Jerry L Penland

Title: Jerry L. Penland: Inventor in Iron Recovery

Introduction

Jerry L. Penland is an inventor associated with Belleville, Illinois, and Philip Services Corp. His patent work addresses the recovery of iron from iron oxide-bearing materials using a high-temperature process.

Latest Patents

The available information identifies one patent associated with Penland: “Process for Recovering Metals from Iron Oxide Bearing Masses.” The invention describes forming a bed of lump coke in a vertical shaft furnace and feeding iron oxide-bearing material and scrap metal onto it. Coke combustion and the injection of plasma gas hotter than about 5,000°F create a reaction zone exceeding 4,000°F. The materials melt, and the resulting molten phase flows into the reaction zone, where iron oxide is reduced by carbon from the coke. The process then discharges molten iron from the furnace. Penland is credited with 1 patent.

Career Highlights

Penland’s documented patent contribution focuses on a metallurgical process for recovering iron. By combining a coke bed, plasma heating, and carbon-based reduction, the invention describes a method for processing iron oxide-bearing masses alongside scrap metal. The available information associates him with Philip Services Corp.

Collaborations

Shyam V. Dighe and William A. Morgan are identified as Penland’s coworkers. The information provided does not specify whether they were co-inventors or collaborators on this patent.

Conclusion

Jerry L. Penland’s recorded invention concerns recovering molten iron from iron oxide-bearing materials in a high-temperature furnace, representing his documented contribution to industrial metal processing.