Plasma furnace having lateral discharge gates
AssigneeKorea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd.
InventorsHyun-Je Cho, Cheon-Woo Kim, Sang-Woo Lee, Sang-Woon Shin
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a plasma furnace capable of separating and discharging different kinds of molten material, which comprises a furnace body 110; and a heating portion 140 for heating the lateral discharge gate 120, 130, wherein the furnace body comprises a melt discharge portion formed through a lower portion of the melting chamber 101 provided for accommodating molten material; and at least two lateral discharge gates 120, 130 provided at different heights capable of discharging molten material.
Claims6
A plasma furnace for producing and discharging a molten material, the plasma furnace comprising:
- a furnace body, comprising:
- a melting chamber for accommodating the molten material in a lower portion thereof;
- a melt discharge portion formed through the lower portion;
- at least two lateral discharge gates provided at different heights in the lower portion, for discharging the molten material;
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- a dam type discharge gate provided to protrude on the lower portion of the melting chamber to retain in the melting chamber a predetermined amount of the molten material;
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- a heating portion, for heating the at least two lateral discharge gates.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.