摘要 |
<p>A process for producing molten iron is a process in which while an inert gas is blown into a molten iron layer in an iron bath type melting furnace through bottom-blown tuyeres provided in a hearth bottom thereof to stir the molten iron layer, a carbon material, an additive flux, and solid reduced iron obtained by heating reduction of carbon composite iron oxide briquettes are charged into the above melting furnace, and top blowing of an oxygen-containing gas is performed through a top-blown lance provided for the melting furnace, so that the solid reduced iron is melted by combustion heat obtained by combusting the carbon material and/or carbon in molten iron to form molten iron. In addition, in this process for producing molten iron, the carbon material is charged so as to form a carbon material suspension slag layer in which the carbon material is suspended at an upper layer portion of a slag layer which is formed of slag generated when the solid reduced iron on the molten iron layer is melted into molten iron and further so as to form a carbon material covering layer made of only the carbon material on the carbon material suspension slag layer, and the molten iron and the slag accumulated in the melting furnace are discharged through a taphole provided at a lower portion of a furnace side of the melting furnace.</p> |