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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2011
Applicants:
Rodney James Dry, Western Australia, AU;
Jacques Pilote, Western Australia, AU;
Inventors:
Rodney James Dry, Western Australia, AU;
Jacques Pilote, Western Australia, AU;
Assignee:
Tata Steel Limited, Mumbai, IN;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 13/00 (2006.01); C21B 5/04 (2006.01); C21B 11/02 (2006.01); C21C 5/54 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 13/0006 (2013.01); C21B 5/04 (2013.01); C21B 11/02 (2013.01); C21B 13/0013 (2013.01); C21C 5/54 (2013.01); Y02P 10/136 (2015.11); Y02P 10/216 (2015.11);
Abstract
A molten bath-based direct smelting process includes controlling the process conditions in a direct smelting vessel so that molten slag in a molten bath of metal and slag in the vessel has a viscosity in a range of 0.5-5 poise in an operating temperature range for the process.