DIRECT SMELTING PLANT

摘要

A DIRECT SMELTING PLANT FOR PRODUCING MOLTEN METAL FROM A METALLIFEROUS FEED MATERIAL USING A MOLTEN BATH BASED DIRECT SMELTING PROCESS IS DISCLOSED. THE PLANT INCLUDES A PLURALITY OF GAS INJECTION LANCES TO INJECT THE OXYGEN-CONTAINING GAS INTO THE VESSEL THAT EXTEND DOWNWARDLY THROUGH OPENINGS IN A SIDE WALL OF A DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.