Method for increasing vessel lining life for basic oxygen furnaces
AssigneeUnion Carbide Corporation
InventorsJerry V. Spruell, Jennings B. Lewis, III
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Abstract
A method for increasing the life of the refractory lining of a basic-refractory-lined vessel for the production of steel by blowing oxygen into a ferrous melt from above the surface of the melt, comprising: (a) introducing into the vessel slag forming ingredients, including dolomitic lime, such that the amount of dolomitic lime exceeds the amount normally used, and (b) introducing inert gas into the melt in such manner as to cause intensive interaction between the slag and the melt. The preferred inert gas is argon.
Claims10
A method for increasing the life of the refractory lining of a basic refractory-lined vessel for the production of steel comprising:
- blowing oxygen into a ferrous melt through an oxygen lance from above the surface of the melt, introducing slag forming ingredients into said vessel, including amounts of dolomitic lime that do not substantially interfere with the ability of the slag to remove sulfur from said melt, said amounts of dolomitic lime constituting from 0 to 40 weight percent of the total slag forming ingredients, characterized by:
- (a) introducing additional dolomitic lime into the vessel which would under conventional practice impair the sulfur removing ability of the slag by increasing slag viscosity, and
- (b) introducing sufficient inert gas into the melt to counteract the increased slag viscosity by causing adequate mixing and agitation between the slag and the melt to remove the sulfur from the melt.
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