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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 1990
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1989
Akihide Hikosaka, Mishima, JP;
Tsuyoshi Mimura, Kobe, JP;
Tomio Suzuki, Kobe, JP;
Takeo Yoshigae, Kobe, JP;
Shuzo Itoh, Kobe, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho, Kobe, JP;
Abstract
Described herein is a smelting reduction process for smelting and reducing an iron oxide material by introducing same into a smelting reduction furnace together with a solid carbonaceous material, a fluxing agent and an oxygen-containing gas, process comprising: subjecting part or all of the solid carbonaceous material to primary combustion using an oxygen-containing gas with an oxygen content corresponding to a theoretical air ratio of 0.4 to 0.9: separating the resulting reducing gas from combustion residue of the solid carbonaceous material; and introducing the reducing gas into a smelting reduction furnace to effect secondary combustion with supply of a separately introduced oxygen-containing gas for smelting and reducing said iron material.