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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 01, 2005
Operation of iron oxide recovery furnace for energy savings, volatile metal removal and slag control
Applicants:
James E. Bratina, Greenwood, IN (US);
Kim M. Lenti, South Holland, IL (US);
Inventors:
James E. Bratina, Greenwood, IN (US);
Kim M. Lenti, South Holland, IL (US);
Assignee:
Heritage Environmental Services, LLC, Indianapolis, IN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 13/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of operating a channel induction furnace so as to receive electric arc furnace (EAF) dust, basic oxygen furnace (BOF) sludge/dust and/or other iron and volatile metals containing materials as a feed stream on a batch, continuous or semi-continuous basis together with a iron-containing material feed, and therefrom produce an iron-containing hot metal or pig iron product while recovering iron value from the feed materials and recovering volatile metal components contained in the feed materials.