Melting reduction assembly and method for operating a melting reduction assembly

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9400138
APP PUB NO 20140138883A1
SERIAL NO

14233304

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A melting reduction assembly (1) has a melting gasification zone, including a packed bed (4) formed by solid carbon carriers and ferrous input materials, the zone has a lower section for receiving liquid pig iron (6) or raw steel material and liquid slag (7), a tap (9) for liquid slag and liquid pig iron. A plurality of oxygen nozzles (5) supplies oxygen. The nozzles are in at least two nozzle planes arranged spaced apart from each other and parallel in the vertical direction and horizontally distributed over the circumstances of the shell (10) of the melting reduction assembly (1) and arranged offset to each other in their respective nozzle planes.

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PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH4031 LINZ

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Berner, Franz Asten, AT 6 5
Plaul, Jan-Friedemann Linz, AT 14 39
Wieder, Kurt Schwertberg, AT 24 57
Wurm, Johann Bad Zell, AT 36 140

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