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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 03, 2007
Filed:
Oct. 03, 2003
Method for producing feed material for molten metal production and method for producing molten metal
Hiroshi Sugitatsu, Kobe, JP;
Takao Harada, Kobe, JP;
Hidetoshi Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Masaharu Kohno, Kobe, JP;
Hiroshi Sugitatsu, Kobe, JP;
Takao Harada, Kobe, JP;
Hidetoshi Tanaka, Kobe, JP;
Masaharu Kohno, Kobe, JP;
Kobe Steel, Ltd., Kobe-shi, JP;
Abstract
The prevent invention provides a method for producing a feed material for molten metal production and a method for producing a molten metal capable of sufficiently carbonizing biomass and effectively using carbonized biomass as a reducing agent. In the method for producing a feed material for molten metal production, a mixture containing an iron oxide-containing material and biomass is heated in a heating furnace substantially isolated from oxygen to carbonize the biomass in the mixture and obtain a feed material for molten metal production, or the mixture is charged in a reducing furnace to reduce the iron oxide-containing material after being heated in the heating furnace. In the method for producing a molten metal, the feed material for molten metal production obtained by the method for producing a feed material for molten metal production is charged in a melting furnace to obtain a molten metal.