Hostname: page-component-848d4c4894-5nwft Total loading time: 0 Render date: 2024-05-21T16:09:30.197Z Has data issue: false hasContentIssue false
  • English
  • Français

Blast furnace hearth condition monitoring and taphole management techniques

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 October 2002

R. J. Nightingale ,
F. W.B.U. Tanzil ,
A. J.G. Beck  and
K. Price
Get access

Abstract

The condition of the coke bed in the lower zones of the blast furnace determines the nature of liquids flow into and through the hearth. Methods for monitoring the condition of deadman cleanliness and coke bed voidage at the taphole level have been developed. Influences on metal chemistry and hearth refractory heat loads are discussed. This paper also discusses strategies for management of taphole performance by application of operator guidance techniques which employ real time data acquisition and the on-line application of mathematical models of liquids removal during casting. Recommendation strategies for installed clay volume and taphole opening/closure times are discussed.

Type
Research Article
Information
Metallurgical Research & Technology , Volume 98 , Issue 6: Mesures, instrumentation, automatisation, travaux neufs , June 2001 , pp. 533 - 540
Copyright
© La Revue de Métallurgie, 2001

Access options

Get access to the full version of this content by using one of the access options below. (Log in options will check for institutional or personal access. Content may require purchase if you do not have access.)