Title of Invention

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN IRONS BY INJECTING FINE COALS INTO A MELTER-GASIFIER AND THE METHOD USING THE SAME

Abstract APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN IRON AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing molten irons and a method for manufacturing the same. The method for manufacturing molten irons according to the present invention includes steps of reducing mixtures containing iron ores in a reduction reactor and converting the mixtures containing iron ores into reduced materials, preparing lumped carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters as a heating source for melting the reduced material charging the lumped carbonaceous materials into a dome-shaped upper portion of a melter-gasifier and forming a coal packed bed, preparing fine carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters as a heating source for melting the reduced materials, injecting oxygen and the fine carbonaceous materials into the coal packed bed through a tuyere installed in the melter-gasifier, charging the reduced materials into the melter-gasifier connected to the reduction reactor and manufacturing molten irons, and supplying reducing gas in the melter-gasifier made from volatile matters contained both in the lumped carbonaceous materials and the fine carbonaceous materials to the reduction reactor.
Full Text APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN IRON AND
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing molten iron
and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to an apparatus
for manufacturing molten irons by charging carbonaceous materials and iron
carriers into a melter-gasifier and injecting fine carbonaceous materials into the
melter-gasifier and a method for manufacturing molten irons using the same.
2. Description of the Related Art
The iron and steel industry is a core industry that supplies the basic
materials needed in construction and in the manufacture of automobiles, ships,
home appliances, etc. Further, it is an industry which has the longest history
having advanced since the dawn of human history. Iron works, which play a
pivotal roll in the iron and steel industry, produce steel from molten iron, and then
supply it to customers, after first producing the molten iron (i.e., pig iron in a
molten state) using iron ores and coals as raw materials.
Nowadays, approximately 60% of the world's iron production is produced
using a blast furnace method that has been developed since the 14th century.
According to the blast furnace method, irons ores, which have gone through a
sintering process, and cokes, which are produced using bituminous coals as raw
materials, are charged into a blast furnace together and oxygen is supplied to the
blast furnace to reduce the iron ores to irons, thereby manufacturing molten irons.
The blast furnace method, which is the most popular in plants for manufacturing
molten irons, requires that raw materials have strength of at least a predetermined
level and have grain sizes that can ensure permeability in the furnace, taking into
account reaction characteristics. For that reason, cokes that are obtained by
processing specific raw coals are needed as carbon sources to be used as a fuel and
as a reducing agent. Also, sintered ores that have gone through a successive
agglomerating process are needed as iron sources. Accordingly, the modern blast
furnace method requires rav material preliminary processing equipment, such as
coke manufacturing equipment and sintering equipment. Namely, it is necessary
to be equipped with subsidiary facilities in addition to the blast furnace, and also
equipment for preventing ar d minimizing pollution generated by the subsidiary
facilities. Therefore, the heavy investment in the additional facilities and
equipment leads to increased manufacturing costs.
In order to solve these problems with the blast furnace method, significant
effort is made in iron works all over the world to develop a smelting reduction
process that produces molten irons in the melter-gasifier by directly using general
coals as a fuel and as a reducing agent and by directly using iron ores as iron
sources.
Since a coal packed bed consisting of coals is formed in the melter-gasifier,
iron carriers and additives are melted and slagged in the coal packed bed, and are
discharged as molten irons and slags. The oxygen is injected into the
melter-gasifier through a plurality of tuyeres installed on the outer wall of the
melter-gasifier, and burns the coal packed bed. Therefore, the oxygen is converted
into a hot reducing gas and the hot reducing gas is supplied to the fluidized bed
reactor. The hot reducing gas reduces and sinters iron carriers and additives and is
discharged outside.
The lumped coals charged into the upper portion of the melter-gasifier are
differentiated due to the sudden thermal shock while falling in a dome portion of
the melter-gasifier that is mainlained at a hot temperature of about 1000°C. In this
case, a large amount of dust containing a large amount of carbon components is
generated. Therefore, the permeability of the melter-gasifier is deteriorated due to
the large amount of dust. For solving this problem, a dust burner is installed in
the upper portion of the melter- gasifier and burns the dust while oxygen is injected
to the melter-gasifier by the dust burner. By burning the dust, the combustion
heat of the carbon components contained in the dust can be used.
Meanwhile, lumped coals are charged into the melter-gasifier and are
rapidly heated in the dome portion thereof. The volatile matters contained in the
lumped coals are firstly pyrolyzed as a pyrolysis gas having a chain structure of
CnHm or as a tar phase having a ring structure. The volatile matters are first
pyrolyzed and are then re pyrolyzed into a reducing gas, such as a CO gas and a
H2 gas. The heat, which is necessary for the pyrolyzing process, is absorbed
during the process, and thereby the temperature of the dome portion is lowered.
Therefore, extra oxygen, in addition to the oxygen which is necessary for burning
the dust, is supplied by a dust burner or an oxygen burner in order to prevent a
lowering of the temperature. A portion of the reducing gas formed in the dome
portion of the melter-gasifier is burned by supplying the extra oxygen, and so
prevents a lowering of the temperature thereof. However, in spite of such
combustion, a portion of the coal pyrolysis gas or the tar is not completely
pyrolyzed into CO2 and H2. Therefore, a portion of gas containing depyrolyzed
hydrocarbon, such as CH4, is contained in the reducing gas discharged from the
melter-gasifier.
As described above, when the lumped coals are charged into the
melter-gasifier, the combustion heat of the carbon contained in the volatile matters
is mainly used in pyrolysis of the gas generated from the volatile matters
themselves and raises he temperature of the pyrolysis gas. Carbonaceous
materials are partly discharged out of the melter-gasifier without generating
combustion heat. Therefore, only the amount of carbonaceous materials
excepting the amount of carbon contained in the volatile matters among the entire
amount of carbonaceous materials contained in the lumped coals is burned in the
lower portion of the melter-gasifier. Accordingly, carbonaceous materials in an
amount more than actually necessary should be used in order to supply a
sufficient heat source for manufacturing molten irons. Meanwhile, depyrolyzed
hydrocarbon gas, such a: a CH4, is discharged from the melter-gasifier while partly
existing in the reducing gas. In addition, the reducing gas containing CO2 and
H2O is partly discharged since the excessive oxygen is injected through the dust
burner. Therefore, there s a problem in that a reduction power of the reducing
gas supplied to the reduction reactor is deteriorated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made to solve the above-mentioned
problems, and is contrived to minimize a fuel rate when manufacturing molten
irons by injecting fine carbonaceous materials into the melter-gasifier and
supplying a reducing gas laving enhanced reduction power.
In addition, the present invention provides an apparatus for manufacturing
molten irons having enhanced utilization efficiency of the combustion heat of coals
by injecting fine carbonaceous mate rials.
For solving the abcve described problems, the present invention provides a
method for manufacturing molten irons including the steps of reducing mixtures
containing iron ores in a reduction reactor and converting the mixtures containing
iron ores into reduced materials, preparing lumped carbonaceous materials
containing volatile matters as a heating source for melting the reduced materials,
charging the lumped carbonaceous materials into a dome-shaped upper portion of
a melter-gasifier and forming a coal packed bed, preparing fine carbonaceous
materials containing volatile matters as a heating source for melting the reduced
materials, injecting oxygen and the fine carbonaceous materials into the coal
packed bed through a tuyere installed in the melter-gasifier, charging the reduced
materials into the melter-gasifier connected to the reduction reactor and
manufacturing molten irons, and supplying the reducing gas in the melter-gasifier
made from volatile matters contained both in the lumped carbonaceous materials
and the fine carbonaceous materials to the reduction reactor.
The fine carbonaceous materials may contain volatile matters in the range
from 8.0 wt% to 35.0 wt%, and the volatile matters may contain carbon and
hydrogen in the step of preparing fine carbonaceous materials containing volatile
matters as a heating source for melting the reduced materials.
The free swelling index (FSI) of the fine carbonaceous materials is preferably
not more than 6.0.
The lumped carboraceous materials may contain volatile matters in the
range from 20.0 wt% to 35 0 wt%, and the volatile matters may contain carbon and
hydrogen in the step of preparing lumped carbonaceous materials containing
volatile matters as a heating source for melting the reduced materials.
It is preferable that the grain size of the lumped carbonaceous materials is in
the range from 8mm to 35mm.
The step of preparing lumped carbonaceous materials preferably includes
the steps of dividing raw coals into fine coals and lumped coals, and preparing
lumped carbonaceous materials in which the lumped coals come in contact with
hot gas and are then dried
The method for manufacturing molten irons may further include a step of
injecting the divided fine coals as the fine carbonaceous materials into the coal
packed bed.
The method for manufacturing molten irons may further include a step of
transferring fine coals, which are collected when the lumped coals come in contact
with hot gas, and injecting the fine coals as the fine carbonaceous materials.
The lumped carbonaceous materials may include coal briquettes and the
step of preparing lumped carbonaceous materials may include the steps of
dividing the raw coals into fine coals and lumped coals and molding the fine coals
and then manufacturing coal briquettes.
The step of manuiacturing the coal briquettes may include the steps of
drying the fine coals, adding a binder to the fine coals and mixing together, and
molding the fine coals in which the binder is added and mixed together, and
manufacturing coal briquettes.
The above described step of manufacturing the coal briquettes may further
include a step of transferr ng fine coals collected in the step of drying the fine coals
and injecting the fine coals as the fire carbonaceous materials.
It is preferable that the fine carbonaceous materials are made by crushing
raw coals and a grain size of the crushed fine carbonaceous materials is not more
than 3mm in the step of injecting fine carbonaceous materials into the coal packed
bed.
It is preferable that an oxidization ratio of the reducing gas decreases to be in
the range of above 0% to 11.432% as an injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous
materials increases in the step of supplying reducing gas to the reduction reactor.
It is preferable that an amount of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier decreases as
an injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous materials increases and an
oxidization ratio of the reducing gas decreases as the amount of the CH4 gas
decreases.
It is preferable that y = 0.0001x is substantially satisfied when x denotes an
injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous materials and y denotes a reducing
amount of CH4 gas in thr melter-gasifier. Here, the unit of x is kg/t-p, the unit of
y is %, and the unit of 0.0301 is %/(kg/t-p).
It is preferable that -3.4718 when x denotes an amount of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier and y denotes an
oxidization ratio of the reducing gas. Here, the unit of x is voI%, the unit of y is %,
and the unit of 1.3824 is %/vol%.
It is preferable that 1.6653x - y = -1.1472 is substantially satisfied when x
denotes an amount of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier and y denotes an oxidization
ratio of the reducing gas. Here, unit of x is vol%, the unit of y is %, and the unit of
1.6653 is %/vol%.
It is preferable that y = -2.10x + 103.9 is substantially satisfied when x
denotes an oxidization ratio of the reducing gas and y denotes a reduction ratio of
the reduced materials. Here, the unit of x is %, the unit of y is %, and the unit of
103.9 is %.
It is preferable that the combusting temperature in the melter-gasifier is
decreased as the injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous materials is increased in
the step of injecting the fine carbonaceous materials into the coal packed bed.
It is preferable that the combusting temperature in the melter-gasifier is
substantially decreased by 200°C whenever the amount of fine carbonaceous
materials increases by 50 kg per 1 ton of molten irons.
The mixtures containing iron ores may be fluidized through multi-stage
reduction reactors connected in order while converting the mixtures containing
iron ores into the reduced materials in the step of reducing the mixtures containing
iron ores in the reduction reactor and converting the mixtures containing iron ores
into the reduced materials.
The above step of converting into the reduced materials may further include
a step of compacting the reduced materials before the reduced materials are
charged into the melter-gasifier.
The reduction read or may be a fluidized bed reactor in the step of reducing
the mixtures containing iron ores in the reduction reactor and converting the
mixtures containing iron ores into the reduced materials.
The reduction reactor may be a packed bed reactor in the step of reducing
the mixtures containing iron ores in the reduction reactor and converting the
mixtures containing iron ores into the reduced materials.
It is preferable that the length of a raceway formed ahead of the tuyere is in
the range from 0.7 m (o 1.0 m in the step of injecting oxygen and the fine
carbonaceous materials into the coal packed bed through a tuyere installed in the
melter-gasifier;
An apparatus for manufacturing molten irons according to the present
invention includes a reduction reactor for reducing mixtures containing iron ores
and converting the mixtures containing iron ores into reduced materials, a coal
supplying device for supplying lumped carbonaceous materials containing volatile
matters as a heating sot rce for melting the reduced materials, a melter-gasifier
having a dome-shaped upper portion into which the reduced materials are
charged and being connected to the reduction reactor, the melter-gasifier into
which the lumped carbonaceous materials are charged and being connected to the
coal supplying device the melter-gasifier into which oxygen and fine
carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters are injected through the tuyeres
installed in a side of the melter-gasifier, a fine carbonaceous materials supplying
device for supplying the fine carbonaceous materials, and a reducing gas
supplying line for supply ng the reducing gas in the melter-gasifier made from the
volatile matters containec both in the lumped carbonaceous materials and the fine
carbonaceous materials tc the reduction reactor.
It is preferable that the fine carbonaceous materials contain volatile matters
in the range from 8.0 wt% to 35.0 wt% and the volatile matters contain carbon and
hydrogen.
It is preferable tha a free swelling index of the fine carbonaceous materials
is not more than 6.0.
The lumped carbonaceous materials may contain volatile matters in the
range from 20.0 wt% to 35.0 wt% and the volatile matters may contain carbon and
hydrogen.
It is preferable tha c a grain size of the lumped carbonaceous materials is in
the range from 8mm to 35mm.
The fine carbonaceous materials supplying device may include a raw coals
storage bin for storing raw coals, a mill for crushing the raw coals and
manufacturing the fine carbonaceous materials and being connected to the raw
coals storage bin, a fine carbonaceous materials storage bin for storing the crushed
and manufactured fine carbonacecus materials and being connected to the mill, a
pressure balancing supplying device for supplying a suitable amount of the fine
carbonaceous materials from the fine carbonaceous materials storage bin to the
melter-gasifier, a divider installed above the melter-gasifier for controlling a
supplying amount of the fine carbonaceous materials, and a fine carbonaceous
materials supplying line for supplying the fine carboneous materials into the
tuyeres and being connected to the pressure balancing supplying device.
A plurality of div ders may be connected to the tuyeres, respectively, and
the fine carbonaceous materials are equally supplied to each divider and then are
respectively supplied to the tuyeres.
The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons may further include a mixing
chamber installed near the tuyeres, an adding gas supplying line for supplying an
adding gas to the mixing chamber and being connected to the mixing chamber,
and a fine carbonaceous naterials injecting line for injecting the fine carbonaceous
materials and being connected between the mixing chamber and the tuyeres. The
mixing chamber may be connected to the fine carbonaceous materials supplying
device, and the fine carbomaceous materials supplied from the fine carbonaceous
materials supplying device are injected into the melter-gasifier through the fine
carbonaceous materials injecting line by using the adding gas.
The fine carbonaceous materials may be supplied to the mixing chamber
with a transferring gas.
It is preferable that a flow rate of the fine carbonaceous materials discharged
from the fine carbonace is materials injecting line is controlled in the range from
40 m/sec to 70 m/sec by controlling an amount of adding gas supplied from the
adding gas supplying line.
The combustible ga s may be used as the adding gas.
It is preferable that the adding gas supplying line makes an angle in the
range from 30 degrees to 90 degrees with the fine carbonaceous materials injecting
line.
The coal supplying device may include an apparatus for manufacturing coal
briquettes for manufacturing and supplying coal briquettes by molding the fine
coals.
The apparatus for manufacturing coal briquettes may include a dryer for
drying the fine coals, a dust separator for collecting dust generated in the dryer, a
mixer connected to the dryer and adding a binder to the dried fine coals and
mixing them together, and a couple of rolls connected to the mixer and
manufacturing coal briquettes by molding the fine coals to which the binder is
added and mixed togethe.
The dust separator may supply the collected dust as the fine carbonaceous
materials to the fine carbonaceous materials supplying device.
The fine carbonaceous materials supplying device may be connected to the
apparatus for manufacturing coal briquettes and the fine carbonaceous materials
are supplied from the fine carbonaceous materials supplying device.
The reduction reactors may be multi-stage fluidized bed reactors connected
in order.
The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons may further include an
apparatus for manufacturing compacted irons for compacting the reduced
materials and being connected to the reduction reactor and wherein the compacted
irons manufactured in the apparatus for manufacturing compacted irons are
supplied to the melter-gasifier.
The reduction reactor may be a packed bed reactor.
It is preferable that the length of a raceway formed ahead of the tuyere is in
the range from 0.7 m to 1 0 m.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE ACCOMPANYING DRAWINGS
The above and other features and advantages of the present invention will
become more apparent by describing in detail exemplary embodiments thereof
with reference to the attached drawings.
Fig. 1 is a schematic perspective view of the apparatus for manufacturing
molten irons according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 2 is a schematic perspective view of the apparatus for manufacturing
molten irons according to a second, embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 3 is a schematic perspective view of the apparatus for manufacturing
molten irons according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 4 is a schematic perspective view of an apparatus for manufacturing
compacted irons according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 5 is a schematic perspective view of an apparatus for manufacturing
compacted irons according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 6 is a conceptual view of injecting fine carbonaceous materials in an
apparatus for manufacturing molten irons according to the first to fifth
embodiments.
Fig. 7 is graph showing the relationship between an injecting amount of fine
carbonaceous materials and a reducing amount of CH4 gas according to a first
Exemplary example of the present: invention.
Fig. 8 is graph sho ving the relationship between an amount of CH4 gas and
an oxidization ratio of a reducing gas according to a second Exemplary example of
the present invention.
Fig. 9 is graph showing the relationship between an oxidization ratio of the
reducing gas and a reduction ratio of the reduced materials according to the third
embodiment of the present invention.
Fig. 10 is a graph showing a reducing effect of fuels by injecting fine
carbonaceous materials when manufacturing molten irons according to the present
invention.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Embodiments of the present invention will be explained below with
reference to Figs. 1 to 6. The emlbodiments of the present invention are merely to
illustrate the present invention and the present invention is not limited thereto.
Fig. 1 schematically shows a process of injecting fine carbonaceous materials
into a melter-gasifier 20 Here, carbonaceous materials mean materials containing
carbon. The fine carbonaceous. materials are injected with oxygen into the
melter-gasifier 20 through tuyeres 202.
The upper portion 206 of the melter-gasifier 20 is dome-shaped, which is
different from that of 1 blast furnace. The dome-shaped upper portion 206 is
located above a coal packed bed of the melter-gasifier 20. The volume V2 of the
coal packed bed formed in the melter-gasifier 20 is formed to be smaller than the
volume V1 of the dome-shaped upper portion 206. Due to such a structure, the
dome-shaped upper portion 206 decreases a flow rate of gas. Therefore, dust
contained in the reduced materials charged into the melter-gasifier 20 and dust
generated due to a rapid rising temperature of the coals in the coal packed bed are
prevented from discharging out of the melter-gasifier 20.
Since the coals are directly used in the melter-gasifier 20, the amount of
generated gas is irregularly varied. The dome-shaped upper portion 206 absorbs
a varying pressure in the melter-gasifier 20 caused by the above circumstance.
For this, the dome-shaped upper portion 206 of the melter-gasifier 20 is
pressurized and maintained, and is maintained at a hot temperature in the range
from 900°C to 1100°C. Sir ce the dome-shaped upper portion 206 is maintained at
a hot temperature, tar components generated during a process of removing volatile
matters of coals can be completely decomposed.
The reduced irons are converted into molten irons and molten slags while
falling in the coal packed bed. Therefore, a char bed containing a large amount of
char is formed below the coal packed bed. Here, char means a material after the
coal is gasified. As shown in Fig. 1, the coal packed bed is defined to contain a
char bed for convenience. The chars are burned by oxygen injected through the
tuyeres 202 and are destroyed. Therefore, the balance between the volume of
mixtures containing coals, reduced irons, and additives, and that of chars which
are burned and destroyed in the lower portion of the melter-gasifier should be set
in order to uniformly maintain the volume of the coal packed bed. For this, it is
preferable that the structure of the coal packed bed has a large upper portion and a
small lower portion. That is, it is preferable that the upper portion of the coal
packed bed is large while the lower portion is small. According to the present
invention, the melter-gasifier 20 is pressurized since extra reducing gas is
generated by injecting fine carbonaceous materials.
Since the blast furnace has a structure which is completely different from
that of the above described melter-gasifier 20, there is a big difference in the
mechanism of manufacturi ng molten irons. The structure of a blast furnace has a
small upper portion and a large lower portion. That is, the upper portion of the
blast furnace is small while the lower portion is large. Therefore, the structure of
the blast furnace is essentially different from that of the melter-gasifier 20 for
generating a large amount of reducing gas.
In the blast furnace method, molten irons are manufactured by using
sintered ores and cokes having enhanced strength by previously removing volatile
matters. Therefore, since gas is not generated from the volatile matters, the
internal portion of the blast furnace is maintained at a pressure not more than 2
atmospheric pressures. Sime gas is not generated from the volatile matters, the
amount of the reducing gas is not increased and only heat is supplied instead of
cokes even though pulverize i coals are injected into the blast furnace. In addition,
the heat exchange between g is and solids in the cokes and sintered ores packed up
to the upper portion of the b ast furnace is sufficiently carried out. Therefore, the
temperature of gas discharged from the upper portion of the blast furnace is
maintained at not more than 200°C.
According to the present invention, volatile matters contained in fine
carbonaceous materials and carbonaceous materials contained in fixed carbon are
burned by injecting the fine carbonaceous materials. A combustion heat, which is
generated when carbonaceous materials are burned, is used in manufacturing
molten irons. In addition, a large amount of hot reducing gases containing only
CO and H2 are generated by lot burning fine carbonaceous materials. The large
amount of hot reducing gases passes through the coal packed bed formed in the
melter-gasifier 20 and then is s upplied to the dome portion of the melter-gasifier 20.
Therefore, the consuming energy for pyrolyzing lumped carbonaceous materials
which are charged into the me ter-gasifier 20 is supplied. Furthermore, a quantity
of the lumped carbonaceous materials, which are charged into the melter-gasifier
20, is decreased by injecting the fine carbonaceous materials. According to the
present invention, which is different from a pulverized coal injection process, fine
carbonaceous materials containing a large amount of volatile matters are injected
into the melter-gasifier 20 and then increase an amount of reducing gas.
As the fine carbonaceous materials are injected, an amount of extra oxygen
supplied through a dust burner or an oxygen burner installed in the dome portion
of the melter-gasifier can be decreased. Therefore, a burning amount of the
reducing gas and an amount of depyrolyzed hydrocarbon in the dome portion are
decreased, too.
As shown in Fig. 1, the lumped carbonaceous materials are charged into the
upper portion of the melter-gasifier 20, and thereby a coal packed bed is formed
therein. The lumped carbonaceous materials are also used as a healing source for
melting reduced materials. The lumped carbonaceous materials may include
lumped coals or coal briquette s.
According to the present invention, lumped carbonaceous materials
containing 20.0~35.0 wt% of volatile matters are used. Here, the volatile matters
include carbon and hydrogen If the amount of volatile matters contained in the
lumped carbonaceous materia is °C is less than 20.0 wt%, there is a problem in that
an amount of reducing gas generated in the melter-gasifier 20 is considerably less
than that consumed for reduction of the reduced materials in the reduction reactor
52. In addition, if the amount of volatile matters contained in the lumped
carbonaceous materials is more than 35.0 wt%, it is difficult to use them for
manufacturing molten irons. General coals, such as semi-bituminous coals, are
used as the lumped carbonaceous materials. The lumped carbonaceous materials
can be obtained by dividing raw coals and it is preferable that the grain size
thereof is in the range from 8 mm to 35 mm. If the grain size of the lumped
carbonaceous materials is less 1 han 8mm,, it is impossible to secure permeability in
the melter-gasifier. In addition, if lumped carbonaceous materials of which the
grain size is more than 35 mm are manufactured, yield efficiency is deteriorated.
Meanwhile, the mixture containing iron ores is reduced in the reduction
reactor 52. The reduced materials are charged into the melter-gasifier and molten
irons are manufactured.
The reducing gas is mam factured by using volatile matters contained in fine
carbonaceous materials in add tion to volatile matters contained in the lumped
carbonaceous materials. Therefore, a reducing gas having improved reduction
power can be supplied to the reduction reactor, and thereby the reduction ratio of
the reduced materials can be considerably increased. Subsequently, the fuel ratio
of the melter-gasifier 20 can go down considerably.
The fine carbonaceous materials are transferred to a front end of the tuyere
by air and are injected into the tuyere. Therefore, an amount of moisture
contained in the fine carbonaceous materials is controlled to be not more than 2.0
wt% in order to be suitable for being transferred by air. It is preferable that the
fine carbonaceous materials contain volatile matters in the range from 8.0 wt% to
35.0 wt%. Here, the volatile matters contain carbon and hydrogen. If the amount
of volatile matters contained in the fine carbonaceous materials is less than 8.0 wt%,
the generating amount of the extra reducing gas due to the fine carbonaceous
materials is not significant. In addition, the fine carbonaceous materials are dried
while being transferred by air, and so it is difficult for a content of the volatile
matters to be more than 35.0 wt%. Semi-anthracite coals or semi-bituminous coals,
of which the content of volatile matters is not more than 35.0 wt%, can be used as
the fine carbonaceous materials.
Meanwhile, the grair size of the fine carbonaceous materials is limited
during injection of the fine carbonaceous materials in order for the fine
carbonaceous materials injecting line not to be blocked. The fine carbonaceous
materials are crushed in order for the grain size thereof to be not more than 3.0mm.
Then, the carbonaceous materials can be used. In addition, fine carbonaceous
materials, of which the free swelling index is not more than 6.0, are used in order
for the tuyere not to be blocked by the fine carbonaceous materials. As the free
swelling index grows high, a coking power is increased, and thereby adhesion of
the fine carbonaceous materials is serious. Since the fine carbonaceous materials
of which the free swelling index is not less than 6.0 are stuck to each other in a
drying process, it is difficult to crush them into the grain size suitable for being
transferred by air. In additic n, the fine carbonaceous materials supplying line can
be blocked by sticking while being transferred by air.
Oxygen is supplied to the melter-gasifier 20 through the tuyeres 202
installed in a lower portion thereof and the coal packed bed is heated to a hot
temperature by using combustion heat of the char by the oxygen. The tuyeres 202
are connected to the fine carbonaceous materials supplying line 113, and
pulverized coals are supplied to the tuyeres 202 from the fine carbonaceous
materials supplying device 10. The pulverized coals with the oxygen are injected
into the coal packed bed through the tuyeres 202.
In this case, the lengthed of a raceway 204 ahead of each tuyere 202 is in the
range from 0.7 m to 1.0 m. If the length d of the raceway 204 is less than 0.7m,
there is a possibility that a nose of the tuyere 202 gets damaged since the length of
the raceway 204 is too shor . In addition, if the length d of the raceway 204 is
more than 1.0 m, chars are broken due to an increased flow rate. Since the oxygen
is supplied through the tuyere 202, (he length d of the raceway 204 is relatively
short.
In a method for manufacturing molten irons directly using reduced
materials containing iron ores and carbonaceous materials, a plurality of
advantages can be obtained by injecting fine carbonaceous materials with oxygen
into the coal packed bed. That is, when fine carbonaceous materials are injected
into the melter-gasifier 20 through the tuyere 202, the fine carbonaceous materials
are burned and volatile matters contained therein are also burned. Therefore,
utilization efficiency of the carbon is enhanced and the amount of reducing gas is
increased, thereby the reduction ratio of the reduced materials containing iron ores
is enhanced. Therefore, fuel ratio can be reduced. In addition, since a generation
of CH4 gas can be prevented by complete combustion, an oxidization ratio can be
improved even though an amount of CH4 gas is decreased.
According to the present invention, reducing gas having a decreased
oxidation ratio can be supplied from the melter-gasifier 20 to the reduction reactors
52 by injecting fine carbonaceous materials, thereby enhancing a reduction ratio of
the reduced materials. That is, when the fine carbonaceous materials are injected
into the melter-gasifier 20 through the tuyere 202 installed therein, the fine
carbonaceous materials directly come in contact with the hot raceway in the
melter-gasifier 20 and are burned. Therefore, volatile matters containing fine
carbonaceous materials are completely decomposed into carbon (C), hydrogen (H2),
and oxygen (O2), and thereby the generated amount of CH4 due to incomplete
burning is not large. In addition, a large amount of CO gas and H2 gas for
reduction is generated by the reaction such as in the following Chemical Formula
1.
[Chemical Formula 1]
C + CO2 → 2CO
C + H2O → H2 + CO
Therefore, a reducing gas having a decreased oxidation ratio can be supplied
from the melter-gasifier to the reduction reactors due to a large amount of CO gas
and H2 gas, thereby reducing the mixtlure containing iron ores and then converting
it into the reduced materials. Since the mixture containing iron ores can include
additives, it can help the reduced materials to be sintered.
Meanwhile, when fine carbonaceous materials are injected into the
melter-gasifier 20, a combustion temperature in the melter-gasifier 20 can be
decreased since volatile matters contained in the carbonaceous materials are
pyrolyzed. By using this method, there is an advantage that not only the furnace
heat of the melter-gasifier can be easily controlled but also a Si content of the
molten irons can be reduced
In the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 100 shown in Fig. 1, the
fine carbonaceous materials, which are injected with oxygen, can be manufactured
by going through the following processes. The fine carbonaceous materials are
manufactured by crushing raw coals collected from a producing district and the
crushed fine carbonaceous materials are transferred to the installation for injecting
oxygen. Next, the fine carbonaceous materials are mixed with oxygen and are
injected into the coal packed bed of the melter-gasifier 20. The injection of the fine
carbonaceous materials is carried out by the fine carbonaceous materials supplying
device 10.
The structure of the fire carbonaceous materials supplying device 10 shown
in Fig. 1 is merely to illustrate the present invention, and the present invention is
not limited thereto. Therefore, the fine carbonaceous materials can be supplied to
the melter-gasifier 20 using )ther fine carbonaceous materials supplying devices
having a modified structure The structure of the fine carbonaceous materials
supplying device 10 will be explained in more detail below.
The fine carbonaceous materials supplying device 10 includes a raw coals
storage bin 101, a mill 102, a fine carbonaceous materials storage bin 104, a
pressure balancing supplying device 110, a divider 108, and a fine carbonaceous
materials supplying line 112. Besides, the fine carbonaceous materials supplying
device 10 can also include other devices, if necessary.
The raw coals storage bin 101 stores raw coals: A plurality of raw coals
storage bins 101 can be installed. In this case, coals of various types of which
producing districts are different from each other can be stored in each raw coals
storage bin 101, respectively, and can be used.
The mill 102 is connec ted to the raw coals storage bin 101 and crushes the
raw coals and manufactures the fine carbonaceous materials. The grain size of the
crushed fine carbonaceous materials is preferably not more than 3mm. If the
grain size of the fine carbonaceous materials is more than 3mm the tuyere 202 may
be dangerously blocked during injection of the fine carbonaceous materials. The
fine carbonaceous materials srorage bin 104 is connected to the mill 102 and stores
the crushed and manufactured fine carbonaceous materials.
The pressure balancing supplying device 110 supplies a suitable amount of
fine carbonaceous materials from the fine carbonaceous materials storage bin 104
to the melter-gasifier 20. For this, the pressure balancing supplying device 110
includes a uniformly pressurizing vessel 103, a pressurizing and discharging vessel
105, isolation valves 107 and 109, and a suitable amount supplying device. The
uniformly pressurizing vessel 103 and the pressuring and discharging vessel 105
are located up and down, and control a supplying amount of the fine carbonaceous
materials which are crushed and manufactured by using the isolation valves 107
and 109.
Considering that the pressure in the melter-gasifier 20 is high, the divider
108 is located above the upper portion of the melter-gasifier 20. Therefore, it is
possible to sufficiently secure the pressure in the divider 108 for injecting the fine
carbonaceous materials into the melter-gasifier 20 while the supplying amount of
the fine carbonaceous materials is controlled. The fine carbonaceous materials
supplying line 113 is connected to the pressure balancing supplying device 110
through the divider 108 and supplies the fine carbonaceous materials to the tuyeres
202.
A plurality of tuyeres 202 and a plurality of dividers 108 can be installed. A
plurality of dividers 108 are connected to a plurality of tuyeres 202, respectively,
and the fine carbonaceous materials are uniformly supplied to each divider 108
and are supplied to the tayeres 202, respectively. The pressure balancing
supplying device 110 uniformly supplies the fine carbonaceous materials to the
divider 108.
Since the detailed internal structure of the above described devices can be
understood by those skilled ir the art in the technical field of the present invention,
the detailed explanation there of will be omitted.
In addition, according to the present invention, the raw coals are divided
and are used as pulverized coals which are injected into the melter-gasifier 20.
The above second embodiment of the present invention will be explained in more
detail with reference to Fig. 2.
Since the structure of the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 200
according to the second embodiment of the present invention shown in Fig. 2 is
similar to that of the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons according to the
first embodiment of the present invention, the same elements are referred to with
the same reference numerals and a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted.
The raw coals are divided into lumped coals and fine coals by a screen 111.
The raw coals having a grain size of not less than 8 mm are divided into lumped
coals and the raw coals having a grain size of less than 8 mm are divided into fine
coals. The above grain size standard is merely to illustrate the present invention
and the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, the raw coals can be
divided based on another grain size standard.
The lumped coals come in contact with a hot gas and are dried in the dryer
115. The dried lumped coals are charged into the melter-gasifier 20. The dryer
115 dries the lumped coals using heat recovery which is generated from the
melter-gasifier 20. Besides, the lumped coals can be dried using other methods.
The fine coals are collected when the lumped coals come in contact with the
hot gas in the dryer 115 and are then transferred to the raw coals storage bin 101
via a fine coals transferring line 121. Therefore, collected fine coals can be injected
into the melter-gasifier 20 as he pulverized coals. The fine coals divided from the
raw coals can be used as the pulverized coals. Therefore, the apparatus for
manufacturing molten irons 200 can use the fine coals generated from the raw
coals for pulverized coal injection (PCI) beside the raw coals, and thereby there is
an advantage that utilization efficiency of the fine coals can be maximized.
The reducing gas generated from the melter-gasifier 20 is supplied to the
packed bed reactor 52 via a reducing gas supplying line 70. The reduced
materials reduced in the packed bed reactor 52 are supplied to the melter-gasifier
20 and are melted therein.
An apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 300 according to a third
embodiment of the present invention shown in Fig. 3 includes an apparatus for
manufacturing coal briquettes 30. Coal briquettes manufactured in the apparatus
for manufacturing coal briquettes 30 are charged into the melter-gasifier 20. Since
the other portions of the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 300, except the
apparatus for manufacturing coal briquettes 30, are similar to those of the
apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 100 according to the first embodiment
of the present invention, the detailed explanation thereof will be omitted and the
same elements are referred to with the same reference numerals.
The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 300 supplies fine coals to the
melter-gasifier 20 using the fine carbonaceous materials supplying device shown in
Fig. 1. The fine carbonaceous materials supplying device is omitted in Fig. 3 for
convenience.
The apparatus for manufacturing coal briquettes 30 molds fine coals and
then manufactures coal briquettes as a heating source in order to melt the reduced
materials. The raw coals are divided into lumped coals having a large grain size
and fine coals having a small grain size by a selector 40. The lumped coals are
directly charged into the melter-gasifier 20 after they are dried in the lumped coals
dryer 42. The fine coals are manufactured into coal briquettes in order to secure
permeability in the melter-gasifier 20 and are charged into the melter-gasifier 20.
Here, raw coals are divided into the lumped coals having a grain size more than
8mm and fine coals having a grain size not more than 8mm based on the grain size
standard of 8mm. The above grain size standard is merely to illustrate the present
invention and the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, it is possible
for the lumped coals and fine coals to be divided using other grain size standards.
Lumped carbonaceous materials including the lumped coals and the coal
briquettes manufactured by molding the fine coals are prepared. The lumped
carbonaceous materials are charged into the melter-gasifier 20 and the coal packed
bed is formed. Here, a step of preparing the lumped carbonaceous materials
includes a step of dividing raw coals into lumped coals and fine coals and a step of
manufacturing coal briquettes by molding the fine coals.
The step of manufacturing the coal briquettes includes a step of dividing
raw coals into lumped coals and fine coals, a step of drying the fine coals, a step of
adding a binder to the fine coals and mixing together, and a step of molding the
fine coals in which the binder s added and mixed together and manufacturing the
coal briquettes.
In order to realize the above process, the apparatus for manufacturing coal
briquettes 30 may further include a dryer 33, a mixer 37, and a couple of rolls 39.
Besides, it may further include a fine coals storage bin 31, a binder storage bin 35, a
coal briquettes storage bin 44, and so on.
The dryer 33 dries the fine coals. The mixer 37 is connected to the dryer 33
and mixes a binder, which is supplied from the binder storage bin 35, and the
dried fine coals together. The couple of rolls 39 are connected to the mixer 37 and
manufacture coal briquettes by molding the fine coals with which the binder is
mixed together.
The fine coals storage bin 31 temporarily stores the fine coals and the binder
storage bin 35 stores a binder such as molasses. In addition, the coal briquettes
storage bin 44 temporarily stores the manufactured coal briquettes. Besides, other
devices, which are necessary for manufacturing coal briquettes, such as a dust
separator, can also be included if necessary.
Particularly, accor ling to the present invention, molten irons can be
manufactured directly us;ng the fine raw coals and fine iron ores. The method for
manufacturing molten irons will be explained in detail with reference to Fig. 4
below.
As shown in Fig.4, molten irons can be manufactured directly using fine
raw coals and fine iron ores. Fig. 4 shows an apparatus for manufacturing molten
irons 400 according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention for carrying
out the above described Process. The structure of the apparatus for manufacturing
molten irons 400 shown in Fig. 4 is merely to illustrate the present invention and
the present invention is not limited thereto. Therefore, it can be modified in other
structures and other devices can be included.
Since the structurr of the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 400 is
similar to the structure c f the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons shown in
Fig. 3, the same element are referred to with the same reference numerals and the
detailed explanation thereof will bo omitted.
The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 400 mainly include a
fluidized bed reactor 5C as a reduction reactor, an apparatus for manufacturing
coal briquettes 30, a melter-gasifier 20, a fine carbonaceous materials supplying
device 10 (shown in Fig. 1) and a reducing gas supplying line 70. Besides, the
apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 400 may further include an apparatus
for manufacturing compacted irons 60 connected between the fluidized bed reactor
50 and the melter-gasifier 20. In addition, the apparatus for manufacturing
molten irons 400 can include other devices necessary to manufacture molten irons.
The multi-stage f uidized bed reactors in which fluidized beds are formed
are sequentially connect ed to each other in order to reduce the mixtures containing
iron ores and convert them into reduced materials. The reducing gas, which is
discharged from the coal packed bed of the melter-gasifier 20, is supplied to each
fluidized bed reactor via a reducing gas supplying line 70. The reducing gas
enters into the fluidized bed reactors and flows (herein, thereby iron-ores and
additives pass through them and are converted into reduced materials. The
reduced materials may be compacted by the apparatus for manufacturing
compacted irons 60. Such nanufactured reduced materials are charged into the
melter-gasifier 20 and are manufactured into molten irons.
The apparatus for manufacturing compacted irons 60 compacts reduced
materials and then manufactures compacted reduced materials in order to secure
permeability and to prevent them from elutriating. The apparatus for
manufacturing compacted irons 60 includes a charging hopper 62, a couple of rolls
64, a crusher 66, and a reduced materials storage bin 68. Besides, the apparatus
for manufacturing compactec irons 60 may include other devices if necessary.
The charging hopper (2 stores reduced materials which are reduced from
the mixture containing iron ores. The couple of rolls 64 presses the reduced
materials and manufactures compacted reduced materials. The crusher 66 crushes
the compacted reduced materials into a suitable size. The reduced materials
storage bin 68 temporarily stores the crushed reduced materials.
A hot uniformly pressurizing device 46 is located between the apparatus for
manufacturing compacted irons 60 and the melter-gasifier 20. The hot uniformly
pressurizing device 46 is installed above the melter-gasifier 20 in order to control
pressure. Although the inside of the melter-gasifier 20 is at a high pressure, the
crushed reduced materials can be easily charged into the melter-gasifier 20 since
the hot uniformly pressurizing device 46 uniformly controls the pressure.
In the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 500 according to a fifth
embodiment of the present invention shown in Fig. 5, the fine coals generated
during manufacturing of the coal briquettes can be injected into the melter-gasifier
20. Since the structure of the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons 500
according to a fifth embodiment of the present invention is similar to the structure
of the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons shown in Fig. 4, the same
elements are referred to with the same reference numerals and the detailed
explanation thereof will be omitted.
The apparatus for nanufacturing coal briquettes 30 may include a dust
separator 32 collecting dust generated in the dryer 33. The dust separator 32 is
connected to the fine carbonaceous materials supplying device 10 and supplies fine
coals thereto. The fine coa is are injected with oxygen into the melter-gasifier 20 as
pulverized coals. By using this method, the coals can be recycled. Therefore, not
only is a fuel ratio minim zed but also a losing amount of the coals caused by
elutriation of the dust can be minimized.
A fine carbonaceous naterials supplying device is installed near each tuyere
202 in order to inject fine carbonaceous materials in the first to fifth embodiments
of the above present invent on. The fine carbonaceous materials supplying device
will be explained with reference to Fig. 6 below.
As shown in Fig. 6, a mixing chamber 203 is installed ahead of the tuyere.
The fine carbonaceous materials and adding gas are mixed therein and are
supplied to the tuyere. The adding gas supplying line 115 is connected to the
mixing chamber 203 and a suitable amount of an adding gas is supplied. The fine
carbonaceous materials are supplied from the fine carbonaceous materials
supplying device via the fine carbonaceous materials injecting line 113. The fine
carbonaceous materials are njected into the melter-gasifier using the adding gas.
When the fine carbonaceous materials are supplied to the tuyere with
oxygen through a fine carbonaceous materials injecting line 113, the fine
carbonaceous materials are quickly burned. Therefore, when a discharging flow
rate of the fine carbonaceous materials from the fine carbonaceous materials
injecting line 113 is slow, the raceway for burning the fine carbonaceous materials
is formed near the fine carl onaceous materials injecting line 113. Since radiation
heat is discharged from the raceway, a phenomenon that the fine carbonaceous
materials injecting line 113 i; melted and blocked due to the radiation heat occurs.
In order to prevent the above phenomenon, an adding gas is supplied by the
adding gas supplying line 115. By listing this method, the discharging flow rate of
the fine carbonaceous materials from the fine carbonaceous materials injecting line
113 is quickened. Therefore, the raceway is formed away from the fine
carbonaceous materials injecting line 113. In this case, it is preferable that the flow
rate of the fine carbonaceous materials, which are discharged from the fine
carbonaceous materials injecting line 113, is controlled in the range from 40 m/s to
70 m/s. If the flow rate of the fine carbonaceous materials is less than 40 m/s, it is
difficult to inject the fine carbonaceous materials into the melter-gasifier of which
pressure and the varying ange of pressure are much larger than those of the blast
furnace. In addition, if the flow rate of the fine carbonaceous materials is more
than 70 m/s, there is a problem in that the combustion power of the fine
carbonaceous materials is deteriorated.
A combustible gas may be used as the adding gas. The combustible gas
may include hydrocarbor, hydrogen, and carbon monoxide. For example, liquid
natural gas (LNG), cokes oven gas (COG), etc. can be used. In addition, off gas
discharged from the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons according to the
first to fifth embodiment of the present invention, from which CO2 and H2O are
partly removed, can also be used.
When a combustible gas is injected with oxygen through a tuyere, the
combustion reaction of the following Chemical Formula 2 occurs.
[Chemical Formula 2]
(C, H2) in combustible gas + O2 → CO2 + H2O
Here, generated CO2 + H2O are reacted with the fine carbonaceous materials
and carbon elements in the coal packed bed formed near the tuyere. Therefore, an
extra reducing gas generated in the tuyere by supplying combustible gas can be
used. In addition, the heat generated by the predominant combustion of the
reducing gas accelerates the rise of the temperature of the fine carbonaceous
materials and then shortens the time for reaching the firing temperature of the fine
carbonaceous materials. Therefore, it is possible to promote combustion of the
fine carbonaceous materials.
In addition, the temperature of the raceway can be lowered by raising the
temperature of the combustible gas and due to a heat for pyrolyzing hydrocarbon
contained therein and the generating amount of the hot gas can be increased.
Therefore, it is possible to uniformly control heat distribution around the tuyere in
a much larger range.
The angle a formed between the adding gas supplying line 115 and the fine
carbonaceous materials supplying line 113 is preferably in the range from 30
degrees to 90 degrees. If ihe angle a is less than 30 degrees, combustion may be
difficult to occur since the flow rate is too quick due to the adding gas. On the
contrary, if the angle a is more than 90 degrees, there is a problem in that the
acceleration of the fine carbonaceous materials is not easy.
The present invention will be explained in more detail by the experimental
examples of the present invention below. The experimental examples of the
present invention are merely to illustrate the present invention, and the present
invention is not limited the eto.
Experimental examples
The experiment is carried out using an apparatus having the same structure
of the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons according to the fourth
embodiment of the prese it invention shown in Fig. 4 in order to observe a
variation of a reduction ratio of a reducing gas as the fine carbonaceous materials
are injected into the melter -gasifier and a variation of combustion temperature in
the melter-gasifier.
Oxygen of 25°C and 380 Nm3/(t-p) (namely, oxygen of 380 Nm3 per 1 ton of
molten irons) was injected into the melter-gasifier. The amount of the fine
carbonaceous materials was controlled to be varied by the fine carbonaceous
materials supplying device. The results of a technical analysis and an element
analysis of the fine carbonaceous materials used in the experimental examples of
the present invention are shown in Table 1 and Table 2, respectively.


In Experimental example 1, the reducing amount of CH4 gas was measured
according to the injecting air ount of the fine carbonaceous materials by injecting
the fine carbonaceous materials. In Experimental example 2, the oxidization ratio
of the reducing gas according to an amount of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier was
measured. In Experiments example 3, the reduction ratio of the reduced
materials, which are reduced to the reduced gas according to the variation of the
oxidization ratio of the reducing gas, was measured. Finally, in Experimental
example 4, the variation of combustion temperature in the melter-gasifier
according to the variation of the injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous
materials was measured. Experimented example 1 to Experimental example 4 will
be explained in detail below.
Experimental example 1
In order to observe the reducing amount of the CH4 gas according to the
increase of the injecting amount of .the fine carbonaceous materials in the
melter-gasifier, the reducing amount of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier was
measured at each time of increasing the injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous
materials by 50 kg/(p-t). The amount of CH4 gas, which was 4.5 voI% in the
melter-gasifier before injecting the fine carbonaceous materials, is gradually
decreased as the injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous materials is increased.
The reducing amount of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier according to the increase of
injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous materials is shown in Table 3. Here, the
reducing amount of CH4 gas is the value when the amount of CH4 gas at the time
of measuring is subtracted from 4.5 vol%, which is the original amount of CH4 gas.

The data of Table 3 were diagramed in Fig. 7. In Fig. 7, the injecting
amount of fine carbonaceous materials is shown on the x-axis and the reducing
amount of CH4 gas in the me ter-gasif ier is shown on the y-axis. As shown in Fig.
7, there exists a linear relationship between the injecting amount of fine
carbonaceous materials and the reducing amount of CH4. That is, the amount of
CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier is regularly decreased as the injecting amount of the
fine carbonaceous materials it increased. As shown in Fig. 7, the injecting amount
of fine carbonaceous materials (x) and the reducing amount of CH4 gas in the
melter-gasifier (y) substantially satisfy the following Formula 1. That is, they
satisfy the condition that is the same as the following Formula 1 or is similar to it.
[Formula 1]
y = O.OOOlx
Here, the unit of x is is %/(kg/t-p).
With reference to Experimental example 1, the amount of CH4 gas in the
melter-gasifier was recognized to be able to be linearly decreased when the fine
carbonaceous materials are injected into the melter-gasifier.
Experimental example 2
In Experimental example 2 of the present invention, an oxidization ratio of
the reducing gas according to the reducing amount of CH4 gas in the
melter-gasifier was measured. The measurement of the oxidization ratio is
carried out by a speclroscope through which line spectrums can be observed. The
method for measuring an oxidization ratio can be easily understood by those
skilled in the art in the technical field of the present invention, and so a detailed
explanation thereof will be omitted.
The oxidization ratio of the reducing gas was measured 67 times according
to the variation of the amour t of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier, and the results are
shown in Table 4.


As shown in Table. 4 the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas was
recognized to be decreased to be not more than 11.432%. That is, the reducing gas
of which the oxidization ratio becomes in the range of more than 0% and not more
than 11.432% is supplied to the reduction reactors. Therefore, the amount of CH4
gas was decreased as the fine carbonaceous materials are injected, and thereby the
oxidization ratio of the reducing gas was recognized to be reduced to be not more
than 11.432%.
The data of Table 4 are diagramed in Fig. 8. As shown in Fig. 8, it can be
observed that the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas is increased as the amount
of the CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier is increased. That is, the reduction power of
the reducing gas is increased. The linear function is calculated by least square
method in order to draw a relationship between the amount of CH4 gas in the
melter-gasifier and the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas. Since the least
square method can be under stood by those skilled in the art in the technical field of
the present invention, a detailed explanation thereof will be omitted. If x denotes
the amount of CH4 gas in th ? melter-gasifier and y denotes an oxidization ratio of
the reducing gas in the me ter-gasifier, it will be recognized that the following
Formula 2 is substantially satisfied. That is, the amount of CH4 gas and the
oxidization ratio of the reducing gas satisfy the condition that is the same as the
following Formula 2 or is similar to it.
[Formula 2]
1.6653x-y = -1.1472
Here, the unit of x is vol%, the unit of y is %, and the unit of 1.6653
is %/vol%.
In addition, the data that are disposed on the straight lines that have the
same slope as that of Formula 2 and are farthest from the straight line of Formula 2
were searched in order to find out the straight lines passing through the data
corresponding to the upper limit and the lower limit among the data of Table 4.
As a result, 2.215vol% of CH4 gas and 2.307% of the oxidization ratio of the
reducing gas shown in NO.2 c f Table 4 correspond to a lower limit, and 4.107vol%
of CH4 gas and 10.311% of the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas shown in NO.
51 of Table 4 correspond to an upper limit.
Therefore, the range of straight lines, which pass through the above upper
limit and lower limit and have the same slope as the straight line of Formula 2, can
be shown as Formula 3. That is, the amount of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier (x)
and the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas (y) substantially satisfy the following
Formula 3. That is, the amount of CH4 gas in the melter-gasifier and the
oxidization ratio of the reducing gas satisfy the condition that is the same as the
following Formula 3 or is similar to it.
[Formula 3]
-3.4718 Here, the unit of x i; vol%, the unit of y is %, and the unit of 1.3824
is %/vol%.
In accordance with Formula 3, the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas
according to the decrease of the amount of CH4 gas is shown as deviant crease
lines in Fig. 8. As describee above, it can be recognized that oxidization of the
reducing gas is proportionally decreased as the amount of CH4 is decreased with
reference to Experimental example 2 of the present invention. Therefore, it may
be recognized that the oxidisation ratio of the reducing gas can be reduced by
injecting the fine carbonaceous materials.
Experimental example 3
In Experimental example 3, the variation of the reduction ratio of the
reduced materials according to the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas is
diagramed and the trend thereof was observed. That is, the oxidization ratio of
the reducing gas in the meller-gasifier and the reduction ratio of the reduced
materials reduced in the reduction reactors to which reducing gas is supplied were
measured and diagramed. The measurement of the oxidization ratio of the
reducing gas was carried out by the method which is the same as in the
Experimental example 2. The reduction ratio of the reduced materials was
measured by comparing the mixture containing iron ores before passing through
the reduction reactors with the mixture containing iron ores after passing through
the reduction reactors. Since the measurement of the oxidization ratio of the
reducing gas and the reduction ratio of the reduced materials can be easily
understood by those skilled in the art in the technical field of the present invention,
the detailed explanation thereo will be omitted.
Fig. 9 shows an oxidization ratio of the reducing gas in the melter-gasifier as
the x-axis and a reduction ratio of the reduced materials as the y-axis.
The relationship between the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas and the
reduction ratio of the reduced materials shown as dots in.Fig. 9 is straightly lined
using least square method and then the result of the following Formula 4 is
acquired. The oxidization ratio of the reducing gas (x) and the reduction ratio of
the reduced materials (y) substantially satisfy the following Formula 4. That is,
the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas (x) and the reduction ratio of the reduced
materials (y) satisfy the condition that is the same as the following Formula 4 or is
similar to it.
[Formula 4]
y = -2.10x + 103.9
Here, the unit of x is %, the unit cf y is %, and the unit of 103.9 is %.
As can be seen from Formula 4, the reduction ratio of the reduced materials
is decreased when the oxidization ratio of the reducing gas is increased. Therefore,
a consuming time for completely reducing the reduced materials in the
melter-gasifier is reduced and so the production efficiency is improved.
That is, since the fine carbonaceous materials are injected into the center
portion of a melter-gasifier at a hot temperature, the fine carbonaceous materials
are completely burned and the volatile matters contained therein are converted
into CO gas or H2 gas. Therefore, the amount of CH4 gas in the melter gasifier
caused by incomplete combustion is deceased. In addition, since the amount of
CH4 gas is decreased and the amount of CO gas or H2 gas is increased, the amount
of reducing gas generated fron the melter-gasifier and supplied to the reduction
reactors is increased. Therefore, oxidation of the reducing gas is increased. The
reducing gas having improved oxidization ratio is supplied to the reduction
reactors and the reduction ratio of the reduced materials passing through the
reduction reactors is increased. Since the reduced materials, of which the
reduction ratio is increased, a'e supplied to the melter-gasifier, reduced molten
irons can finally be obtained ev en though a small amount of lumped carbonaceous
materials are charged into the melter-gasifier. That is, an amount of lumped
carbonaceous materials charged into the melter-gasifier is considerably reduced as
the fine carbonaceous materials are injected, and thereby a fuel ratio is significantly
reduced.
Experimental example 4
In Experimental example 4, temperature variation of the raceway in the
melter-gasifier was measured according to the injection of the fine carbonaceous
materials. Assuming that the combustion is carried out in an adiabatic state and
there is no heat loss outside of the raceway, the combustion temperature of the
raceway was measured while the injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous
materials is increased by 50 kg per 1 ton of molten irons. The temperature of the
raceway was measured by using a thermocouple installed in the melter-gasifier,
and the experimental results are shown in Table 5.

As shown in Table 5, it can be recognized that combustion temperature is
substantially decreased by 200 °C as the injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous
materials is increased by 50 kg per 1 ton of molten irons. Namely, the combustion
temperature is almost decreased by 200 °C.
As can be seen from Experimental example 4 of the present invention, it is
recognized that the combustion temperature in the melter-gasifier can be
significantly reduced as the injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous materials is
increased. Therefore, not only is the furnace heat of the melter-gasifier easily
controlled, but also the Si content in the molten irons, which has a bad influence on
the molten irons, can be reduced. In addition, the process of injecting fine
carbonaceous materials can replace the process of moisturing through the tuyere
for controlling furnace heat.
Fig. 10 shows a variation of fuel ratio and yield according to the injection of
the fine carbonaceous materials. In Fig. 10, variation of fuel ratio and yield is
shown in a state before pulverized coal injection (PCI), in a state of injecting 50~80
kg/(p-t) of fine carbonaceous materials, and in a state of injecting 80~120 kg/(p-t)
of fine carbonaceous materials. Assuming the same amount of molten irons is
produced, it can be recognized that the fuel ratio is significantly reduced by
injecting fine carbonaceous materials. That is, it can be recognized that the fuel
ratio is reduced by 30 kg per 1 ton of molten irons as the fine carbonaceous
materials are injected by 100kg per 1 ton of molten irons.
If the fine carbonaceous materials are injected like above, the amount of
reducing gas in the melter-gasifier is increased since volatile matters contained in
the fine carbonaceous materia Is are completely burned. Since the reducing gas is
increased and is supplied tc the reduction reactors, the reduction ratio of the
reduced materials passing through the reduction reactors can be increased.
Therefore, the amount of lumped carbonaceous materials charged into the
melter-gasifier for final redudion can be reduced. Namely, there is an effect that
the fuel ratio can be reduced.
In addition, since fine carbonaceous materials are injected with oxygen
through the tuyere of the me ter-gasifier, there is an advantage that combustion
temperature in the melter-gasifier can be controlled, the furnace heat can be
delicately controlled and the coal packed bed can be stabilized.
Furthermore, the stagnating time of the charging materials in the
melter-gasifier is increased when the fine carbonaceous materials are injected, and
thereby the temperature of the dome portion is naturally increased. Accordingly,
the flow amount of oxygen of the dust burner installed in the melter-gasifier can be
reduced. Therefore, the reducing gas having an advantage in reduction can be
obtained by reducing re-oxidization of the reducing gas.
While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with
reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those skilled
in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without
departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended
claims.
WE CLAIM:
1. The method for manufacuring molten irons, comprising steps of:
reducing mixtures con aining iron ores in a reduction reactor and converting
the mixtures containing iron ores into reduced materials;
preparing lumped carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters as a
heating source for melting the reduced material;
charging the lumped carbonaceous materials into a dome-shaped upper
portion of a melter-gasifier and forming a coal packed bed;
preparing fine carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters as a
heating source for melting the reduced materials;
injecting oxygen and the fine carbonaceous materials into the coal packed
bed through a tuyere installed in the melter-gasifier;
charging the reduced naterials into the melter-gasifier connected to the
reduction reactor and manufacturing molten irons; and
supplying reducing gas in the melter-gasifier made from volatile matters
contained both in the lumped carbonaceous materials and the fine carbonaceous
materials to the reduction reac or.
2. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
fine carbonaceous materials ccntain volatile matters of the range from 8.0 wt% to
35.0 wt%, and the volatile matters contain carbon and hydrogen in the step of
preparing fine carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters as a heating
source for melting the reduced materials.
3. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 2, wherein the
free swelling index (FSI) of the line carbonaceous materials is not more than 6.0.
4. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
lumped carbonaceous materials contain volatile matters in the. range from 20.0
wt% to 35.0 wt%, and the volatile matters contain carbon and hydrogen in the step
of preparing lumped carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters as a
heating source for melting the reduced materials.
5. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 4, wherein the
grain size of the lumped carbonaceous materials is in the range from 8 mm to 35
mm.
6. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
step of preparing lumped carbonaceous materials comprises steps of:
dividing raw coals into fine coals and lumped coals; and
preparing lumped carbonaceous materials in which the lumped coals come
in contact with hot gas and are then dried.
7. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 6, wherein the
method for manufacturing molten irons further comprises a step of injecting the
divided fine coals as the fine carbonaceous materials into the coal packed bed.
8. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 6, wherein the
method for manufacturing molten irons further comprises a step of transferring
fine coals, which are co Jected when the lumped coals come in contact with hot gas,
and injecting the fine coals as the fine carbonaceous materials.
9. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein the
lumped carbonaceous materials comprise coal briquettes, and
wherein the step of preparing lumped carbonaceous materials comprises
steps of:
dividing the raw coals into fine coals and lumped coals; and
molding the fine coals and then manufacturing coal briquettes.
10. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 9, wherein
the step of manufacturing the coal briquettes comprises steps of:
drying the fine coals;
adding a binder to the fine coals and mixing together; and
molding the fine coals n which the binder is added and mixed together and
manufacturing coal briquette;.
11. The method for manufac hiring molten irons as claimed in claim 10, wherein
the method for manufacturing molten irons further comprises a step of
transferring the fine coals collected in the step of drying the fine coals and injecting
the fine coals as the fine carbonaceous materials.
12. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the fine carbonaceous materials are made by crushing raw coals and a grain size of
the crushed fine carbonaceous materials is not more than 3mm in the step of
injecting fine carbonaceous ma :erials into the coal packed bed.
13. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein a
flow rate of the fine carbonaceous materials that are injected into the coal packed
bed is controlled in the range from 40 m/sec to 70 m/sec in the step of injecting the
fine carbonaceous materials into the coal packed bed.
14. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein an
oxidization ratio of the reducing gas decreases to be in the range of above 0% to
11.432% as an injecting amount of the fine carbonaceous materials increases in the
step of supplying reducing gas fo the reduction reactor.
15. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 14, wherein
an amount of CH4 gas in the me ter-gasifier decreases as an injecting amount of the
fine carbonaceous materials increases and an oxidization ratio of the reducing gas
decreases as the amount of the CH4 gas decreases.
16. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 15, wherein y
= O.OOOlx is substantially satisfied when x denotes an injecting amount of the fine
carbonaceous materials anc y denotes a reducing amount of CH4 gas in the
melter-gasifier,
where the unit of x is kg/t-p, the unit of y is %, and the unit of 0.0001
is %/(kg/t-p).
17. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 15, wherein
-3.4718 ≤ 1.6653x - y of CH4 gas in the melter-gasfier and y denotes an oxidization ratio of the reducing
gas,
where the unit of x is vol%, the an unit of y is %, and the unit of 1.3824
is %/vol%.
18. The method for manufac hiring molten irons as claimed in claim 15, wherein
1.6653x - y = -1.1472 is substantially satisfied when x denotes an amount of CH4
gas in the melter-gasifier and y denotes an oxidization ratio of the reducing gas,
where the unit of x is vol%, the unit of y is %, and the unit of 1.6653
is %/vol%.
19. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 15, wherein y
= -2.10x + 103.9 is substantially satisfied when x denotes an oxidization ratio of the
reducing gas and y denotes a reduction ratio of the reduced materials,
where the unit of x is %, the unit of y is %, and the unit of 103.9 is %.
20. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein
combusting temperature in the melter-gasifier is decreased as the injecting amount
of the fine carbonaceous materials is increased in the step of injecting the fine
carbonaceous materials into the coal packed bed.
21. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 20, wherein
the combusting temperature in the melter-gasifier substantially is decreased by
200°C whenever the amount of fine carbonaceous materials increases by 50 kg per
1 ton of molten irons.
22. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the mixtures containing iron ores are fluidized through multi-stage reduction
reactors connected in order while converting the mixtures containing iron ores into
the reduced materials in the step of reducing the mixtures containing iron ores in
the reduction reactor ard converting the mixtures containing iron ores into the
reduced materials.
23. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 22, wherein
the method for manufacturing molten irons comprises a step of compacting the
reduced materials before the reduced materials are charged into melter-gasifier.
24. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the reduction reactor is a fluidized bed reactor in the step of reducing the mixtures
containing iron ores in the reduction reactor and converting the mixtures
containing iron ores into the reduced materials.
25. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the reduction reactor is a packed bed reactor in the step of reducing the mixtures
containing iron ores in the reduction reactor and converting the mixtures
containing iron ores into the reduced materials.
26. The method for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 1, wherein
the length of a raceway formed ahead of the tuyere is in the range from 0.7 m to 1.0
m in the step of injecting oxygen and the fine carbonaceous materials into the coal
packed bed through a tuyere installed in the melter-gasifier.
27. An apparatus for manufacturing molten irons, comprising:
a reduction reactor for reducing mixtures containing iron ores and
converting the mixtures containing iron ores into reduced materials;
a coal supplying device for supplying lumped carbonaceous materials
containing volatile matters is a heating source for melting the reduced materials;
a melter-gasifier having a dome-shaped upper portion into which the
reduced materials are changed and being connected to the reduction reactor, the
melter-gasifier into which the lumped carbonaceous materials are charged and
being connected to the coal supplying device, the melter-gasifier into which
oxygen and fine carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters are injected
through the tuyere installed in a side of the melter-gasifier;
a fine carbonaceous materials supplying device for supplying the fine
carbonaceous materials; ar d
a reducing gas supplying line for supplying the reducing gas in the
melter-gasifier made from the volatile matters contained both in the lumped
carbonaceous materials and the fine carbonaceous materials to the reduction
reactor.
28. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
the fine carbonaceous ma erials contain volatile matters in the range from 8.0 wt%
to 35.0 wt% and the volatile matters contain carbon and hydrogen.
29. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 28, wherein
the free swelling index of the fine carbonaceous materials is not more than 6.0.
30. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
the lumped carbonaceous materials contain volatile matters in the range from 20.0
wt% to 35.0 wt% and the vc latile matters contain carbon and hydrogen.
31. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
a grain size of the lumped carbonaceous materials is in the range from 8mm to
35mm.
32. The apparatus for mar ufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
the fine carbonaceous materials supplying device comprises:
a raw coals storage oin for storing raw coals;
a mill for crushing the raw coals and manufacturing the fine carbonaceous
materials and being connected to the raw coals storage bin;
a fine carbonaceous materials storage bin for storing the crushed and
manufactured fine carbor aceous materials and being connected to the mill;
a pressure balancing supplying device for supplying a suitable amount of
the fine carbonaceous materials from the fine carbonaceous materials storage bin to
the melter-gasifier;
a divider installed above the melter-gasifier for controlling a supplying
amount of the fine carbon laceous materials; and
a fine carbonaceous materials supplying line for supplying the fine
carboneous materials into the tuyere and being connected to the pressure
balancing supplying device.
33. The apparatus for maanufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 32, wherein
a plurality of dividers are connected to the tuyeres, respectively, and the fine
carbonaceous materials ire equally supplied to each divider and then are supplied
to the tuyeres, respectively.
34. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
the apparatus for manuacturing molten irons further comprises:
a mixing chambe installed near the tuyere;
an adding gas supplying line for supplying an adding gas to the mixing
chamber and being connected to the mixing chamber; and
a fine carbonaceous materials injecting line for injecting the fine
carbonaceous materials anc being connected between the mixing chamber and the
tuyeres,
wherein the mixing chamber is connected to the fine carbonaceous materials
supplying device, and the fine carbonaceous materials supplied from the fine
carbonaceous materials supplying device are injected into the melter-gasifier
through the fine carbonaceous materials injecting line by using the adding gas.
35. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 34, wherein
the fine carbonaceous materials are supplied to the mixing chamber with a
transferring gas.
36. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 34, wherein
a flow rate of the fine carbonaceous materials discharged from the fine
carbonaceous materials inecting line is controlled in the range from 40m/sec to
70m/sec by controlling an amount of adding gas supplied from the adding gas
supplying line.
37. The apparatus for mnufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 34, wherein
combustible gas is used as the adding gas.
38. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 34, wherein
the adding gas supplying line makes an angle in the range from 30 degrees to 90
degrees with the fine carbonaceous materials injecting line.
39. The apparatus for ma nufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
the coal supplying device comprises an apparatus for manufacturing coal
briquettes for manufacturing and supplying coal briquettes by molding the fine
coals.
40. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 39, wherein
the apparatus for manufacturing coal briquettes comprises:
a dryer for drying the fine coals;
a dust separator for collecting dust generated in the dryer; and
a mixer connected to the drver and adding a binder to the dried fine coals
and mixing together; and
a couple of rolls connected Co the mixer and manufacturing coal briquettes
by molding the fine coals to which the binder is added and mixed together.
41. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 40, wherein
the dust separator supples the collected dust as the fine carbonaceous materials to
the fine carbonaceous materials supplying device.
42. The apparatus for n lanufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 39, wherein
the fine carbonaceous materials supplying device is connected to the apparatus for
manufacturing coal briquettes and the fine carbonaceous materials are supplied
from the fine carbonacec us materials supplying device.
43. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
the reduction reactors are multi-stage fluidized bed reactors connected in order.
44. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 43, wherein
the apparatus for manufacturing molten irons further comprises an apparatus for
manufacturing compacted irons for compacting the reduced materials and being
connected to the reduction reactor and wherein the compacted irons manufactured
in the apparatus for manufacturing compacted irons are supplied to the
melter-gasifier.
45. The apparatus for manufactoring molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
the reduction reactor is a packed bed reactor.
46. The apparatus for manufacturing molten irons as claimed in claim 27, wherein
the length of a raceway formed ahead of the tuyere is in the range from 0.7m to
1.0m.

APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN IRON AND
METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME
The present invention relates to an apparatus for manufacturing molten
irons and a method for manufacturing the same. The method for manufacturing
molten irons according to the present invention includes steps of reducing
mixtures containing iron ores in a reduction reactor and converting the mixtures
containing iron ores into reduced materials, preparing lumped carbonaceous
materials containing volatile matters as a heating source for melting the reduced
material charging the lumped carbonaceous materials into a dome-shaped upper
portion of a melter-gasifier and forming a coal packed bed, preparing fine
carbonaceous materials containing volatile matters as a heating source for melting
the reduced materials, injecting oxygen and the fine carbonaceous materials into
the coal packed bed through a tuyere installed in the melter-gasifier, charging the
reduced materials into the melter-gasifier connected to the reduction reactor and
manufacturing molten irons, and supplying reducing gas in the melter-gasifier
made from volatile matters contained both in the lumped carbonaceous materials
and the fine carbonaceous materials to the reduction reactor.

Documents:

2304-KOLNP-2005-FORM 27.pdf

2304-KOLNP-2005-FORM-27.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-abstract.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-assignment.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-claims.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-correspondence.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-description (complete).pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-drawings.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-examination report.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-form 1.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-form 18.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-form 3.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-form 5.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-priority document.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-reply to examination report.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-specification.pdf

2304-kolnp-2005-granted-translated copy of priority document.pdf


Patent Number 231351
Indian Patent Application Number 2304/KOLNP/2005
PG Journal Number 10/2009
Publication Date 06-Mar-2009
Grant Date 04-Mar-2009
Date of Filing 18-Nov-2005
Name of Patentee POSCO
Applicant Address 1 GOEDONG-DONG, NAM-KU, POHANG-SHI, KYUNGSANGBUK-DO,
Inventors:
# Inventor's Name Inventor's Address
1 HUR, NAM-SUK C/O. POSCO, DONGCHON-DONG 5, NAM-KU, POHANG-SHI, KYUNGSANGBUK-DO, 790-360
2 KWON, YOUNG-CHUL C/O. POSCO, DONGCHON-DONG 5, NAM-KU, POHANG-SHI, KYUNGSANGBUK-DO, 790-360
3 PARK, YOUNG-DO C/O. POSCO, DONGCHON-DONG 5, NAM-KU, POHANG-SHI, KYUNGSANGBUK-DO, 790-360
4 KIM, HAK-DONG C/O. POSCO, DONGCHON-DONG 5, NAM-KU, POHANG-SHI, KYUNGSANGBUK-DO, 790-360
PCT International Classification Number C21B13/00
PCT International Application Number PCT/KR2005/002478
PCT International Filing date 2005-07-29
PCT Conventions:
# PCT Application Number Date of Convention Priority Country
1 10-2004-0060584 2004-07-30 Republic of Korea
2 10-2005-0033775 2005-04-22 Republic of Korea