ABSTRACT
The agglomerate is a basic input material for the production of pig iron in the blast furnace and plays an important role in the integrated metallurgical cycle. The agglomeration process is a summary of physical, physicochemical, chemical and thermal processes that alter the structure and composition of the input materials. This process occurs in a heterogeneous system of the gas-liquid-solid phase. Within the agglomeration process technology, production of metallised agglomerate from secondary ferriferous materials was also verified. In the production of all the agglomerates, fine-grained coke powder is mainly used as a fuel. Flammability is also the essential property of agglomeration fuels. The combustion zone of sinter layer is moving as fast as fuel burns. The burning of fuel never takes place in the whole agglomeration layer but runs as an ongoing process of burning in a small sintered layer.
