The effect of MgO content on the viscosity of blast furnace slag bearing high Al2O3 was studied under laboratory conditions. The viscosity of slag was determined by rotation method. The research results indicate that when the Al2O3 content in blast furnace slag is 17 % -18 %, the MgO content in blast furnace slag should be controlled at 10 %. When the Al2O3 content is 19 %, the MgO content should be controlled at 11 %, and the binary basicity of the slag should be controlled at around 1,10. This type of blast furnace slag has a lower melting point and better fluidity. The purpose of reducing the MgO content in the slag can be achieved by reducing the MgO content in sintered ore, that is, the MgO content in sintered ore should be controlled at 2,0 %-2,5 %.

Discrete Element Method (DEM) was used to analyze palletization process of MgO-fluxed pellets in cylinder pelletizer. The effects of the charge ratio and rotational speed of the cylinder pelletizer on the behavior of MgO-fluxed pellets were investigated by using the simulation. The simulation results show that under the condition of a certain gradient angle of the cylinder pelletizer (The gradient angle is 3 degrees), the suitable parameters of the cylinder pelletizer are that the charge ratio is 3 % and the rotational speed N/critical rotational speed N-C is 0,3.

The Discrete Element Method (DEM) was used to analyze the pelletization process of MgO-fluxed pellets. The effects of the charge ratio and rotational speed of the disc pelletizer on the behavior of MgO-fluxed pellets were investigated by using a simulation. The simulation results show that under the condition of a certain tilt angle of the disc pelletizer (the tilt angle is 49°), the suitable parameters of the disc pelletizer are that the charge ratio is 20% and the rotational speedis 0.7 N/NC. This simulation model proposed will be useful to research pellets behavior and for the design of disc pelletizers.