MUMBAI, India, June 24 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617063189 A) filed by Jfe Steel Corporation on May 19, 2026, for Blast Furnace Control Method And Control Device.

Inventors include Matsunaga, Ryotaro; Ichikawa, Kazuhira; and Yamamoto, Tetsuya.

The application for the patent was published on June 12, 2026, under issue no. 24/2026.

Abstract: A blast furnace control method according to the present invention involves: estimating a temperature distribution in a blast furnace by executing heat transfer analysis using a numerical model of a blast furnace including a solidified layer of pig iron remaining on a furnace bottom and a furnace body iron shell,; estimating a stress distribution in the blast ...