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CPC
COOPERATIVE PATENT CLASSIFICATION
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C21B
MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL (preliminary treatment of ferrous ores or scrap C22B 1/00; electric heating H05B)
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This subclass covers the production of iron or steel from source materials, e.g. the production of pig-iron, and apparatus specially adapted therefor, e.g. blast furnaces, air heaters (furnaces in general F27).

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C21B 3/00
General features in the manufacture of pig-iron (mixers for pig-iron C21C 1/06)
C21B 3/02
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by applying additives, e.g. fluxing agents
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C21B 3/04
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Recovery of by-products, e.g. slag
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C21B 3/06
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Treatment of liquid slag (slag wool C03B; slag stones C04B)
C21B 3/08
. . .
Cooling slag
C21B 3/10
. . .
Slag pots; Slag cars
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C21B 5/00
Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
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C21B 5/001
.
{
Injecting additional fuel or reducing agents
}
C21B 5/002
. .
{
Heated electrically (plasma)
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C21B 5/003
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{
Injection of pulverulent coal
}
C21B 5/004
. . .
{
Injection of slurries
}
C21B 5/006
.
{
Automatically controlling the process
}
C21B 5/007
.
{
Conditions of the cokes or characterised by the cokes used
}
C21B 5/008
.
{
Composition or distribution of the charge
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C21B 5/02
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Making special pig-iron, e.g. by applying additives, e.g. oxides of other metals
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C21B 5/023
. .
{
Injection of the additives into the melting part
}
C21B 5/026
. . .
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of plastic material
}
C21B 5/04
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Making slag of special composition
C21B 5/06
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Using top gas in the blast furnace process (in coke ovens C10B)
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C21B 7/00
Blast furnaces (lifts associated with blast furnaces B66B 9/06)
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C21B 7/002
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Evacuating and treating of exhaust gases
}
C21B 7/005
. .
{
Bleeder valves or slides
}
C21B 7/007
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{
Controlling or regulating of the top pressure
}
C21B 7/02
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Internal forms
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C21B 7/04
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with special refractories (refractory materials C04B)
C21B 7/06
. .
Linings for furnaces
C21B 7/08
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Top armourings
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C21B 7/10
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Cooling; Devices therefor
C21B 7/103
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{
Detection of leakages of the cooling liquid
}
C21B 7/106
. .
{
Cooling of the furnace bottom
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C21B 7/12
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Opening or sealing the tap holes
C21B 7/125
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{
Refractory plugging mass
}
C21B 7/14
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Discharging devices, e.g. for slag
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C21B 7/16
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Tuyéres
C21B 7/163
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Blowpipe assembly
}
C21B 7/166
. .
{
Tuyere replacement apparatus
}
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C21B 7/18
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Bell-and-hopper arrangements
C21B 7/20
. .
with appliances for distributing the burden
C21B 7/22
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Dust arresters
C21B 7/24
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Test rods or other checking devices
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C21B 9/00
Stoves for heating the blast in blast furnaces
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C21B 9/02
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Brick hot-blast stoves
C21B 9/04
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with combustion shaft
C21B 9/06
. .
Linings
C21B 9/08
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Iron hot-blast stoves
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C21B 9/10
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Other details, e.g. blast mains
C21B 9/12
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Hot-blast valves or slides for blast furnaces (valves in general F16K)
C21B 9/14
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Preheating the combustion air
C21B 9/16
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Cooling or drying the hot-blast
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C21B 11/00
Making pig-iron other than in blast furnaces
C21B 11/02
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in low shaft furnaces
{
or shaft furnaces
}
C21B 11/06
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in rotary kilns
C21B 11/08
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in hearth-type furnaces
C21B 11/10
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in electric furnaces
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C21B 13/00
Making spongy iron or liquid steel, by direct processes
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C21B 13/0006
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{
obtaining iron or steel in a molten state
}
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C21B 13/0013
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{
introduction of iron oxide into a bath of molten iron containing a carbon reductant
}
C21B 13/002
. . .
{
Reduction of iron ores by passing through a heated column of carbon
}
C21B 13/0026
. .
{
introduction of iron oxide in the flame of a burner or a hot gas stream
}
C21B 13/0033
.
{
In fluidised bed furnaces or apparatus containing a dispersion of the material
}
C21B 13/004
.
{
in a continuous way by reduction from ores
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C21B 13/0046
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making metallised agglomerates or iron oxide
}
C21B 13/0053
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On a massing grate
}
C21B 13/006
.
{
Starting from ores containing non ferrous metallic oxides
}
C21B 13/0066
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{
Preliminary conditioning of the solid carbonaceous reductant
}
C21B 13/0073
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{
Selection or treatment of the reducing gases
}
C21B 13/008
.
{
Use of special additives or fluxing agents
}
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C21B 13/0086
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Conditioning, transformation of reduced iron ores
}
C21B 13/0093
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Protecting against oxidation
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C21B 13/02
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in shaft furnaces
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C21B 13/023
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{
wherein iron or steel is obtained in a molten state
}
C21B 13/026
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heated electrically
}
C21B 13/04
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in retorts
C21B 13/06
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in multi-storied furnaces
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C21B 13/08
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in rotary furnaces
C21B 13/085
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wherein iron or steel is obtained in a molten state
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C21B 13/10
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in hearth-type furnaces
C21B 13/105
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Rotary hearth-type furnaces
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C21B 13/12
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in electric furnaces
C21B 13/125
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By using plasma
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C21B 13/14
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Multi-stage processes
{
processes carried out in different vessels or furnaces
}
C21B 13/143
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{
Injection of partially reduced ore into a molten bath
}
C21B 13/146
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{
Multi-step reduction without melting
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C21B 15/00
Other processes for the manufacture of iron from iron compounds (general methods of reducing to metal C22B 5/00; by electrolysis C25C 1/06)
C21B 15/003
.
{
By using nuclear energy
}
C21B 15/006
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{
By a chloride process
}
C21B 15/02
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Metallothermic processes, e.g. thermit reduction
C21B 15/04
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from iron carbonyl
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C21B 2005/00
Making pig-iron in the blast furnace
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C21B 2005/001
.
{
Injecting additional fuel or reducing agents
}
C21B 2005/005
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Selection or treatment of the reducing gases
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C21B 2100/00
Exhaust gases
C21B 2100/02
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Treatment of the exhaust gases
C21B 2100/04
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Recirculation of the exhaust gases
C21B 2100/06
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Energy from waste gases used in other processes
C21B 2200/00
Recycling of waste material
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C21B 2300/00
Process aspects
C21B 2300/02
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Particular sequence of the process steps
C21B 2300/04
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Modeling of the process, e.g. for control purposes; CII
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