Iron carbide process
US5690717A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 29, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 25, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 29, 2015 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P10/134
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A process for producing iron carbide in a fluid bed reactor in which the pressure may be maintained in excess of the pressure at which the mole fraction of hydrogen in the process gas begins to decrease. The hydrogen concentration is increased above the equilibrium concentration for hydrogen at the temperature and pressure in the reactor. Further improvements are gained by preheating a iron ore reactor feed in which the iron oxide is primarily in the form of hematite under a reducing atmosphere, and using at least two fluid bed reactors in series.
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