Methods and systems for producing direct reduced iron utilizing a petroleum refinery bottoms or petroleum coke gasifier and a hot gas cleaner

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9868999
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14798840

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Methods and systems for producing DRI utilizing a petroleum refinery bottoms (i.e. heavy fuel oil, vacuum residue, visbreaker tar, asphalt, etc.) or petroleum coke gasifier and a hot gas cleaner. Cooling of the hot synthesis gas generated by the petroleum refinery bottoms or petroleum coke gasifier to <200 C is not necessary. Rather, the synthesis gas from the petroleum refinery bottoms or petroleum coke gasifier is desulfurized and dedusted at high temperature (>350 C) using a hot gas cleaner, well known to those of ordinary skill in the art, although not in such an application. This hot gas cleaner may be high pressure or low pressure.

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MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES INC2725 WATER RIDGE PARKWAY SUITE 100 CHARLOTTE NC 28217

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Cheeley, Robert Charlotte, US 2 6

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