简介：Thedistributionofreducinggasinashaftfurnacedominatesthetemperatureprofile,gasutilizationratio,metallizationdegreeandistheoverwhelmingfactorforstable,highproductivitiesandlow-energy-consumptionoperation.Atthesametime,thedistributionofgasflowismainlydeterminedbythepositionofgasinlet,thepackedbedporositydistributionaswellasitschangeduetothedifferenceonthemodeoftopchargeandbottomdischarge.Wheninjectingpositionoftheprocessisfixed,thechargemodeistheonlymeansforregulatingthegasflowdistribution.Inthispaper,anumericalsimulationmodelofburdendistributionintheshaftfurnaceofCOREX3000hasbeendevelopedtoanalyzetheporositydistributionunderthedifferentchargemodesbymeansofDiscreteElementMethod(DEM).Theeffectsoftheparticlesizeanditsdistributionunderconditionsofdifferentchargebatches,chuteangle,stokelineontheburdensurfaceshapeandburdenbedparticlesizedistributionandsegregationwereinvestigated,andthentheporositydistributionintheshaftofcorrespondingchargingpatternwasquantitativelyaccessed.Therefore,theresultscanbeusedtooptimizethechargepatternsbaseonrequiredgasdistribution.