Abstract: An apparatus for controlling gaseous and particulate effluent emissions from an aligned row of plural reactors operable to intermittently discharge a reaction mass comprising a three-dimensional enclosure disposed along the discharge sides of the reactors and subdivided into at least two cells by transverse partitions each having the upper collection zone thereof connected by means of a valved inlet port to a central exhaust duct for withdrawing effluents therefrom. The valve in each inlet port is movable from a substantially closed standby position to a substantially open exhaust position during a discharge operation of a reaction mass from a reactor disposed within a particular cell while the exhaust blower in the central duct simultaneously is energized from a standby operation to a full exhaust operation during the reactor discharge operation and return to the standby condition at the conclusion of the discharge step.

Abstract: A slag fluidizing and conditioning agent for use in combination with lime and/or limestone as the basic fluxing agent in iron and steel-making processes comprising a particulated mixture composed of controlled proportions of calcium fluoride and a metal aluminum silicate, selected from the group consisting of potassium aluminum silicate, sodium aluminum silicate, calcium aluminum silicate, barium aluminum silicate, as well as mixtures thereof. The slag conditioning agent may further advantageously include a controlled proportion of particulated iron or iron oxide and the mixture preferably is agglomerated in the form of a pellet, briquette or brick employing a fugitive type binder.