US Patent Issued to DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE on July 22 for "Direct reduction system and related process" (Italian, Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,365,955, issued on July 22, was assigned to DANIELI & C. OFFICINE MECCANICHE S.P.A. (Buttrio, Italy).

"Direct reduction system and related process" was invented by Massimiliano Zampa (Udine, Italy) and Stefano Maggiolino (Nuevo Leon, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A direct reduction system for a direct reduction of iron ore, comprising a reactor having a reduction area and being adapted to be loaded from above with said iron ore; a treatment and feeding line, to process the process gases, thus obtaining a reducing gas mixture, and feed said reducing gas mixture into the reduction area; a line for recovering and treating an exhaust...