Research progress on granulation process of iron and steel slag

Efficient utilization of iron and steel slag is one of the important measures to achieve peak carbon emissions and carbon neutrality in the iron and steel industry. Improving the recycling rate of iron and steel slag has become an urgent problem to be solved by scholars and enterprises at home and abroad. Therefore, it is of great significance to continuously optimize the recycling process of iron and steel slag and waste heat recovery technology. By comparing and analyzing the advantages and disadvantages of different granulation processes for iron and steel slag, the disadvantages of using dry or wet granulation processes alone for iron and steel slag are pointed out in this paper. Then, a combined granulation process mode combining dry and wet processes is proposed to improve the processing efficiency of molten slag. The increase in resource conversion rate and the quality of granulated slag after primary granulating of iron and steel slag contribute to reducing the amount of slag to be treated secondarily. Furthermore, the energy consumption and pollutant emissions of slag secondary treatment will be decreased as well. It is intended to provide a reference for slag treatment technology and slag utilization rate expansion in iron and steel enterprises.