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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 19, 2002
Hiroshi Ichikawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yasushi Ohba, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shiro Ohara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yukio Kowaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Hiroshi Ichikawa, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yasushi Ohba, Kitakyushu, JP;
Shiro Ohara, Kitakyushu, JP;
Yukio Kowaki, Kitakyushu, JP;
Nippon Steel Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
In a method and an apparatus for cooling a reduced-iron agglomerate in a reduced-iron agglomerate production equipment wherein an iron oxide agglomerate is reduced in a reducing furnace and discharged as a reduced-iron agglomerate, a conveyer to convey said reduced-iron agglomerate is installed at the outlet of said reduced-iron agglomerate production equipment, a plurality of spray nozzles are installed above, or above and below, said conveyer at intervals in the conveying direction of said reduced-iron agglomerate, and said reduced-iron agglomerate on said conveyer is cooled intermittently by ejecting cooling water, continuously or intermittently, through said spray nozzles.