Adrien C B Chenot was born on on August 30,1803; died November 27,1855 and was a French engineer best known for his inventions in metallurgy as well as his research on manufactured gases.
17 Facts About Adrien Chenot
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Adrien Chenot is notably the inventor of one of the first modern methods of direct reduction of iron ore, based on the use of coal reacting with the ore in retorts.
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Adrien Chenot exhibited the first samples of pre-reduced iron ore at the Lisbon Universal Exhibition of 1849, and was awarded the "Grandes Medailles d'Or" at the Paris Universal Exposition of 1855.
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Adrien Chenot left this post some time after to operate mines in Auvergne.
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In 1826, Chenot was asked by Auguste de Marmont, Duke of Raguse, to carry out metallurgical studies at Chatillon-sur-Saone, where he filed a first patent relating to the direct manufacture of iron by treating powdered ore, mixed with coal, on a hearth of reverberatory furnace.
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Adrien Chenot was interested in the production of manufactured gas, more particularly wood gas for supplying reverberation ovens.
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Adrien Chenot invented the use of alkalis for the dephosphorization and desulphurization of manufactured gases, and proposed a classification of combustible gases based on their reactivity with alkalis.
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Adrien Chenot studied the use of porous materials, sponges, to improve gas production, etc.
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Adrien Chenot understood the importance of the purity of the ore to ensure an economic interest in direct reduction processes, and invented an "electrotrieuse" which removes a large part of the raw minerals from their sterile gangue.
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Adrien Chenot died suddenly and unexpectedly in November 1855 after falling out of a window apparently due to disorientation and nausea from experimenting carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Adrien Chenot was only 52 years old and active in his final days, although very weakened by the toxic gases inhaled during his experiments.
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The Adrien Chenot process is one of the first direct reduction processes to succeed blast furnaces.
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Finally, his son Eugene Adrien Chenot continued his father's studies by building in 1862, at the Ramade plant in Clichy, a direct reduction furnace foreshadowing the continuous processes of direct reduction with gases alone, which however did not succeed.
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Adrien Chenot was among the first to report the toxicity of carbon monoxide poisoning.
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Adrien Chenot suffered from the after-effects of carbon monoxide poisoning suffered during his numerous experiments.
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Adrien Chenot was particularly seriously intoxicated in 1846, while working in the factories of the Marquis de Sassenay, in Prussia.
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Adrien Chenot campaigned for the repeal of the law relating to the establishment of major railway lines in France.