A METHOD FOR PROCESSING IRON ORE TO OBTAIN STEEL

    公开(公告)号:US20240309475A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-09-19

    申请号:US18575895

    申请日:2021-07-06

    申请人: METSO METALS OY

    IPC分类号: C21B13/00 C21B13/12 C21C7/064

    摘要: A method for processing iron ore to obtain steel by feeding the DRI into a smelting furnace so as to obtain an intermediate iron product, which is then subsequently introduced into a conversion unit for obtaining steel form the intermediate iron product. Moreover, carbon is introduced into the process. As a consequence, a suitable carbon content may be achieved for the intermediate iron product such that impurities of the intermediate iron product may be reduced along with carbon contents thereof in a steel conversion process without sacrificing iron contents of the intermediate iron product. Simultaneously, suitable fluxes are fed into the smelting furnace together with the DRI, such that high-quality slag suitable as raw material for further processing is obtained therefrom. An associated smelting furnace arrangement is also disclosed.

    PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING A SLAG CONDITIONING AGENT FOR STEEL DESULFURIZATION

    公开(公告)号:US20240247330A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-07-25

    申请号:US18435044

    申请日:2024-02-07

    IPC分类号: C21C7/064

    CPC分类号: C21C7/0645

    摘要: A slag conditioning agent for steel desulfurization is shown which is made by a process in which a dried slag material obtained from a secondary steelmaking process is mixed with quicklime particles. The quicklime particles react with moisture in the slag material to dry the slag material and produce a blend of slag material, hydrated lime and any unreacted quicklime. The blend is then sieved to separate out the hydrated lime. The retained dried fraction after sieving is then mixed with an Al2O3 mass fraction from which the slag conditioning agent can be collected. The slag conditioning agent has an equivalent mass ratio which is between 0.55 and 1.5.

    Process for manufacturing a slag conditioning agent for steel desulfurization

    公开(公告)号:US11932914B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-03-19

    申请号:US17309680

    申请日:2019-12-17

    IPC分类号: C21C7/064

    CPC分类号: C21C7/0645

    摘要: A process for manufacturing a slag conditioning agent for steel desulfurization is shown in which a dried slag material Obtained from a secondary steelmaking process is mixed with quicklime particles. The quicklime particles react with moisture in the slag material to dry the slag material and produce a blend of slag material, hydrated lime and any unreacted quicklime. The blend is then sieved to separate out the hydrated lime. The retained dried fraction after sieving is then mixed with an Al2O3 mass fraction from which the slag conditioning agent can be collected. The slag conditioning agent has an equivalent mass ratio which is between 0.55 and 1.5.

    METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING LOW-PHOSPHORUS MOLTEN STEEL

    公开(公告)号:US20230313330A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-10-05

    申请号:US18022802

    申请日:2021-08-23

    IPC分类号: C21C7/064 C21C5/54

    摘要: A method for efficiently manufacturing low-phosphorus molten steel by use of a steelmaking electric furnace, in which slag resulting from melting a solid iron source is effectively separated from molten steel, and thus a unit consumption of lime required to reduce a phosphorus content in the molten steel is reduced. The method includes: charging a solid iron source and an optional molten iron source and melting and heating these raw materials by using electric energy; partly or entirely removing slag generated during the melting; performing dephosphorization by adding dephosphorization flux; and tapping low-phosphorus molten steel thus refined, and in the method, a slag composition ratio being [CaO]/([SiO2]+[Al2O3]) of the slag to be removed is adjusted to be not less than 0.25 and not more than 0.70.

    Method for removing phosphorus from phosphorus-containing substance

    公开(公告)号:US11649514B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-16

    申请号:US16957444

    申请日:2018-12-12

    IPC分类号: C21C1/02 C21C7/064 C22B1/02

    CPC分类号: C21C1/025 C21C7/0645 C22B1/02

    摘要: Proposed is a method for removing phosphorus from a phosphorus-containing substance which is applicable in an industrial scale so as to effectively reduce phosphorus contained in the phosphorus-containing substance. In this method, the phosphorus-containing substance used as a raw material for metal smelting or metal refining is reacted with a nitrogen-containing gas at a treatment temperature T (° C.) which is lower than a melting temperature (Tm) of the substance, so that phosphorus is removed preferably in the form of phosphorus nitride (PN). In this regard, a nitrogen partial pressure and an oxygen partial pressure in the nitrogen-containing gas are preferably controlled, thereby reducing a load of dephosphorization process, for example.