MUMBAI, India, Nov. 2 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617095490 A) filed by Arcelormittal on August 06, 2026, for Ironmaking Method.
Inventors include Sert, Dominique International Bureau; Negro, Patrick; Van Der Stricht, Wim Intellectual; and Reboul, Jean-Luc.
The application for the patent was published on October 30, 2026, under issue no. 44/2026.
Abstract: An ironmaking method comprising the production of hot metal (2) and of a blast furnace top gas (10), the method comprising the steps of capturing at least a part of the top gas (10), separating CO2 from the captured top gas (10) so as to produce a CO2-rich stream (12) and a CO2-lean stream (11), mixing the CO2-rich stream (12) with a H2 makeup stream (30) and subjecting the obtained CO2/H2 gas mixture to a reverse water gas shift reaction in a reactor (3) to produce a reducing stream (13) comprising CO and H2, separating H2 from the reducing stream to produce a CO- rich stream (14) and an H2-rich stream (15), mixing the H2-rich stream (15) with the CO2-rich stream (12) or with the CO2/H2 gas mixture in the reactor (3) and subjecting the obtained gas mixture to the reverse water gas shift reaction and feeding at least a portion of the CO-rich stream 14 (13) to at least one chemical or biochemical plant (4) to produce one or more chemical products (16).
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