The invention relates to a
coal-based direct reduction-melt separation furnace
smelting reduction iron-making process using an external heating mode. Equipment used in the process comprises a pellet
drying chamber, a distributing device, an external heating type reduction furnace and a melt separation furnace which are arranged from top to bottom. The process includes the steps that S1, carbon-bearing
pellets are preheated and dried in the pellet
drying chamber; S2, the carbon-bearing
pellets in a reduction chamber are continuously and evenly heated, and the carbon-bearing
pellets are quickly reduced in the reduction chamber; S3, high-temperature metallized pellets are obtained after the carbon-bearing pellets in the reduction chamber are reduced, and the high-temperature metallized pellets are charged into the melt separation furnace in a hot-delivery and hot-charging mode to be subjected to reduction
smelting; S4, after the metallized pellets enter the melt separation furnace, the
melting point, the
viscosity and the separating effect of
slag iron are controlled through the content of added flux and pulverized
coal, reduction
smelting of the metallized pellets is completed, and accordingly high-quality molten iron and high-temperature furnace
slag are obtained. By the adoption of the process,
iron ore which is low in grade and difficult to reduce is utilized comprehensively, the technological process is shortened, production cost is lowered, product quality is improved, and production efficiency is effectively improved.