IS 12929 : 2007 Feedstock (Iron Oxides and Natural Gas) for Gas-Based Direct Reduction Processes - Guidelines

ICS 73.060;77.020 MTD 30
Reaffirmed 2022

1 Scope

1.1 This standard covers the requirements of iron oxides feedstock (both lump ore and pellets) and natural gas for gas-based direct reduction, as desired by the established processes in commercial operation, for the production of steel making grade direct reduced iron (DRI).

1.2 Requirements covered in this standard shall be met at the point of receipt, unless it is stated otherwise.

2 References

The following standards contain provisions which through reference in this text, constitute provisions of this standard. At the time of publication, the editions indicated were valid. All standards are subject to revision and parties to agreements based on this standard are encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the most recent editions of the standards indicated below:

    IS No.                       Title
IS 460 : Part 2 : Specification for test sieves: Part 2
1985 Perforated plate test sieves (third
revision)
IS 1405 : 1982 Method of sampling iron ores
(second revision)
IS 11092 : 2001 Iron ore pellets for direct reduction
processes - Specification (second
revision)
IS 11093 : 2001 Iron ore lumps for direct reduction
processes - Specification (second
revision)