IMPROVED ELECTROSLAG SMELTING SYSTEM AND METHOD

摘要

A system and a method for electroslag smelting, involving a furnace having a wall, an internal atmosphere, and an external atmosphere; a trough (200) for accommodating an ore (300) being smelted into a molten metal (310) and a slag (320), the trough (200) being disposed within the furnace; and a carbon electrode (400) having a proximal end (401) and a distal end (402), the electrode distal end (402) being disposed in the trough (200), the electrode (400) being submersible in the molten metal (310), and the electrode (400) being separated from the slag (320) by a ceramic barrier (500).