Open AccessPHASE II CALDERON PROCESS TO PRODUCE DIRECT REDUCED IRON RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROJECT
Author(s) -
Albert Calderon
Publication year - 2004
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/824008
Subject(s) - coke , pellets , metallurgy , iron ore , coal , raw material , blast furnace , steel company , phase (matter) , engineering , waste management , materials science , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry
This project was initially targeted to the making of coke for blast furnaces by using proprietary technology of Calderon in a phased approach, and Phase I was successfully completed. The project was then re-directed to the making of iron units. In 2000, U.S. Steel teamed up with Calderon for a joint effort which will last 42 months to produce directly reduced iron with the potential of converting it into molten iron or steel consistent with the Roadmap recommendations of 1998 prepared by the Steel Industry in cooperation with the Department of Energy by using iron ore concentrate and coal as raw materials, both materials being appreciably lower in cost than using iron pellets and coke