Abstract:
The aim of this project was to make iron ore briquettes of sufficient handling
strength and quality to be used in blast furnaces, in particular, to experiment
a cheap iron ore agglomeration method which would yield briquettes with
properties good enough to be reduced under furnace conditions. Developing
a feasible method for iron ore briquette agglomeration was the first half of
the project, while finding the ideal briquette compositions was the aim of the
project afterwards. The expected outcome of this project was to prove that it
was possible to make high quality iron ore briquettes from locally available
raw materials such as Dela, Aruwakkalu lime and coconut shell charcoal.
The expectations to produce an iron ore briquette composition of ideal green
strength and firing properties were fulfilled successfully.
