Research on Boron Extraction Rate of Boron-Containing Slag and its Industrial Experimental Conditions

With the boron-containing slag separated from ludwigite in the 13m3 blast furnace as crude material, cooling experiments in practice are fulfilled, where reasonable boron-containing slag cooling technic and industrial cooling installation conditions in industrial practice are obtained. Relationship between cooling rate and extraction rate of boron is observed. That is, as long as cooling rate keeps below 2°C/min in the temperature range of 1200°C~900°C , average boron extraction rate increases with the rise of cooling rate in the temperature range of 1500°C~1200°C and could reach up to 80%. This result is coincided with that of laboratory research.The experimental result demonstrates that twin zone cooling technology could be fulfilled in practice. Meanwhile, the way for the future cooling equipments design is pointed out. This study has scientific values for both practice and theory on multipurpose utilization of mineral resources.