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Shaft-furnace direct-reduction process for producing highly reduced iron-bearing material

CA 1088315 A · Owner: Uss Engineers And Consultants, Inc. · Inventors: Waslo, Stephen

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A method is disclosed for reducing iron ore wherein spent reducing gas may be used as fuel in a reformer and a, portion of the reformer product is used as cooling gas in the bottom of the shaft furnace to lower the temperature of the reduced product. According to another aspect of the invention the, method includes the further steps of regulating the rate at which the reduced product is cooled in order to render the product more stable and thereby more suitable for cooling.

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  • Granted October 28, 1980. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 28, 1997.
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FiledMarch 18, 1976
GrantedOctober 28, 1980
Term endedOctober 28, 1997
Patent numberCA 1088315 A
Classification (IPC)C21B13/04 +2 more

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1977198019831986198919921995Application filedMarch 18, 1976Patent grantedOct 28, 1980Term endedOct 28, 1997

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