s0 ≤−0.1186 T− 134(% W s0 ≥0)  (1)

where % W s0 : a ratio (%) of a charge amount of the first cold iron source to a sum of the charge amount of the first cold iron source and a charge amount of the undephosphorized molten pig iron, and T: a temperature (° C.) of the undephosphorized molten pig iron.

2 . The converter steelmaking method according to claim 1 , wherein,
during one or both of the dephosphorization process and the decarburization process, a third cold iron source is fed into the converter-type vessel from a furnace top of the converter-type vessel.

3 . The converter steelmaking method according to claim 2 , wherein,
during one or both of the dephosphorization process and the decarburization process, the third cold iron source to be fed into the converter-type vessel from the furnace top of the converter-type vessel is fed in amounts that meet Formula (2) below:
W sadd ≤2.4 t add   (2)

where W sadd : a feed amount of the cold iron source (t), and t add : for a first time of feeding from the furnace top, a time (minutes) from the start of blowing to the start of the first time of feeding, and for second and subsequent times of feeding, a time (minutes) from the completion of a preceding time of feeding to the start of a next time of feeding.

4 . The converter steelmaking method according to claim 2 , wherein
a longest dimension of the third cold iron source to be fed from the furnace top of the converter-type vessel is 100 mm.

5 . The converter steelmaking method according to claim 2 , wherein, when charging the third cold iron source from the furnace top of the converter-type vessel into the converter-type vessel during the dephosphorization process, one or both of the following conditions are met: that the concentration of carbon contained in the third cold iron source is not lower than 0.3 mass %, and that the temperature of the dephosphorized molten iron upon completion of the dephosphorization process is not lower than 1380° C.

6 . The converter steelmaking method according to claim 3 , wherein
a longest dimension of the third cold iron source to be fed from the furnace top of the converter-type vessel is 100 mm.

7 . The converter steelmaking method according to claim 3 , wherein, when charging the third cold iron source from the furnace top of the converter-type vessel into the converter-type vessel during the dephosphorization process, one or both of the following conditions are met: that the concentration of carbon contained in the third cold iron source is not lower than 0.3 mass %, and that the temperature of the dephosphorized molten iron upon completion of the dephosphorization process is not lower than 1380° C.

8 . The converter steelmaking method according to claim 4 , wherein, when charging the third cold iron source from the furnace top of the converter-type vessel into the converter-type vessel during the dephosphorization process, one or both of the following conditions are met: that the concentration of carbon contained in the third cold iron source is not lower than 0.3 mass %, and that the temperature of the dephosphorized molten iron upon completion of the dephosphorization process is not lower than 1380° C.

9 . The converter steelmaking method according to claim 6 , wherein, when charging the third cold iron source from the furnace top of the converter-type vessel into the converter-type vessel during the dephosphorization process, one or both of the following conditions are met: that the concentration of carbon contained in the third cold iron source is not lower than 0.3 mass %, and that the temperature of the dephosphorized molten iron upon completion of the dephosphorization process is not lower than 1380° C.

Assignees

• Jfe Steel Corp

Inventors

• YOKOMORI Rei
• Ogasawara Futoshi
• Kawabata Ryo
• Kikuchi Naoki
• HATTORI Yudai

Classifications

• C21C7/072 Primary

  Treatment with gases (C21C7/06, C21C7/064, C21C7/068 take precedence) · CPC title

• C21C1/02 Primary

  Dephosphorising or desulfurising · CPC title

• C21C5/28 Primary

  Manufacture of steel in the converter {(C21C5/005 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• C21C7/068

  Decarburising · CPC title

• C21C2300/08

  Particular sequence of the process steps · CPC title