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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2025
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Primetals Technologies Austria Gmbh, Linz, AT;
Inventors:
Franz Hauzenberger, Linz, AT;
Robert Millner, Loosdorf, AT;
Hanspeter Ofner, Pucking, AT;
Norbert Rein, Vienna, AT;
Gerald Rosenfellner, Ertl, AT;
Johann Wurm, Bad Zell, AT;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 13/00 (2006.01); C21B 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 13/0046 (2013.01); C21B 13/0073 (2013.01); C21B 13/12 (2013.01); C21B 2100/22 (2017.05);
Abstract
A method of direct reduction of metal oxides that includes catalytic reforming of hydrocarbonaceous gas in a reformer to obtain reformer gas, obtaining at least one precursor gas based on the reformer gas, preparing a reduction gas by heating the at least one precursor gas by means of electrical energy, at least a portion of the electrical energy being introduced by means of plasma.