IP Library Granted Patent US 7,691,320
Granted Patent B2
US 7,691,320 · App. 10/534,944 · Granted Apr 6, 2010

Gas supply system for a metallurgical furnace and operating method for said system

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Patent No.
US 7,691,320
App. No.
10/534,944
Granted
Apr 6, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The aim of the invention is to damp or suppress oscillations (≦back-attack≧ effect) in sidewall or base blowing converters, used in particular to produce carbon steel or stainless steel. To achieve this, the gas supply system ( 3 ) for the converter comprises an inflow restrictor device ( 7 ), which is positioned upstream of or associated with the jets ( 5 ) and which periodically reduces or interrupts the gas supply to the interior of the furnace.

Claims (1)

1. Method for operating a gas supply system for a side blowing and/or bottom blowing metallurgical furnace with at least one tuyere ( 5 ), which is mounted in the side wall and/or in the bottom of the furnace, wherein gas is conveyed through a line ( 6 ) of the gas supply system ( 3 ) and through the tuyere ( 5 ) to the interior of the metallurgical furnace and emerges there in the form of bubbles, wherein the flow of gas into the interior of the furnace is periodically reduced or interrupted at frequencies greater than 5 Hz.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 26, 2010
From: SMS DEMAG AG
To: SMS SIEMAG AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 025192/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2009
From: HEINRICH, PETER; SCHUBERT, MANFRED; BEST, ROLF
To: SMS DEMAG AG
Reel/Frame 022207/0932 →