MUMBAI, India, Aug. 31 -- Intellectual Property India has published a patent application (202617081735 A) filed by Nippon Steel Corporation on July 02, 2026, for Method For Blowing Reducing Gas Into Blast Furnace, And Blast Furnace.

Inventors include Kumaoka, Hisashi; Sunahara, Kohei; Kamijo, Chikashi; Matsukura, Yoshinori Application Number; and Yokoyama, Hirokazu.

The application for the patent was published on August 28, 2026, under issue no. 35/2026.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a method with which it is possible to easily control the flow rate of a reducing gas and to minimize drift of the reducing gas in cases where the reducing gas that has a small specific gravity is blown into the inside of a blast furnace. A method...