US PATENT SUBCLASS 75 / 444
.~.~.~.~.~ Fluidized bed


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75 /   HD   SPECIALIZED METALLURGICAL PROCESSES, COMPOSITIONS FOR USE THEREIN, CONSOLIDATED METAL POWDER COMPOSITIONS, AND LOOSE METAL PARTICULATE MIXTURES

330  DF  PROCESSES {9}
392  DF  .~ Producing or treating free metal {10}
414  DF  .~.~ At 300 degrees C or greater (e.g., pyrometallurgy, etc.) {7}
433  DF  .~.~.~ Iron(Fe) {18}
443  DF  .~.~.~.~ Reducing in gaseous suspension {4}
444.~.~.~.~.~ Fluidized bed {4}
445  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~> With melting of Iron(Fe) {1}
447  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~> With solid in fluidized bed in addition to reducible Iron(Fe) compound {1}
450  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~> Using plural fluidized bed furnaces
451  DF  .~.~.~.~.~.~> Using plural fluidized bed zones within a furnace


DEFINITION

Classification: 75/444

Fluidized bed:

(under subclass 443) Process wherein particulate Iron (Fe) compound (e.g., ore, etc.) is kept in motion and suspended by the upward flow of gas, the suspension acting much like a

fluid.