Device for producing sponge iron

The invention relates to a device for producing sponge iron from iron oxide lumps in a reduction shaft. The device uses a hot dust laden reduction gag which is produced in a gas generator through partial oxidation of solid carbon carriers. The reduction gas is guided via lateral reduction gas inlets at the lower end of the reduction zone into the reduction shaft, in which device the iron oxide lumps are placed in the upper region of the reduction shaft and are delivered radially at the lower end of the shaft as sponge iron by delivery organs. A device for producing sponge iron from iron oxide lumps consists of a reduction shaft in which a hot dust laden reducing gas is delivered. The gas is produced in a gas generator by means of partial oxidation of solid carbon carriers and passes into the lower end of the reduction zone via lateral reduction gas inlets. The iron oxide lumps are fed to the upper area of the reduction shaft and are radially fed as sponge iron to the lower end of said reduction shaft via delivery organs. The delivery organs are arranged in such a manner that the sponge iron is conveyed only radially outwardly.