Process for the production of molten pig iron or steel pre-products and a plant for carrying out the process
US5948139A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 17, 1997 |
| Grant date | Sep 7, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 17, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P10/134
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
In a process for the production of molten pig iron or steel pre-products from fine-particulate iron-cintaining material, in a meltdown-gasifying zone of a melter gasifier (1), under the supply of carbon-containing material and oxygen-containing gas at the simultaneous formation of a reducing gas, in a bed formed of sold carbon carriers, the iron-containing material is melted when passing the bed. To be able to employ a charge here up to 100% of which consist of fine ore, while reliably avoiding discharge of the supplied fine ore, a high-temperature combustion and/or gasification xzone is formed by combusting and/or gasifying carbon-containing material under direct supply of oxygen in a killing space (III) formed above the bed, into which high-temperature combustion and/or gasification zone the fine-particulate iron-containing material is directly introduced, wherein at least incipient surface melting of the iron-containing material and agglomeration of the same are carried out by means of the heat released during the reaction of the carbon-containing material.
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