MUMBAI, India, Sept. 14 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617058811 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation on May 08, 2026, for Reduction Furnace Operation Method And Reduced Iron Production Method.
Inventors include Terui Koki; Moriya Kota; and Ozawa Sumito.
The application for the patent was published on September 11, 2026, under issue no. 37/2026.
Abstract: Provided is a reduced iron production method with which a further reduction in CO2 emission is rendered possible. A reducing gas is made to have an H2 concentration of 90 vol% or higher. Iron oxide in a reduction furnace is made to have such a particle diameter distribution along the furnace-radial direction that the average particle diameter of the iron oxide located at the center of the reduction furnace is larger than the average particle diameter of the iron oxide located by the wall part of the reduction furnace.
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