This thesis explores the feasibility of injecting waste plastic particles and two compositions of hot syngas, produced from a gasification reactor utilizing waste plastics and natural gas, as alternative fuel sources in ironmaking blast furnaces. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis is employed to assess the viability of these fuels. The study investigates impacts of these novel alternative injected fuels on flame temperature, quenching impact, hot metal temperature, coke replacement ratio, and furnace stability
This research was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, under the Industrial Efficiency and Decarbonization Office Award Number DE-EE0009390.