US PATENT SUBCLASS 75 / 490
.~.~.~.~.~.~ Solid Iron(Fe) produced within shaft furnace


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75 /   HD   SPECIALIZED METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN, CONSOLIDATED METAL POWDER COMPOSITIONS, AND LOOSE METAL PARTICULATE MIXTURES

330  DF  PROCESSES {9}
392  DF  .~ Producing or treating free metal {10}
414  DF  .~.~ At 300 degrees C or greater (e.g., pyrometallurgy, etc.) {7}
433  DF  .~.~.~ Iron(Fe) {18}
488  DF  .~.~.~.~ Reduction to metallic Iron(Fe) within shaft furnace {2}
489  DF  .~.~.~.~.~ Externally supplied gas reductant {1}
490.~.~.~.~.~.~ Solid Iron(Fe) produced within shaft furnace {4}
491  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~.~> With melting Iron(Fe) product outside shaft furnace {1}
493  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~.~> Using solid Carbon(C) to generate gas in separate furnace (e.g., Wiberg process, etc.) {1}
495  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~.~> Direct addition of gas containing gaseous Oxygen or water to shaft furnace (e.g., continuous HyL process, etc.)
496  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~.~> With reformation of reducing gas in separate furnace (e.g., Midrex process, etc.) {2}


DEFINITION

Classification: 75/490

Solid Iron (Fe) produced within shaft furnace:

(under subclass 489) Process wherein an Iron (Fe) compound is reduced to solid metallic Iron within the shaft furnace without melting the so produced Iron.

(1) Note. The processes in this and indented subclasses are sometimes referred to as "direct reduction".