Iranian Knowledge-Based Firm Unveils 3 New Catalysts for Steel Industry
These catalysts are used in steel industry and have received the necessary standards in terms of quality and performance during four years of use on a semi-industrial scale and in steel modules.
"We started production of these catalysts in 2005 in cooperation with Khuzestan Steel Company, and this company cooperated very well with us to check the performance of catalysts. The cooperation resulted in manufacturing 70% of the country's sponge iron catalysts by our company,” said Mehran Rezayee, the director of catalyst engineering and research department of the company.
“We used new compounds in formulation of the new products, which led to better regeneration properties in the new catalysts than the previous ones and they could be used on industrial scale in a shorter time,” he added.
Sponge iron is formed through the reduction of iron ore to metallic iron through reaction with carbon in the form of coal, etc. at approximately 1,100 degree Celsius.
Sponge iron is also referred to as direct reduced iron, metalized iron, or hot briquetted iron.
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