Metal reduction and melting process and apparatus
US6206948A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jun 28, 1999 |
| Grant date | Mar 27, 2001 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 28, 2019 |
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- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY02P10/25
- WIPO fieldMaterials, metallurgy
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A metal reduction and melting process which involves the heating of a burden comprising a metal containing component and a carbon containing component in a channel type induction furnace in order to reduce such metal containing component, in which at least part of the gaseous products of the process is utilized for preheating the burden; and apparatus for carrying out such preheating.
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