A review on CO2 mitigation in the Iron and Steel industry through Power ...
The reducing agents also react with the oxygen to produce carbon monoxide which is later converted to carbon dioxide after reducing the iron ore to metal iron (Eq. 2). (1) F e 2 O 3 + 3 / 2 C → 2 F e + 3 / 2 C O 2 (2) F e 2 O 3 + 3 C O → 2 F e + 3 C O 2. The gas leaves the blast furnace through the upper side, while the molten metal and ...