Table 5: Savings in the coke consumption in the sintering process as the result of replacing L.S. by C.M.

No.

Calcareous mud (%)

Saving in coke (%)

Drum test (%)

1

0 (100% L.S.)

0

12.0

2

10 (90% L.S.)

2

12.3

3

20 (80% L.S.)

4

12.5

4

30 (70% L.S.)

6

12.8

5

40 (60% L.S.)

8

13.0

6

50 (50% L.S.)

9

13.2

7

60 (40% L.S.)

10

13.5

8

70 (30% L.S.)

11

13.8

9

80 (20% L.S.)

12

14.0

10

90 (10% L.S.)

14

14.2

11

100 (0% L.S.)

15

14.5