Patents Assigned to Robert Ames Norton
  • Flash smelting of iron with production of hydrogen of hydrogenation quality
    Patent number: 4062673
    Abstract: Comminuted iron ore, which may be pre-reduced partly or wholly if desired, is flash smelted in a vertical shaft furnace with excess carbon, and off gases are produced from which a large amount of hydrogen is recovered. The major portion of hydrogen is a product gas which can be used for reactions, such as the production of ammonia, hydrogenation of coal, and the like, or it may be used as a cooling agent for electric generators and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 1976
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1977
    Assignee: Robert Ames Norton
    Inventor: Edward S. Roberts