Continuous steel production and apparatus

US7618582B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• The Curators of the University of Missouri · US
• The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois · US

Inventors

• Kent D. Peaslee · Rolla, US
• Jörg Peter · Meinerzhagen, DE
• David Robertson · Perrin, US
• Brian G. Thomas · Champaign, US
• Lifeng Zhang · Beijing, CN

Key dates

• Filing date: May 5, 2006
• Grant date: Nov 17, 2009
• Expiry date: Apr 26, 2027

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10S75/957
• WIPO field: Materials, metallurgy
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A process for continuous refining of steel via multiple distinct reaction vessels for melting, oxidation, reduction, and refining for delivery of steel continuously to, for example, a tundish of a continuous caster system, and associated apparatus.