How Steel Is Made Steel is primarily produced using one of two methods Blast Furnace or Electric Arc Furnace The blast furnace is the first step in producing steel from iron oxides The first blast furnaces appeared in the 14th century and produced one ton per day Even though equipment is improved and higher production rates can be achieved
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Get PriceThe figure below shows the process of steelmaking using the DR EAF route Iron ore is reduced with hydrogen while in a solid state hence the name direct reduction to produce direct reduced iron DRI called sponge iron Sponge iron is then fed into an EAF where electrodes generate a current to melt the sponge iron to produce steel Some
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Get PriceThe reduction of iron oxides takes place according to the following chemical equations 1 F e 2 O 3 3 C O → 2 F e 3 C O 2 2 F e 2 O 3 3 H 2 → 2 F e 3 H 2 O In contrast to the blast furnace process the direct reduced iron process operates at temperatures of up to 1000 °C The iron ores are therefore not melted
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Get PriceThe ore is loaded into a blast furnace along with measured quantities of coke and limestone Hot combustion air is supplied to the furnace and some form of fuel used to raise the temperature The iron is reduced from the ore by carbon in the coke the limestone aiding slag separation from the molten iron The slag and molten iron are tapped off from the bottom of the furnace the slag being
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Get Price2 C s O 2 g → 2 CO Heat In the upper region of the blast furnace where temperature range from 600 to 700 C the iron ore or iron oxide is reacts with the gaseous CO reductant to produce iron Fe 2 O 3 s 3CO g → 2Fe 3CO 2 g
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Get PriceThe hot air blast to the furnace burns the coke and maintains the very high temperatures that are needed to reduce the ore to iron The reaction between air and the fuel generates carbon monoxide This gas reduces the iron III oxide in the ore to iron Refining iron The metal that leaves the Blast Furnace contains between 4% and 5% of carbon
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Get PriceThe primary use of iron ore is in the production of iron Most of the iron produced is then used to make steel Steel is used to make automobiles locomotives ships beams used in buildings furniture paper clips tools reinforcing rods for concrete bicycles and thousands of other items It is the most used metal by both tonnage and purpose
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Get PriceWe look at the 4 different methods of producing sponge iron Midrex process HYL process 4th generation or Energiron SL / RN process Tunnel furnace process 1 Midrex process Miderx s involvement in the direct reduction process can be traced back to the work done by Surface Combustion Company in the 1930s
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