Patents by Inventor Tingan ZHANG

Tingan ZHANG 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: 20230082269
    Abstract: A method for iron making by continuous smelting reduction, including: (1) mixing iron- containing mineral powder with a reducing agent and a slag former to obtain mixed powder materials; (2) placing furnace startup materials in a reducing furnace, and heating the furnace startup materials to be in a molten state to form a furnace startup molten pool; (3) conveying the mixed powder materials into the reducing furnace, and blowing oxidizing combustibles into the reducing furnace for heating; (4) performing stirring by a stirring paddle to form a molten slag layer and a molten iron layer; and performing stirring so that a vortex is formed in the molten slag layer; and (5) adjusting a position of the stirring paddle, a stirring speed and a conveying quantity of the mixed powder materials to enable the molten iron and the reduced molten slag to be respectively continuously discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: Tingan ZHANG, Zhihe DOU, Yan LIU, Guozhi LV, Qiuyue ZHAO, Zimu ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220019719
    Abstract: An amplification method for a metallurgical process includes the following steps: determining a general rate equation by a metallurgical macrokinetics research method, and determining the most critical technology steps which affect a reaction rate to obtain reaction characteristics; determining physical field characteristics of a reactor to optimize the reactor by a physical simulation method and/or a numerical simulation method; according to the reaction characteristics and the physical field characteristics of the reactor, determining a single factor of a reaction period; according to an affection relationship in a metallurgical reaction process, determining a single factor amplification number; and solving pilot-scale test results by a hot state experiment or a simulation means, verifying an amplification criterion, obtaining an amplification scheme, performing industrialization, and completing metallurgical process amplification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Tingan ZHANG, Zhihe DOU, Yan LIU, Zimu ZHANG, Qiuyue ZHAO, Guozhi LV, Jicheng HE
  • Patent number: 11180827
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing ferrovanadium alloys based on aluminothermic self-propagating gradient reduction and slag washing refining. The method includes the steps of (1) performing aluminothermic self-propagating gradient reduction; (2) performing heat preserving and smelting to obtain an upper layer alumina-based slag and a lower layer alloy melt; (3) jetting refining slags into the lower layer alloy melt, and performing stirring and slag washing refining; and (4) cooling the refined high-temperature melt to room temperature, and removing an upper layer smelting slag to obtain the ferrovanadium alloys.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Zhihe Dou, Tingan Zhang, Yan Liu, Guozhi Lv, Qiuyue Zhao, Liping Niu, Daxue Fu, Weiguang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200199712
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for preparing ferrovanadium alloys based on aluminothermic self-propagating gradient reduction and slag washing refining. The method includes the steps of (1) performing aluminothermic self-propagating gradient reduction; (2) performing heat preserving and smelting to obtain an upper layer alumina-based slag and a lower layer alloy melt; (3) jetting refining slags into the lower layer alloy melt, and performing stirring and slag washing refining; and (4) cooling the refined high-temperature melt to room temperature, and removing an upper layer smelting slag to obtain the ferrovanadium alloys.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Zhihe DOU, Tingan ZHANG, Yan LIU, Guozhi LV, Qiuyue ZHAO, Liping NIU, Daxue FU, Weiguang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9963353
    Abstract: A method for recovering alkali and aluminum during treatment of Bayer red mud using a calcification-carbonation method, including steps of mixing the Bayer red mud with calcium aluminate or with calcium aluminate and lime, performing calcification dealkalization conversion in a high-concentration alkaline liquor, and carbonizing the calcified residues produced during dealkalization to obtain carbonized residues; and then performing low-temperature aluminum dissolution, aluminum precipitation and the like to obtain calcium aluminate products, which is returned to the calcification dealkalization conversion of the red mud for recycling. Part of an alkali-containing and aluminum-containing liquid phase after calcification dealkalization conversion can be used as supplementary alkali in the Bayer production course for recycling. The method is energy-saving and environmentally-friendly, and allows recovering alkali and aluminum from the red mud and harmless treatment of the Bayer red mud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2018
    Assignee: NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tingan Zhang, Guozhi Lv, Yan Liu, Zimu Zhang, Xiaofeng Zhu, Zhihe Dou
  • Publication number: 20170036920
    Abstract: A method for recovering alkali and aluminum during treatment of Bayer red mud using a calcification-carbonation method, including steps of mixing the Bayer red mud with calcium aluminate or with calcium aluminate and lime, performing calcification dealkalization conversion in a high-concentration alkaline liquor, and carbonizing the calcified residues produced during dealkalization to obtain carbonized residues; and then performing low-temperature aluminum dissolution, aluminum precipitation and the like to obtain calcium aluminate products, which is returned to the calcification dealkalization conversion of the red mud for recycling. Part of an alkali-containing and aluminum-containing liquid phase after calcification dealkalization conversion can be used as supplementary alkali in the Bayer production course for recycling. The method is energy-saving and environmentally-friendly, and allows recovering alkali and aluminum from the red mud and harmless treatment of the Bayer red mud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 9, 2017
    Applicant: Northeastern University
    Inventors: Tingan ZHANG, Guozhi LV, Yan LIU, Zimu ZHANG, Xiaofeng ZHU, Zhihe DOU