SMELT REDUCTION VESSEL: WHIRL OF GASES ABOVE MOLTEN METAL BATH REDUCES LOSS OF LIQUID AND SOLIDS

摘要

The invention is concerned with a process for producing metals and metal alloys, in particular iron and iron alloys. Starting materials are metal oxides and/or ores in a smelt reduction vessel containing molten metal. The waste gases formed in the vessel are discharged through an outlet. Usually a lot of liquid and solids are lost by this discharging. Object of the present invention therefore is that the loss of liquid and solids through the waste gases outlet is reduced by causing the waste gases, oxidizing gases, liquid and solids in a space above the bath surface to rotate about a vertical axis of the vessel thereby forcing liquid and solids outwardly towards the wall of the vessel.