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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1986
Kenji Mori, Kobe, JP;
Katsuhiko Tsuzura, Kobe, JP;
Mamoru Onoda, Hyogo, JP;
Ryo Watanabe, Kobe, JP;
Takehiko Ashie, Kobe, JP;
Yoshifumi Kameoka, Kobe, JP;
Katsufumi Shinohara, Kobe, JP;
Atsuhiko Nakanishi, Hyogo, JP;
Jyushitsuyu Taisaku Gijutsu Kenkyukumiai, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of producing reduced iron and light oil from iron ore and heavy oil which comprises a thermal cracking step of subjecting heavy oil to thermal cracking while retaining iron ore particles in a fluidized state to produce light oil and simultaneously to deposit coke as by-product on the surface of the iron ore particles; a gasification step of putting the coke-deposited ore in contact with an oxidizing gas including steam and oxygen in a fluidized state to react the coke with the gas thereby to produce a reducing gas containing hydrogen and carbon monoxide and of heating the coke-deposited ore upward of a reduction temperature of iron ore by partial oxidization of the coke; and a reduction step of reducing the coke-deposited iron ore in a fluidized state by the reducing gas to produce reduced iron. When the gasification step is performed by an oxidizing gas containing a majority of steam and up to 15 vol. %, based on the steam, of oxygen at 800.degree.-1000.degree. C. under a pressure of 0-10 kg/cm.sup.2 G, a reducing gas containing high-concentration hydrogen gas is obtained.