Patents by Inventor Koki NISHIOKA

Koki NISHIOKA has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20220119899
    Abstract: A blast furnace operation method according to one aspect of the present invention includes: a process of acquiring a correlation between a carbon consumption in reducing gas and a reduction Input?C in specific carbon consumption caused by blowing the reducing gas into the blast furnace per molar ratio C/H of carbon atoms to hydrogen atoms in the reducing gas; a process of determining a carbon consumption in the reducing gas where the reduction Input?C in specific carbon consumption is a predetermined target value or higher on the basis of the correlation acquired per C/H; and a process of adjusting the amount of the reducing gas blown into the blast furnace on the basis of the determined carbon consumption in the reducing gas and the carbon proportion in the reducing gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: NIPPON STEEL CORPORATION, JFE Steel Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.), NIPPON STEEL ENGINEERING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hiroshi SAKAI, Koki NISHIOKA, Kaoru NAKANO