Behera, P.R.; Bhoi, B.; Paramguru, R.K.; Mukherjee, P.S.; Mishra, B.K.
(Metallurgical and Materials Transactions B-Process Metallurgy and Materials Processing Science, 50(1), 2019: 262-270)
The paper reports successful smelting reduction of iron ore (hematite) in thermal hydrogen plasma. A specially designed reactor with water cooled copper crucible and a plasma torch was used to demonstrate the process in ...