The objective of this work was to investigate the effect of temperature on the velocity of MnO reduction by a carbon saturated liquid iron bath. The tests were performed in a laboratory apparatus specially designed to simulate smelting reduction reactions. The reactions were carried out respectively at 1500°C, 1550°C and 1600°C, and also the initial manganese concentration in the bath were 0%, 10% e 40%. The apparent activation energies were graphically determined for the overall reduction process through the initial velocity method. The overall reaction rate increases as the temperature increases, and the apparent activation energies were 64,8, 63,13 and 63,25 kcal/mol, respectively for 0%, 10% and 40% of initial manganese content in the carbon saturated iron bath.
Reduction; Kinetics; MnO
