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Abstract
To produce metallic iron from iron ore, a composition comprising a mass of material formed from a mixture of iron ore particles and particles of a reductant that is either a biomass material in particulate form or a plastic resinous material in particulate form is used. The reductant can also be a mixture of biomass material and resin in any proportions. The mass of material comprises at least one body having a shape adapted for smelting such as pellets, briquettes, pieces or lumps. The pellets have sufficient cohesion to maintain the shape into which they have been formed. The invention also provides a new method for smelting iron from its ore which comprises subdividing the ore into particles of a selected size, mixing the subdivided ore particles with particles of a biomass material or particles of a plastic resinous material or with mixtures thereof, forming a mass of the mixture into at least one body with a shape that is suited for smelting in a furnace and placing the body in a furnace and exposing it to sufficient heat to bring the iron therein to smelting temperature within the furnace to thereby produce metallic iron directly from the ore.
Patent Number
US 7,632,330 B2
Assignee
Michigan Technological University, Houghton, MI (US)
Application Number
11/716,352
Date Filed
3-9-2007
Certificate of Correction
No
Issue Date
12-15-2009
Disciplines
Civil and Environmental Engineering | Engineering | Materials Science and Engineering
Recommended Citation
Eisele, Timothy C. and Kawatra, Surendra Komar, "Production of iron using environmentally-benign renewable or recycled reducing agents" (2009). Michigan Tech Patents. 110.
https://digitalcommons.mtu.edu/patents/110
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