IP Library Granted Patent US 9,557,113
Granted Patent B2
US 9,557,113 · App. 14/352,922 · Granted Jan 31, 2017

Direct reduced iron manufacturing system

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Patent No.
US 9,557,113
App. No.
14/352,922
Granted
Jan 31, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Included are: a direct reduction furnace for reducing iron ore directly into reduced iron using a high-temperature reducing gas including hydrogen and carbon monoxide, an acid gas removal unit having an acid gas component absorber for removing, with an absorbent such as an amine-based solvent, acid gas components (CO 2 , H 2 S) in a reduction furnace flue gas discharged from the direct reduction furnace, and a regenerator for releasing the acid gas, and a degradation product removal unit for separating and removing a degradation product in the absorbent used by circulating through the absorber and the regenerator.

Claims (34)

1. A direct reduced iron manufacturing system comprising:

a gas heater for heating a gas to produce a reducing gas;

a direct reduction furnace for reducing iron ore directly into reduced iron using a high-temperature reducing gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide;

an acid gas removal unit including

an acid gas component absorber for removing, with an absorbent, an acid gas component in a reduction furnace flue gas discharged from the direct reduction furnace, and

a regenerator for releasing the acid gas; and

a degradation product removal unit for separating and removing a degradation product in the absorbent used by circulating between the acid gas component absorber and the regenerator,

a purified gas supply line for joining a purifying gas purified in the absorber and comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide to the gas, and

a recovery gas supply line for supplying a recovery gas released from the regenerator and comprising CO 2 and H 2 S into the gas heater.

2. The direct reduced iron manufacturing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a bypass circuit for bypassing a part of a lean solvent to be returned from the regenerator to the absorber; and

a filter interposed in the bypass circuit.

3. The direct reduced iron manufacturing system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an introduction line for introducing the reduction furnace flue gas into the acid gas removal unit;

a heat exchanger, interposed on the introduction line, for heat exchanging the reduction furnace flue gas;

a bag filter provided upstream of the heat exchanger; and

a scrubber provided downstream of the heat exchanger.

4. The direct iron manufacturing system according to claim 3 , further comprising a reduction furnace flue gas supply line for supplying a part of the reduction furnace flue gas emitted from the scrubber and comprising CH 4 and N 2 to the gas heater.

5. The direct iron manufacturing system comprising:

a gas heater for heating a gas to produce a reducing gas;

a direct reduction furnace for reducing iron ore directly into reduced iron using a high-temperature reducing gas comprising hydrogen and carbon monoxide;

an acid gas removal unit including

an acid gas component absorber for removing, with an absorbent, an acid gas component in a reduction furnace flue gas discharged from the direct reduction furnace, and

a regenerator for releasing the acid gas;

an introduction line for introducing the reduction furnace flue gas into the acid gas removal unit;

a heat exchanger, interposed on the introduction line, for heat exchanging the reduction furnace flue gas;

a bag filter provided upstream of the heat exchanger;

a scrubber provided downstream of the heat exchanger; and

a reduction furnace flue gas supply line for supplying a part of the reduction furnace flue gas emitted from the scrubber and comprising CH 4 and N 2 to the gas heater.

6. The direct iron manufacturing system according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a bypass circuit for bypassing a part of a lean solvent to be returned from the regenerator to the absorber; and

a filter interposed in the bypass circuit.

7. The direct iron manufacturing system according to claim 1 , wherein the direct reduction furnace is configured to intake reducing gas produced from natural gas, coal gasification gas or coke over gas.

8. The direct iron manufacturing system according to claim 5 , wherein the direct reduction furnace is configured to intake reducing gas produced from natural gas, coal gasification gas or coke over gas.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0774 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 14, 2023
From: MHI ENGINEERING, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 066014/0870 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2018
From: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES ENGINEERING LTD.
Reel/Frame 046633/0906 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 18, 2014
From: SAKAGUCHI, MASAKAZU; HIRAYAMA, HARUAKI; SUSAKI, MAKOTO; ISHIDA, KAZUO
To: MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032710/0416 →