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  • 8625 Savannah Rd, Harrisburg, NC 28075
  • New London, NC
  • Richfield, NC
  • Wrightsville Beach, NC
  • 11833 Withers Mill Dr, Charlotte, NC 28278 (704) 504-5385
  • Wilmington, NC
  • Gold Hill, NC

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Us Patents

Method And System For Producing Direct Reduced Iron And/Or Hot Metal Using Brown Coal

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US Patent:
20120152061, Jun 21, 2012
Filed:
Dec 14, 2011
Appl. No.:
13/325890
Inventors:
MASAHIKO TETSUMOTO - Charlotte NC, US
TODD ASTORIA - Harrisburg NC, US
Assignee:
MIDREX TECHNOLOGIES, INC. - Charlotte NC
International Classification:
C22B 9/02
F27D 17/00
F27D 99/00
C22B 5/00
US Classification:
75507, 75392, 266171, 266144, 266160
Abstract:
The present invention provides a method for producing direct reduced iron and/or hot metal using high-moisture content carbonaceous material, including: agglomerating carbonaceous material from the high-moisture content carbonaceous material with a metal oxide-bearing material to form an agglomerate suitable for use in a direct reduction and/or hot metal producing process. The method also includes distilling the high-moisture content carbonaceous material. The method further includes dry quenching the carbonaceous material obtained from the distilling step. The method still further includes drying the high-moisture content carbonaceous material with energy from a hot off gas from a furnace for producing direct reduced iron and/or hot metal prior to the distilling step.

System And Method For The Production Of Hot Briquetted Iron (Hbi) Containing Flux And/Or Carbonaceous Material At A Direct Reduction Plant

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US Patent:
20220403481, Dec 22, 2022
Filed:
Jun 17, 2022
Appl. No.:
17/843013
Inventors:
- Charlotte NC, US
Taiji Hatakeyama - Charlotte NC, US
Todd Astoria - Harrisburg NC, US
International Classification:
C22B 1/24
C21B 3/02
Abstract:
A process for producing hot briquetted iron with increased solid carbonaceous material and/or flux includes: providing a shaft furnace of a direct reduction plant to reduce iron oxide with reducing gas; providing a hot briquette machine to produce hot briquetted iron; coupling a chute between a) a discharge exit of the shaft furnace for discharge of hot direct reduced iron and b) an entrance of the hot briquette machine; adding solid carbonaceous material and/or flux to the discharged hot direct reduced iron from the shaft furnace to produce a mixture of the discharged hot direct reduced iron and the solid carbonaceous material and/or flux before feeding to the hot briquette machine; and processing in the hot briquette machine to produce a product of hot briquetted iron with increased solid carbonaceous material content greater than about 3 weight percent and/or an increased flux content.

Method For Recycling Spent Reduction Gas In A Direct Reduction Of Iron Ore System Utilizing An Electric Gas Heater

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US Patent:
20230052345, Feb 16, 2023
Filed:
Aug 9, 2022
Appl. No.:
17/884070
Inventors:
- Charlotte NC, US
Todd Astoria - Harrisburg NC, US
Enrique Jose Cintron - Charlotte NC, US
International Classification:
C21B 13/02
C21B 13/00
Abstract:
A process for producing direct reduced iron with a hydrogen rich gas, utilizing a non-fired reducing gas heater such as an electric heater to heat the reducing gas to the temperatures sufficient for iron reduction, includes: providing a shaft furnace to reduce iron oxide with the hydrogen rich reducing gas; removing steam and particulates from the shaft furnace top gas with a scrubber; processing all or a portion of the scrubbed top gas in a gas separation unit such as a membrane and a PSA gas separation unit to create a hydrogen rich stream to be recycled back to the shaft furnace as the reducing agent, so that the hydrogen consumption can be reduced when non-fired reducing gas heater is applied.

Methods And Systems For Increasing The Carbon Content Of Direct Reduced Iron In A Reduction Furnace

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US Patent:
20210301358, Sep 30, 2021
Filed:
Mar 23, 2021
Appl. No.:
17/209506
Inventors:
- Charlotte NC, US
Todd Michael ASTORIA - Harrisburg NC, US
Gregory Darel HUGHES - Charlotte NC, US
International Classification:
C21B 13/00
C21B 13/02
Abstract:
A method for producing direct reduced iron having increased carbon content, comprises: providing a carbon monoxide-rich gas stream, and separating the carbon monoxide-rich gas stream into at least two separate carbon monoxide-rich gas streams; providing a hydrocarbon-rich gas stream and separating the hydrocarbon-rich gas stream into at least two separate hydrocarbon-rich gas streams; blending one of the carbon monoxide-rich gas streams with one of the hydrocarbon-rich gas streams to form a mixed carburizing gas stream; blending another carbon monoxide-rich gas stream of the at least two separate carbon monoxide-rich gas streams with another hydrocarbon-rich gas stream of the at least two separate hydrocarbon-rich gas streams to form a distinct mixed carburizing gas stream; delivering each of the mixed carburizing gas streams, which are of different composition, to a transition zone of a direct reduction furnace, and exposing partially or completely reduced iron oxide to the mixed carburizing gas streams to increase the carbon content of resulting direct reduced iron to greater than 4.5 wt. %.
Todd Michael Astoria from Harrisburg, NC, age ~45 Get Report