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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 30, 2013
Filed:
May. 13, 2011
Gary E. Metius, Charlotte, NC (US);
James M. Mcclelland, Jr., Cornelius, NC (US);
David C. Meissner, Charlotte, NC (US);
Gary E. Metius, Charlotte, NC (US);
James M. McClelland, Jr., Cornelius, NC (US);
David C. Meissner, Charlotte, NC (US);
Midrex Technologies, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A process for the direct reduction of iron ore when the external source of reductants is one or both of coke oven gas (COG) and basic oxygen furnace gas (BOFG). Carbon dioxide (CO) is removed from a mixture of shaft furnace off gas, obtained from a conventional direct reduction shaft furnace, and BOFG. This COlean gas is mixed with clean COG, humidified, and heated in an indirect heater. Oxygen (O) is injected into the heated reducing gas. This hot reducing gas flows to the direct reduction shaft furnace for use. The spent hot reducing gas exits the direct reduction shaft furnace as shaft furnace off gas, produces steam in a waste heat boiler, is cleaned in a cooler scrubber, and is compressed and recycled to join fresh BOFG. A portion of the shaft furnace off gas is sent to the heater burners. The BOFG and COG are also employed for a variety of other purposes in the process.