The molten iron temperature in the taphole of a blast furnace (BF) is an important variable which reflects the internal heat of the BF. However, there is no method to detect the temperature directly. To solve this difficulty, an approach to measure the temperature of molten iron in taphole is proposed in this paper. First, during the stable tapping period, a heat transfer model is established according to the principle of equal heat flux of the trench walls, which is used to calculate the molten iron temperature at different positions in the main pipeline according to the temperature measured by thermocouples buried in trench walls. Next, a main pipeline temperature drop model is established based on the pipe temperature drop theory. Finally, the output of heat transfer model is used as the data source for parameter identification in the temperature drop model. The least-squares method is adopted to identify the molten iron temperature in the taphole. The proposed approach was validated in a practical industrial experiment at the #2 BF in an iron making plant. The results illustrate the effectiveness and rationality of the proposed approach and provides credible temperature data for the control of the BF.
The temperature measurement of blast furnace (BF) molten iron is a mandatory requirement in the ironmaking process, and the molten iron temperature is significant in estimating the molten iron quality and control blast furnace condition. However, it is not easy to realize real-time measurement of molten iron temperature because of the harsh environment in the blast furnace casthouse and the high-temperature characteristics of molten iron. To achieve continuous detection of the molten iron temperature of the blast furnace, this paper proposes a temperature measurement method based on infrared thermography and a temperature reduction model. Firstly, an infrared thermal imager is applied to capture the infrared thermal image of the molten iron flow after the skimmer. Then, based on the temperature distribution of the molten iron flow region, a temperature mapping model is established to measure the molten iron temperature after the skimmer. Finally, a temperature reduction model is developed to describe the relationship between the molten iron temperature at the taphole and skimmer, and the molten iron temperature at the taphole is calculated according to the temperature reduction model and the molten iron temperature after the skimmer. Industrial experiment results illustrate that the proposed method can achieve simultaneous measurement of molten iron temperature at the skimmer and taphole and provide reliable temperature data for regulating the blast furnace.
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