Material for sintering emitting a lesser amount of nitrogen oxide and a method for manufacturing the same

Claim 1

A pellet for preparing a sintered ore for use in iron making operations, said pellet comprising as ingredients iron ore, fines, limestone and coke in particulate form and includes S type agglomerated particles wherein coke of at least 1 mm forms a first central nucleus and around said first nucleus there are fine powders of not more than 1 mm of all said ingredients, which attach to said first central nucleus and form an outer shell layer; C type agglomerated particles wherein the said ingredients of at least 1 mm other than coke form a second central nucleus and around the second nucleus fine powders of said ingredients not more than 1 mm other than coke attach to said second central nucleus and form an intermediate layer and further around said intermediate layer fine powders of not more than 1 mm of all of said ingredients attach and form an outer shell layer, or C type agglomerated particles wherein fine powders of not more than 1 mm of all said ingredients attach to said second central nucleus and form an outer shell layer, and satisfying the formulas {the weight ratio by percent of the coke to form C type particles in the entire coke} ≧ (60 + 0.5 × {the weight ratio by percent of the coke to form S type particles in the entire coke}), and {the weight ratio by percent of the coke to form S type particles in the entire coke} ≦ 20.

Claim 3

A method for preparing a pellet which is sintered for use in iron making operations which comprises crushing powdery coke to produce fine coke having a particle size of not more than 1 mm, granulating said fine coke with powdery iron ore, fines and limestone together with water in a primary pelletizing operation to produce C type composite particles while simultaneously preventing the formation of P type particles and mixing the discharge from the primary pelletizing operation with additional water in a secondary pelletizing operation to attach the ungranulated fine coke powder in said primary pelletizing operation discharge to the C type composite particles, the P type particles being agglomerated particles consisting essentially of powdery iron ore, powdery coke, powdery limestone and having no nucleus.

Claim 4

A method for preparing a pellet which is sintered for use in iron making operations which comprises crushing powdery coke to produce fine coke having a particle size of not more than 1 mm, granulating said fine coke with powdery iron ore, fines and limestone together with water in a primary pelletizing operation to produce C type composite particles while simultaneously preventing the formation of P type particles and mixing the discharge from the primary pelletizing operation with additional water in a secondary pelletizing operation to attach the ungranulated fine coke powder in said primary pelletizing operation discharge to the C type composite particles, the P type particles being agglomerated particles consisting essentially of powdery iron ore, powdery coke, powdery limestone and having no nucleus.

Claim 5

A method for preparing a pellet which is sintered for use in iron making operations said pellet comprising a core layer and an outer shell layer, which comprises adding water to powdery iron ore, limestone and fines, granulating the same in a primary pelletizing operation, and passing the resulting granules and coke of not more than 1 mm into a secondary pelletizing operation to mix the same with additional water to thereby diffuse the coke from the surface of the resulting outer shell layer of granules to the center thereof, forming a core layer in which no coke is present.

Claim 6

A method for preparing a pellet which is sintered for use in iron making operations said pellet comprising a core layer and an outer shell layer, which comprises adding water to powdery iron ore, limestone and fines, granulating the same in a primary pelletizing operation, and passing the resulting granules and coke of not more than 1 mm into a secondary pelletizing operation to mix the same with additional water to thereby diffuse the coke from the surface of the resulting outer shell layer of granules to the center thereof, forming a core layer in which no coke is present.