METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING DIRECT REDUCED IRON AND DRI MANUFACTURING EQUIPMENT

A method for manufacturing Direct Reduced Iron wherein iron ore is reduced in a DRI shaft by a reducing gas comprising hydrogen obtained by extraction from coke oven gas through a hydrogen separation unit, the remaining part of such coke oven gas being at least partly injected in the transition section of said DRI shaft to set the carbon amount of said Direct Reduced Iron from 0.5 to 3 wt.% and a DRI manufacturing equipment including a DRI shaft (1) and a hydrogen separation unit (5), wherein said hydrogen separation unit (5) inlet is connected to a coke oven gas supply (6) and includes a first outlet connected to the DRI shaft to inject hydrogen separated from said coke oven gas and a second outlet connected to the transition section of said DRI shaft (1) to inject at least part of the remaining part of such coke oven gas.