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Blast furnace smelting of zinc

US4371151A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 1, 1978
Grant dateFeb 1, 1983
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Expiry dateAug 1, 1998

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  • Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
  • CPC primaryC21B7/16
  • WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A tuyere for a blast furnace, the main body of the tuyere being in the form of a tube with a central bore and the nose portion of the tuyere having a downwardly-inclined hood-like extension of the upper wall of the tube, whereby gas passing through the nose of the tuyere is deflected downwardly by the said extension, which extension has a gas outlet aperture of greater area than the cross-sectional area of the bore of the tube.

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