APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MOLTEN IRON

摘要

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for manufacturing molten iron while reusing an offgas of the packed bed reduction reactor and improving energy efficiency. A method for manufacturing molten iron includes i) charging fine ore into at least one fluidized-bed reduction reactor and manufacturing reduced iron; ii) compacting the reduced iron and manufacturing compacted reduced iron; iii) charging the reduced iron into a packed bed reduction reactor and reducing the reduced iron again; iv) charging the re-reduced iron into a melter-gasifier; v) charging lumped carbonaceous materials into the melter- gasifier and forming a coal packed bed in the melter-gasifier; vi) injecting oxygen into the melter-gasifier and combusting the coal packed bed, thereby melting the re-reduced iron and manufacturing molten iron; and vii) supplying an offgas that is discharged from the packed bed reduction reactor to the fluidized-bed reduction reactor.