Process of dezincifying a material flow when operating a pig-iron production plant
US4878943A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 7, 1988 |
| Grant date | Nov 7, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 7, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S75/958
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
There is disclosed a process of dezincifying the flow of material at the operation of a plant for the production of pig iron including a direct reduction shaft furnace and a meltdown gasifier. The crude reducing gas drawn off the meltdown gasifier is dedusted in two steps. In the first step zinc-poor coal dust is separated in a cyclone operated at a higher temperature, which is recycled into the meltdown gasifier. In the second step, upon cooling of the gas leaving the first cyclone, solid particles enriched with zinc are separated at a lower temperature. The dezincified reducing gas is fed to the direct reduction shaft furnace and the zinc-rich substances separated off the second cyclones are processed to a zinc concentrate.
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