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Flash ironmaking system and method

  • US 10,851,430 B2
  • Filed: 11/25/2015
  • Issued: 12/01/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A flash ironmaking system, comprising:

  • a pulverized coal gasifier defining a material inlet and a coal gas outlet, and configured to mix pulverized coal, pure oxygen and steam to obtain a crude coal gas containing carbon monoxide and hydrogen;

    a drying pre-reduction kiln defining a wet iron ore inlet, a block coal inlet and a charging material outlet, and configured to dry and pre-reduce wet iron ore and block coal to obtain pre-reduced iron ore; and

    a flash furnace comprising;

    a horizontal bottom defining a hearth in which a molten iron layer region, a slag layer region and a carburizing bed layer region are sequentially formed from bottom to top,a reduction tower defining a reduction tower chamber therein, and a lower end connected to an upper end of the carburizing bed layer region,a concentrate nozzle provided at a top of the reduction tower, connected to the charging material outlet and the coal gas outlet respectively, and configured to only feed the pre-reduced iron ore, the crude coal gas and a fuel containing pure oxygen and pea coal to the reduction tower chamber to obtain metal iron and a flue gas,a flue defining a lower end connected to the upper end of the carbonizing bed layer region, wherein a flue gas vent is formed in a side wall of the flue and communicated with the drying pre-reduction kiln.

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