MUMBAI, India, Aug. 29 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202517075804 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation, Tokyo, on Aug. 8, for 'method of producing carbon agglomerate.'
Inventor(s) include Kawai Yuya; Dohi Yusuke; Igawa Daisuke; Arakawa Sara; Takehara Kenta; Takashima Takanori; Yamamoto Tetsuya; and Shimoyama Izumi.
The application for the patent was published on Aug. 29, under issue no. 35/2025.
According to the abstract released by the Intellectual Property India: "Provided is a method for producing a carbon briquette, the method allowing production of a carbon briquette having high strength that withstands use in a blast furnace even in a case where an increased amount of a raw carbon material having poor softening/meltability is used. The method for producing a carbon briquette according to the present invention comprises: a powder preparation step for preparing a carbon material powder having a volatile content of at least 6 wt% D.B. but less than 20 wt% D.B., an O/C ratio, which is the atomic ratio of the number of oxygen atoms to carbon atoms, of 0.040 or more, and a maximum particle size of 300 m or less; and a hot press step for pressure-molding the carbon material powder under a condition in which the maximum attainable temperature is 600 C to 1250 C in an oxygen-deprived environment, to obtain a carbon briquette."
The patent application was internationally filed on Dec. 18, 2023, under International application No.PCT/JP2023/045365.
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