Continuous steel production and apparatus

Patent · 17 November 2009

OSTI ID:1015150

Peaslee, Kent D ^[1]; Peter, Jorg J ^[2]; Robertson, David G. C. ^[1]; Thomas, Brian G ^[3]; Zhang, Lifeng ^[4]

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1. Rolla, MO
2. McMinnville, OR
3. Champaign, IL
4. Trondheim, NO

A process for continuous refining of steel via multiple distinct reaction vessels for melting, oxidation, reduction, and refining for delivery of steel continuously to, for example, a tundish of a continuous caster system, and associated apparatus.

• Research Organization: The Curators of the University of Missouri (Rolla, MO); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: FC36-03ID14279
• Assignee: The Curators of the University of Missouri (Rolla, MO); The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois (Urbana, IL)
• Patent Number(s): 7,618,582
• Application Number: US Patent Application 11/381,820
• OSTI ID: 1015150
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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