Blast furnace operation method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9873923
APP PUB NO 20160138120A1
SERIAL NO

14785165

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A method of operating a blast furnace by blowing a pulverized coal at an amount of not less than 150 kg/t−p from tuyeres through a lance into a blast furnace, wherein when the operation is performed under a condition that lump coke charged from a furnace top has a strength defined in JIS K2151 (DI15015) of not more than 87%, the pulverized coal blown through the tuyere contains not more than 60 mass % as a weight ratio of coal having a particle size of not more than 74 μm and has an average volatile matter of not more than 25 mass %, and a blast temperature blown through the tuyere is not higher than 1100° C., oxygen is simultaneously blown into the furnace with the blowing of the pulverized coals through the lance and a gas having an oxygen concentration of 60 vol %-97 vol % is used as a carrier gas for the blowing of the pulverized coal.

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JFE STEEL CORPORATIONTOKYO 100-0011

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Fujiwara, Daiki Tokyo, JP 10 24
Murao, Akinori Tokyo, JP 10 23
Sato, Michitaka Tokyo, JP 23 184
Shimomura, Akio Tokyo, JP 3 5
Watakabe, Shiro Tokyo, JP 3 14
Watanabe, Takashi Tokyo, JP 841 9190

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