The invention relates to reduction kiln equipment and a method for directly reducing iron and belongs to the technical field of direct iron reduction. The kiln equipment for directly reducing iron comprises a kiln roof, a combustion-supporting air pipeline, a gas pipeline, a burning nozzle, a material disc, a support seat, a bent seal, a kiln car, a combustion chamber, a material pool and a heat accumulation radiation chamber, wherein the combustion chamber is arranged between the kiln roof and the material pool, the side wall of the combustion chamber is provided with the burning nozzle, the combustion-supporting air pipeline, the gas pipeline and the burning nozzle are connected, the upper end of the kiln car is provided with the support seat for supporting the material disc, the space formed among the material disc, the support seat and the kiln car is the heat accumulation radiation chamber, and the kiln car is connected with a kiln through the bent seal. The method for directly reducing iron provided by the invention is carried out according to the following steps that: the kiln equipment is preheated, reduction agents of reduced materials are mixed and filled into the material disc of the kiln car, covering agents are flatly paved on the mixed materials through a material distribution machine, the kiln car is pushed into the kiln for reduction, and reduced iron products are obtained. The kiln equipment and the method have the advantages that energy sources are saved, the reduction time is saved, and the recovery rate of the reduced iron is high.