Apparatus for injecting gas into a vessel

摘要

Apparatus for injecting gas into a vessel including a gas flow duct 31 which receives hot gas through a gas inlet structure 32 at a rear end of the duct. An elongate central structure 33 extends throughout the length of duct 31 and carries a series of vanes 34 for imparting swirl to the gas flow exiting the forward end of the duct. The forward end of duct 31 has an internally water cooled tip 36 and water flows to and from tip 36 through annular passages 43, 44 in the wall of duct 31. tip 36 comprise a hollow shell internally divided by a partitioning structure to form a series of water flow galleries each extending circumferentially around the tip and interconnected for flow of cooling water sequentially through the galleries from the water supply passage 43 to the water return passage 44. The partitioning structure also provides a structural interconnection between inner and outer tubes 37, 39 of the duct wall to transfer gravitational load force from the inner tube to the outer tube when the apparatus is supported vertically through the outer tube.