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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 24, 2011
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2010
Andreas Orth, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Heinz Eichberger, Bad Soden, DE;
Donald Keith Philp, Bibra Lake, AU;
Jeantine Van Gemund, Legal Representative, Bibra Lake, AU;
Rod Dry, City Beach, AU;
Andreas Orth, Friedrichsdorf, DE;
Heinz Eichberger, Bad Soden, DE;
Donald Keith Philp, Bibra Lake, AU;
Jeantine Van Gemund, legal representative, Bibra Lake, AU;
Rod Dry, City Beach, AU;
Outotec Oyj, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
An apparatus for reducing a metalliferous material in a fluidized bed includes a vessel for containing the fluidized bed, a mechanism for supplying the metalliferous material, a solid carbonaceous material, an oxygen-containing gas, and a fluidizing gas into the vessel for forming the fluidized bed in the vessel. The oxygen-containing gas supply mechanism includes one or more than one oxygen-containing gas injection lance having a lance tip with an outlet that is positioned for injecting the oxygen-containing gas in a downward flow into the vessel within a range of plus or minus 40° to the vertical.