Alternate Iron Making Proceses

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What is alternate iron making

A general term for a wide spectrum of iron ore reduction process

Reduction of (FexOy) to {Fe} without the use of metallurgical coke

Output of Fe in liquid or solid form

In short, alternative(s) to blast furnace ironmaking

In recent times, COREX has emerged as a commercially viable route for
hot metal production

Ref.: A. Chatterjee; Beyond Blast Furnace

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Practically everything other than blast furnace

Liquid iron output

Solid iron output

(Smelting)

(Directly reduced / Sponge / HBI)

Blast furnace
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MIDREX
HYL
Purofer

COREX
DIOS
AISI Direct Smelting
HISMELT
ROMELT
Cyclone Converter (CCF)
Rotary kiln processes
FINEX #
HISARNA##

FINMET
Iron carbide
Circored

Krupp-CODIR
SL/RN
DRC
ACCAR/OSIL

Metor
FastMet
INMETCO

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Commercially important methods

Established on industrial scale
Process
MIDREX
HYL
Rotary kiln/OSIL

Reducing agent
Natural gas (reformed)
Natural gas (reformed)
Coal gasification

Output
DRI
DRI
DRI

Promising options
FINEX
HISARNA

Coal gasification (in-situ)

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Liquid Fe
Hot metal