Metallurgical furnace
OwnerRichard F. Obenchaininventor
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Abstract
In a metallurgical furnace having a shaft heating section for use with sized material, an improvement wherein a plurality of projections is formed on the interior wall of the preheat zone of the furnace. The length of the projections is equal to 5 to 15% of the diameter of the shaft and the projections are spaced from each other a distance equal to two to ten times the length thereof. The projections may be formed as concentric rings around the interior wall of the preheat zone of the furnace or as a continuous helix formed on the interior wall. If desired, cooling tubes may be placed within the projections.
Claims6
In a metallurgical furnace for use with sized material wherein the metal oxide component of the material has an average size between 1/4 to 2 inches in diameter, having a preheating portion of a specified diameter wherein the sized material remains as integral solids, the improvement comprising:
- a plurality of inwardly directed projections about the interior wall of said preheating portion;
- the projections having a length equal to between 5 percent to 15 percent of the diameter of the preheating portion, with adjacent projections being spaced from each other a distance equal to between two to ten times the length of the projections.
In a vertical shaft for the heating of a sized burden for the production of molten metal from a metal oxide, wherein the burden is comprised of sized material, the metal oxide component of which has an average size between 1/4 to 2 inches in diameter, and wherein the sized material remains as integral solids, the improvement comprising:
- a plurality of inwardly directed projections about the interior wall of said vertical shaft;
- the projections having a length equal to between 5 to 15 percent of the diameter of the vertical shaft, with adjacent projections spaced from each other a distance equal to between 2 to 10 times the length of the projections.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.