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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2013
Applicants:
Gary E. Metius, Charlotte, NC (US);
James M. Mcclelland, Jr., Cornelius, NC (US);
David C. Meissner, Charlotte, NC (US);
Stephen C. Montague, Charlotte, NC (US);
Inventors:
Gary E. Metius, Charlotte, NC (US);
James M. McClelland, Jr., Cornelius, NC (US);
David C. Meissner, Charlotte, NC (US);
Stephen C. Montague, Charlotte, NC (US);
Assignee:
Midrex Technologies, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 11/02 (2006.01); C21B 13/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 11/02 (2013.01); C21B 13/02 (2013.01); C21B 2100/02 (2013.01); C21B 2100/04 (2013.01); C21B 2100/06 (2013.01); C01B 2203/025 (2013.01);
Abstract
Novel systems and methods are described for reducing iron oxide to metallic iron in an integrated steel mill or the like that has a coke oven and/or an oxygen steelmaking furnace. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel systems and methods for reducing iron oxide to metallic iron using coke oven gas (COG) or COG and basic oxygen furnace gas (BOFG).