Vessel for metal smelting furnace
AssigneeDemag Aktiengesellschaft
InventorLudger Zangs
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Abstract
A vessel for a metal smelting furnace is disclosed. The vessel is provided with a heat-resistant interior wall and means for cooling the portions of said interior wall above the smelting zone. In accordance with the invention, the cooling means comprises an interior wall at least partially formed by at least one cooling pipe coil wherein the coil includes thick-walled pipes and neighboring sections of the coil are arranged in a closely adjacent relation. A cooling medium such as water is fed through the pipe coil under high pressure to dissipate heat from the interior wall of the vessel.
Claims19
A vessel for a metal smelting furnace having a smelting zone including a heat-resistant interior wall, and cooling means for protecting the interior of said vessel, characterized by
- (a) at least a portion of the interior wall of said vessel above the smelting zone consisting of at least one cooling pipe coil;
- (b) said coil including fluid passage-forming sections;
- (c) said cooling pipe coil being exposed to the center of the vessel, and
- (d) neighboring sections of said coil being arranged in a contacting relation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.