Cooling system for a trunnion ring and metallurgical furnace vessel
AssigneeWhiting Equipment Canada Inc.
InventorsH.-Rudi Kroeker, Wayne Duncan
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Abstract
A cooling system for a basic oxygen furnace or an Argon Oxygen Decarburization converter having a metallurgical converter vessel supported in a trunnion ring. The cooling system comprises a number of cooling panels. The cooling panels are mounted or attached to the exterior surface of the trunnion ring and positioned between the outside surface of the vessel and the trunnion ring. A coolant liquid or vapour is pumped or circulated through the cooling panels. The cooling panels are detachable from the trunnion ring for replacement and/or repair without requiring disassembly of the trunnion ring or the metallurgical converter vessel.
Claims9
A method for cooling a trunnion ring, the trunnion ring supporting a vessel in a metallurgical converter and having a surface adjacent the vessel and being in a spaced relationship from the vessel, said method comprising the steps of:
- coupling one or more cooling panels to cover at least a portion of the surface of the trunnion ring adjacent the vessel;
- supplying a coolant at an inlet for at least one of said cooling panels;
- circulating said coolant in said cooling panel and said coolant serving to cool the trunnion ring by absorbing heat radiated from said vessel.
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