Abstract: A method and a means for introducing close-grained carbonaceous fuels, which are suspended in a carrier gas, and oxygen into an iron melting bath are described.In this method the fuel and the oxygen can be alternately introduced through the same introduction passage of a tuyere into an iron melting bath below the surface of the bath.The means provides for alternate supply of fuel or oxygen and is regulated by means of the oxygen line pressure.

Abstract: In a process for the production of steel with low hydrogen content in a through-blowing oxygen converter with nozzles arranged below the bath surface in the refractory brick lining, the nozzles composed of concentric pipes for introducing oxygen sheathed by a protective medium, and with an oxygen lance projecting into the converter opening, for a hydrogen content as low as possible of about 2 ppm maximum, at least half the total quantity of oxygen is blown onto the bath and the nozzles arranged below the bath surface are temporarily operated toward the termination of refining with a hydrogen-free gas.

Abstract: A method and a means for introducing close-grained carbonaceous fuels, which are suspended in a carrier gas, and oxygen into a molten iron bath are described.In this method the fuel and the oxygen can be alternately introduced through the same introduction passage of a tuyere into a molten iron bath below the surface of the bath.The means provides for alternate supply of fuel or oxygen and is regulated by means of the oxygen line pressure.

Abstract: A process for producing steel in a convertor in which energy is supplied by introducing carbon containing materials into a pig iron melt in said convertor and oxygen is supplied to said melt, and the supply of carbon containing materials to said melt is discontinued when the carbon in said melt is not lower than 2%, and thereafter completing the refining of said melt with oxygen whereby the nitrogen content of the finished steel produced is lower than it would have been had the supply of carbon to said melt been continued to the end of refining.

Abstract: The invention describes a method and a means for supplying nozzles comprising concentric pipes with gaseous and/or liquid hydrocarbons in which oxygen or oxygen-containing gases are simultaneously introduced into a converter. In so doing, the gases and/or liquid hydrocarbons are conducted through collecting pipes leading into distribution chambers. They are conducted from the distribution chambers through hydrocarbon volume control devices, which are integrally arranged along with the hydrocarbon distribution devices in a rotatable device element of the rotatable control unit, on to nozzle pipes. Then, the gaseous hydrocarbons are further conducted through a safety control member arranged downstream from the hydrocarbon volume control device. Thus, the even supply of gaseous and/or liquid hydrocarbons to the nozzles is ensured at highly varying throughput rates and alternate supply, in a manner which is simple and reliable.

Abstract: A tuyere for the injection of both a refining gas such as oxygen into a melting or refining vessel, and a fluid protective medium such as a hydrocarbon gas or a liquid surrounding the injected refining gas, in which there is a solid center in the pipe through which the refining gas is suplied so that the refining gas enters the refining vessel as an annulus around which the protective fluid is disposed.The tuyere is installd in the refractory lining of the refining vessel and the fluids passing into the vessel through the tuyere are proportioned so that burning back of the tuyere and erosion or wear of the lining take place at the same rate.The protective medium cools the tuyere and avoids reactions between the refining gas and the tuyere material.

Abstract: A steelmaking process is described in which solid sources of iron (e.g. scrap) are charged into a convertor equipped with tuyeres through which air, oxygen or mixtures thereof can be blown into the convertor.The process includes (1) a preheating phase in which carbon carriers (fuels) are burned in the convertor to produce hot combustion gases which pass upwardly through solid sources of iron, until the same is heated to an average temperature between about 1000.degree. F. and 1200.degree. C., (2) a melting phase during which the solid sources of iron are melted; and (3) a refining stage in which the melt is refined by oxygen blown into said melt in the usual way.

Abstract: A process for increasing the life of refractory masonry of furnaces and metallurgical vessels in which the masonry is exposed to oxidizing atmospheres at high temperatures and/or molten metals or slags which are highly erosive, which process consists in depositing carbon in the pores of such masonry by means of carbon carrying media which are decomposed when heated.

Abstract: In the method of producing steel in a converter equipped with tuyeres that are shrouded with a protective medium which are disposed below the melt surface, oxygen is also introduced above the melt during at least a major part of the refining time with sufficient velocity to suck in large amounts of reaction products thereby increasing the proportion of the scrap that may be charged.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing hot metal from iron oxide in a shaft furnace by means of reduction with CO and H.sub.2 is described in the case of which iron oxide and coke are placed in the shaft furnace. For the purpose of the coke combustion, oxygen or a gas containing oxygen is introduced together with a reduction gas having a temperature ranging from approximately 1300.degree. to 1500.degree. C., comprising for the most part CO and H.sub.2 and introduced from the hot metal zone of fusion into the furnace shaft. The flue gas of the shaft furnace is purified at least partly, whereby a backflow gas comprising for the most part CO and H.sub.2 is formed and introduced back into the shaft furnace. This method is characterized by the fact that it is especially economical.

Abstract: A procedure is described for supplying thermal energy to a steel melt by burning a fuel in a melt containing at most 0.10% carbon, by means of oxygen. Both the fuel and the oxygen are introduced into the steel melt beneath the surface of the melt. The method permits an increase in the scrap or other iron carriers, (ore, pellets, etc.) which can be processed. Apparatus for carrying out the process is also described.

Abstract: This application describes a process and apparatus for gasifying sulphur bearing coal in a molten iron bath which is covered with a sulphur absorbing slag. In order to make the process practical, the hot liquid slag is transferred to a second vessel in which it is desulfurized by contact with an oxygen containing gas, and then returned as hot liquid slag to the iron bath for reuse.

Abstract: An improved apparatus for supplying the refining gas and protective media utilized in the refining process described in U.S. Pat. No. 3,706,549 issued Dec. 19, 1972, including valves provided in the supply lines for preventing malfunctioning of the process.

Abstract: An improvement in the refining of molten metals in a converter by means of oxygen introduced into the metal through tuyeres which include two concentric pipes, oxygen being passed into the melt through the central pipe and a protective fluid being passed into the melt as a sheath or screen around the oxygen, through the clearance space between the two pipes. In the present invention two tuyeres, disposed horizontally and each passing through the convertor sidewall permit refining to be accomplished without any slopping or splashing of the melt and with only minor wear of the convertor lining.

Abstract: This invention relates to a process for refining metals in a refining vessel, by means of a tuyere embedded in the bottom or sidewall of the vessel and through which a refining gas is blown into the vessel. The tuyere is composed of at least three concentric pipes, the refining gas being made to pass through the central pipe and a protective medium being made to pass into the vessel through the spaces between the pipes which surround the central pipe. All of the pipes except the outermost pipe which is fixedly embedded in the refractory lining of the vessel, are individually movable longitudinally into the vessel.

Abstract: Apparatus for batchwise feeding of powders or other particulate materials from a pressurized supply vessel with a sealable discharge orifice including a movable sealing-and-metering member and a seal against which it seals during periods of non-discharge.

Abstract: A method of shaping the external surface of a metal billet which comprises holding the billet stationary and moving a pair of grooved rolls which are idly rotatably supported over the billet so that the billet passes through a gap between the rolls and guiding the paths of the rolls to provide the billet with the required shape. This method is preferably carried out by apparatus which comprises a pair of grooved rolls which are idly rotatably supported with a gap between them, means for holding the billet stationary, a mechanism for moving the rolls to cause them to pass along a billet held by the holder so that the billet passes through the gap between the rolls, and at least one guide track for each roll for guiding the path of the roll as it is moved by the mechanism. Preferably each grooved roll is supported on a shaft which extends axially beyond the ends of the roll and two runner rolls, each of which runs along a guide track as the grooved roll is moved, are mounted on the ends of the shaft.

Abstract: An increase in the life of basic refractory linings in hearth type refining furnaces and a decrease in tap-to-tap time is achieved by the use of at least one refining tuyere which consists of two concentric pipes. The central pipe feeds oxygen into the melt below the bath surface, and a hydrocarbon stream surrounds the oxygen being fed into the bath, the hydrocarbon flowing in the space between the two pipes. Preferably the tuyere is embedded in the furnace backwall and is approximately horizontal and is directed toward the center of the hearth. By use of the double tuyere, oxygen can be used for refining without experiencing excessive refractory wear.

Abstract: Immersion lances for refining metal melts in hearth type vessels including open hearth and electric furnaces. The lances are movable into and out of the metal melt and comprise an oxygen pipe, a cooling medium pipe surrounding the oxygen pipe and a refractory casing which is wear resistant, temperature resistant and chemically resistant to the operating surroundings. The process of refining using such lances is also described.

Abstract: Pig-iron is refined into steel by blowing oxygen and a protective screen of an encasing gas through injecting means located at or near the bottom of a converter containing a melt of molten metal. The encasing gas while protecting the injecting means, allows it to be consumed at substantially the same rate as the bottom of the converter so that the injecting means is not left projecting from the bottom of the converter. The encasing gas can be one which is inert to the melt or the metal of the injecting means or both, or it can be a gas which reacts sluggishly with the melt or the material of the oxygen feed pipe or both. Desirably, the oxygen jet is circular in cross-section and the encasing gas is in the form of a concentric jet.A converter for carrying out the method is made up of a pear-shaped sheet-steel casing having a refractory lining and an inserted bottom provided with nozzles in the form of metal tubes for the oxygen and encasing gas.