Zhongping Zou

Title: Zhongping Zou and Carbon-Cycling Steel Production

Introduction

Zhongping Zou is an inventor based in Chongqing, China, whose patent work addresses steelmaking and carbon reuse. His disclosed invention focuses on integrating blast furnace and converter operations to improve the use of converter gas and reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

Latest Patents

Zou is associated with 1 patent: “Blast furnace—converter steel production method based on carbon cycling.” The invention describes decarbonizing converter gas and recycling it into the blast furnace. According to the patent description, this increases the proportion of reducing gases in the furnace atmosphere, supports indirect reduction, and decreases direct reduction and carbonaceous fuel consumption. The method is intended to lower CO₂ emissions while enabling cyclic use of converter gas.

Career Highlights

Zou is associated with Cisdi Engineering Co., Ltd. His patent reflects work on steel production processes that connect blast furnace ironmaking with converter steelmaking and seek to improve carbon efficiency.

Collaborations

The provided information identifies Xuewen Xiao and Gang Wang as Zou’s coworkers. It does not specify whether they collaborated with him on this patent.

Conclusion

Zhongping Zou’s disclosed invention applies carbon cycling to blast furnace–converter steel production, aiming to reuse converter gas, reduce fuel consumption, and lower emissions.