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Apparatus for reducing ore

US4169583A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 19, 1976
Grant dateOct 2, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 19, 1996

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC22B5/00
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

Heat is generated by combustion of coal or like carbonaceous fuel reactant dissolved in molten salt. The generated heat is transferred to steam by an alternating sequence of direct contact heat exchanges of the salt and steam with a common heat transfer medium.

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