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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 23, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2023
Applicant:
Midrex Technologies, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Todd Michael Astoria, Harrisburg, NC (US);
James Lloyd Lewis, Jr., Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Midrex Technologies, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 13/02 (2006.01); C21B 13/00 (2006.01); F27B 1/21 (2006.01); F27D 5/00 (2006.01); F27D 11/06 (2006.01); F27D 99/00 (2010.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 13/026 (2013.01); C21B 13/0086 (2013.01); F27B 1/21 (2013.01); F27D 5/0062 (2013.01); F27D 11/06 (2013.01); F27D 99/0006 (2013.01); F27D 2099/0015 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of heating direct reduced iron between a direct reduced iron source and processing equipment for the direct reduced iron, comprises providing a conduit heater assembly between the direct reduced iron source and the processing equipment, wherein the conduit heater assembly receives a flow of the direct reduced iron from the direct reduced iron source and heats the direct reduced iron as the direct reduced iron flows through the conduit heater assembly and to the processing equipment.