Abstract: The present invention concerns a granulation installation (10) for granulating molten material produced in a metallurgical plant. The installation comprises a.o. a steam condensation tower (30) with a steam condensing system and an evacuation device (60) for selectively evacuating gas and steam from said tower, condensing excessive steam and evacuating gas to the atmosphere, said evacuation device (60) having an inlet (62) arranged to communicate with said upper zone (44) of said condensation tower (30) above the water-spraying device (40) and an outlet arranged to evacuate and condensate steam and evacuate gas from said condensation tower (30).

Abstract: The present invention concerns a granulation installation (10) for granulating molten material produced in a metallurgical plant. The installation comprises a water injection device (20), for injecting granulation water into a flow of molten material (14) to granulate the molten material, a granulation tank (18) for collecting the granulation water and the granulated material. The installation further comprises a steam collecting hood that includes an evacuation device for evacuating steam from said hood, condensing said steam and evacuating said condensed steam to the atmosphere.

Abstract: A process for dry granulation of hot liquid slag wherein the hot liquid slag is mixed with solid metallic particles so as to form a solidified, vitrified slag cake mixed with the metallic particles, the slag cake is crushed so as to form hot slag particles and heated solid particles, said particles are cooled and said solid metallic particles are recycled.

Abstract: A process for dry granulation of hot liquid slag wherein the hot liquid slag is mixed with solid metallic particles so as to form a solidified, vitrified slag cake mixed with the metallic particles, the slag cake is crushed so as to form hot slag particles and heated solid particles, said particles are cooled and said solid metallic particles are recycled.

Abstract: A process for manufacturing a vitreous slag including rotating a cone about a vertical cone axis, the cone including an external shell having a lateral surface; cooling the lateral surface of the external shell; pouring molten slag onto the lateral surface of the cone to form a film of slag by gravity, which is solidified as it is entrained in rotation by the cone about the cone axis; and detaching pieces of the film from the lateral surface and removing solidified slag in the form of the pieces after the film has been entrained through between 0.6 and 0.9 revolutions of the cone, the molten slag being poured onto the lateral surface in a pouring zone and spreads to form a film over substantially the entire length of the lateral surface, preferably over between 75% and 95% of the length of the lateral surface.

Abstract: A process for producing stainless steels, particularly special steels containing chromium and chromium-nickel, in a smelting arrangement having at least two vessels, for supplying a steel foundry. A charge having mostly iron-containing raw scrap materials and partially carbon-containing alloy carriers is melted in a first vessel. At a temperature of 1460° C., the melt is decarburized by the injection of oxygen so as to reduce the carbon content to less than 0.3%. The melt is heated to a tapping temperature of between 1620° C. to 1720° C. and the carbon content is subsequently reduced to 0.1%. A second charge is melted in a second vessel simultaneously with the decarburizing of the first charge in the first vessel.