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Midrex® Process & HOTLINK® Process

MIDREX® Process

A MIDREX Direct Reduction Plant is composed of two main facilities : the Shaft Furnace, where iron ore is reduced, and the Reformer which generates the reforming gas to be charged into the Shaft Furnace. The MIDREX® DR Process is able to use both lump and pellet as the raw material and recycles the used gas, therefore the process has both low energy consumption and low environmental impact, making it an environmentally friendly process. We are able to produce not only Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) but Hot Briquetted Iron (HBI), as well, which barely re-oxidizes and can be easily transported.

Kobe Steel's Direct Reduction Plant, using the MIDREX® DR Process, has been highly evaluated throughout the world in response to the need for new iron making resources, in lieu of the Blast Furnace route, and is expected to be the core engineering business for Kobe Steel.

MIDREX Direct Reduced Flowsheet

HOTLINK® Process

HOTLINK®, is based on the MIDREX technology concept and has a special feature for hot charging DRI to an adjacent electric arc furnace using gravity to transport hot DRI (HDRI).

By discharging DRI at approximately 700°C to the EAF, 25% of electrical power consumption is expected to be reduced and the life of electrode is expected to be improved for 25%, per ton hot metal.

HOTLINK®

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Iron Unit Division
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Kobe Steel, Ltd.

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