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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2013
Applicant:
Glenn E. Hoffman, Lancaster, SC (US);
Inventor:
Glenn E. Hoffman, Lancaster, SC (US);
Assignee:
HOFFMAN & SONS TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Lancaster, SC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 3/02 (2006.01); C21B 13/00 (2006.01); C21B 13/10 (2006.01); C22B 1/245 (2006.01); C21B 13/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C21B 3/02 (2013.01); C21B 13/0006 (2013.01); C21B 13/006 (2013.01); C21B 13/105 (2013.01); C21B 13/143 (2013.01); C22B 1/245 (2013.01); C21B 2100/06 (2013.01); Y02P 10/136 (2015.11); Y02P 10/143 (2015.11); Y02P 10/265 (2015.11); Y02P 10/283 (2015.11);
Abstract
A process for recovering pig iron from iron-containing concentrates produced from iron-containing ores and sands by forming agglomerates and reducing them in a natural gas smelter, in which the process makes maximum utilization of heat created in and by the process.