DIRECT SMELTING PLANT AND PROCESS

摘要

The present invention relates to a direct smelting plant and a direct smelting process for producing molten metal from a metalliferous feed material, such as ores, partly reduced ores, and metal-containing waste streams, the latter of which comprising the steps of (a) pretreating metalliferous feed material in a pretreatment unit and producing pretreated feed material having a temperature of at least 200°C, (b) storing pretreated metalliferous feed material having a temperature of at least 200°C under pressure in a hot feed material storage means, (c) transferring pretreated metalliferous feed material having a temperature of at least 200°C under pressure in a hot feed material transfer line to a solids delivery means of a direct smelting vessel, and (d) delivering pretreated metalliferous feed material into the direct smelting vessel and smelting metalliferous feed material to molten metal in the vessel.