Recent developments in COREX technology

Conference · Tue Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:549569

Eberle, A; Boehm, C; Schrey, G ^[1]; Flickenschild, J ^[2]

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1. Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH, Linz/Donau (Austria)
2. Deutsche Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH, Duesseldorf (Germany)

The COREX Process is a smelting reduction process, where coal is used directly in a melter gasifier as a reducing agent, eliminating the need for a blast furnace and coke oven. In addition, lump ore can be directly fed into the system which bypasses the sintering or pelletizing plants necessary in the conventional hot metal production. The COREX Process also provides sufficient energy for cogeneration purposes and, perhaps most significant of all, as environmental legislation toughens, harmful emissions are much less than with the blast furnace/coke oven route.

• OSTI ID: 549569
• Report Number(s): CONF-960954--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ASH CONTENT
COAL
COAL GAS
COAL RANK
COGENERATION
FUEL SUBSTITUTION
IRON ORES
METAL INDUSTRY
REDUCING AGENTS
REDUCTION
SMELTERS
SULFUR CONTENT
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