Kinetic Behavior of Self-Reducing Pellets Containing Coal of Elephant Grass

Aiming to reducing the gas emissions in the steel mill, in the present study the kinetic behavior of self-reducing pellets containing elephant grass coal and iron ore was investigated through kinetic isotherms for different temperatures. The pellets were isothermally treated in different time intervals for X-Ray diffraction and SEM analyzes. The results obtained by XRD showed that the higher mass of iron in the sample was achieved until the first 24 min. The SEM analysis allowed visualizing the presence of a metallic porous structure closer to edge and whiskers in the center of sample.