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US 9,863,013 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for heating a blast furnace stove
AssigneeLinde Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsAndrew M. Cameron, Andrew P. Richardson
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Abstract
A method for heating a blast furnace stove includes combusting fuel in a combustion chamber in the stove, providing combustion gases from the combustion chamber to heat refractory material in the stove, recirculating exhausted combustion gases into the combustion chamber, enriching the combustion chamber with oxygen sufficient for maintaining combustion in the combustion chamber without damaging the refractory material in the stove.
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A method for heating a blast furnace stove, comprising:
- combusting fuel in a combustion chamber in the stove,
- providing combustion gases from the combustion chamber to heat refractory material in the stove,
- recirculating exhausted combustion gases into the combustion chamber,
- enriching the combustion chamber with oxygen, the enriching comprising delivering a balance of total oxygen required in an amount sufficient for maintaining combustion in the combustion chamber with at least one oxy-fuel burner in communication with the combustion chamber without damaging the refractory material in the stove.
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