Clean, Efficient, Iron Making and Recovery

Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process represents a revolution for the iron industry. The concentrated reducing gases created by Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process provide a number of advantages to the modern iron producer:

• Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process has been proven to increase furnace throughput by over 400%, meaning that more iron can be produced in a shorter period of time without the need for any significant new infrastructure;
• Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process allows ironmakers to dramatically reduce their use of metallurgical coke and to increase their use of pulverized coal injection (PCI); and
• Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process triples the calorific value of the furnace topgas, allowing the topgas to be captured and used to power other plant processes.

Because of the competitive environment in the iron industry, and constrictions on the supply of metallurgical coke, the advantages provided by the FASTOX™ process will yield a significant advantage for ironmakers who adopt the process for their blast furnaces.