A DIRECT REDUCTION PROCESS

• Main Authors: EICHBERGER, HEINZ, ORTH, ANDREAS, DRY, ROD, PHILP, DONALD KEITH
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Polish
• Published: 30.04.2014
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; FERROUS OR NON-FERROUS ALLOYS; MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; PRETREATMENT OF RAW MATERIALS; PRODUCTION AND REFINING OF METALS; TREATMENT OF ALLOYS OR NON-FERROUS METALS

A direct reduction process for a solid metalliferous material having a particle size distribution that at least in part contains micron sized particles includes supplying the metalliferous material, a solid carbonaceous material, an oxygen-containing gas, and a fluidizing gas into a fluidized bed in a vessel and maintaining the fluidized bed in the vessel, at least partially reducing metalliferous material in the vessel, and discharging a product stream that comprises the partially reduced metalliferous material from the vessel. The process includes (a) establishing and maintaining a carbon-rich zone within the fluidized bed; (b) passing metalliferous material, including metallized material (which term includes partially metallized material), through the carbon-rich zone; and (c) injecting the oxygen-containing gas into the carbon-rich zone and oxidizing metallized material, solid carbonaceous material and other oxidizable solids and gases and causing controlled agglomeration of particles.