STEEL PRODUCTION FROM IRON MELT
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20240052442A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-02-15

    申请号:US18250928

    申请日:2021-10-28

    IPC分类号: C21B13/14 C21B13/00 C21C5/52

    摘要: A process for steel production that includes:



    production of sponge iron from iron oxide-containing starting material by direct reduction with reduction gas, wherein the reduction gas has at least 20% by volume of hydrogen H2,
    and production of an iron melt having a carbon content of 1-5% by mass from the sponge iron.




    Sponge iron is subjected to a treatment that includes:



    energy input and addition of additives to produce a melt and a slag, wherein the energy input is effected substantially from electricity and wherein the slag has a basicity B2 of less than 1.3, preferably less than 1.25, particularly preferably less than 1.2,
    adjustment of the carbon content in the melt,
    reduction of at least a sub-amount of the iron oxides present in the sponge iron




    The slag is separated during and/or after the treatment.

    MODULAR DIRECT REDUCTION SYSTEMS AND ASSOCIATED METHODS

    公开(公告)号:US20230295755A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-09-21

    申请号:US17697850

    申请日:2022-03-17

    摘要: A modular direct reduction system for producing direct reduced iron (DRI) includes a reformer system which receives a flow of feed gas and which discharges a flow of reducing gas, the reformer system including a plurality of separate reformer modules connected together and wherein each reformer module includes a reformer vessel including an internal chamber, a reactor tube extending through the internal chamber of the reformer vessel and containing a catalyst configured to react with the feed gas received by the reactor tube to form the reducing gas, and a burner to burn a fuel gas to heat the reactor tube, and a furnace system connected to the reformer system and including a furnace having a first inlet which receives an iron ore, a second inlet which receives the reducing gas from the reformer system to form the DRI, and an outlet which discharges the DRI.

    DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN IRON

    公开(公告)号:US20220002826A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-01-06

    申请号:US17294197

    申请日:2019-11-01

    申请人: POSCO

    摘要: A device for manufacturing molten iron is provided. The device for manufacturing the molten iron includes a multi-stage fluidized reduction furnace for reducing a powdered iron ore including hematite and limonite, a melting gas furnace connected to the fluidized reduction furnace through an ore conduit and a gas conduit, a fluidized bed oxidation furnace for oxidizing magnetite to be converted into hematite through steam provided from the fluidized reduction furnace, and a hydrogen processing unit for processing hydrogen generated by the oxidation reaction of magnetite in the fluidized bed oxidation furnace.

    Multi-stage suspension magnetizing roasting-magnetic separation system device and method for refractory iron ore

    公开(公告)号:US10543491B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-28

    申请号:US15991690

    申请日:2018-05-29

    摘要: The invention discloses a multi-stage suspension magnetizing roasting-magnetic separation system and method for refractory iron ore, which belongs to the field of mineral processing technology. This system comprises multistage suspension preheater, multistage suspension oxidizer, multistage suspension redactor, on-line grade analyzer, ore-like splitter, magnetic separator, dust remover, roots blower and other components and connection modes. The refractory iron ore treated by the present method can be produced to homogeneous magnetite or maghemite accurately, and through magnetic separation, on-line grade analyzer detection and ore-like splitter, the concentrate powder which reach the set grade can be obtained, and the unqualified ore powder enters the next stage of oxidation-reduction-magnetic separation-split treatment. Through the present system and method, products with different roasting quality can be obtained, and can avoid the phenomenon of over burning or under burning occurring in the past process and equipment.

    Use of top gas in direct reduction processes

    公开(公告)号:US10260117B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-16

    申请号:US14905680

    申请日:2014-07-22

    发明人: Ahmed H. Al-Nazr

    IPC分类号: C21B13/00 C21B13/14 C01B3/34

    摘要: In one aspect, the invention relates to a system for producing direct reduced iron wherein a portion of the top gas from a first module for reducing iron oxide by a direct reduction process is utilized as fuel in the thermal equipment of a second module for reducing iron oxide by a direct reduction process, wherein the second module comprises a process gas heating unit. In various aspects, the thermal equipment of the second module is a reducing gas heater and/or a steam boiler. In a further aspect, the top gas from multiple instances of the first module can be utilized collectively as fuel in the thermal equipment of the second module. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.