Cooling element
AssigneeOutokumpu Oyj
InventorRisto Saarinen
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Abstract
The invention relates to a cooling element, in particular to be used in connection with furnaces and the like related to metal production processes, said element comprising a housing (1) provided with a channel system (2) for cooling water circulation. At least part of the cooling element surface that may get into contact with molten metal is made of steel.
Claims12
A cooling element, to be used in metal production in connection with a flash converting furnace, said element comprising a housing, provided with walls and with a channel system for circulation of cooling water, the cooling element being situated along a wall of the furnace to facilitate heat transfer between the furnace and the cooling element, such that a surface of said cooling element is located near a border between metal and slag within the furnace, the cooling element surface which, in use, may contact molten metal from the furnace, including at least one steel insert fitting into a groove provided in a wall of the housing and extending sufficiently outside of the wall of the housing to protect the cooling element from contacting the molten metal, the insert being situated along a wall of the furnace.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.