US 12,252,753 B2
Systems and methods for self-reduction of iron ore
Peter Reinhardt, San Francisco, CA (US); and Brian Jamieson, Brighton, CO (US)
Assigned to Charm Industrial, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by Charm Industrial, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 10, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/409,428.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/514,472, filed on Jul. 19, 2023.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/438,427, filed on Jan. 11, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2024/0229176 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. C21C 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC C21C 7/0025 (2013.01) [C21C 2007/0031 (2013.01); C21C 2100/02 (2013.01)] 30 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A system for producing a material comprising iron, the system comprising:
a. a source of a reducing agent comprising bio-oil;
b. an iron ore feedstock comprising iron oxide;
c. a mixing unit configured to mix the reducing agent and the iron ore feedstock to form a mixture; and
d. a furnace configured to heat the mixture to reduce the iron oxide and form the material comprising iron.