Process for producing direct reduced iron (DRI) utilizing gases derived from coal

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PATENT NO 9546409
APP PUB NO 20140260803A1
SERIAL NO

14240013

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A process for producing DRI from iron ores, utilizing a gas produced from fossil fuels, containing sulfur compounds and BTX, heating said gas in a heater, preferably a regenerator, wherein heat is transferred from a previously-heated solid material to the gas. Flowing the hot gas through a bed of DRI particles, iron oxides or other equivalent material, outside of the reduction reactor, where said material adsorbs sulfur compounds and destroys BTX. The resulting gas, free from sulfur compounds and BTX, is combined with a reducing gas stream from the reduction reactor after H2O and CO2 is at least partially removed for regenerating its reducing potential, with or without undergoing previous cleaning, is used for producing DRI. One inventive embodiment comprises producing DRI at high temperature giving advantageously higher productivity and energy savings when using hot DRI in an electric arc furnace lowering the capital and operational costs of steelmaking.

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DANIELI & C OFFICINE MECCANICHE S P A33042 BUTTRIO
HYL TECHNOLOGIES S A DE C VN L 66450

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Zendejas-Martinez, Eugenio Nuevo León, MX 11 71

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