AU773908B2 - Direct smelting vessel - Google Patents

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AU773908B2
AU773908B2 AU37918/00A AU3791800A AU773908B2 AU 773908 B2 AU773908 B2 AU 773908B2 AU 37918/00 A AU37918/00 A AU 37918/00A AU 3791800 A AU3791800 A AU 3791800A AU 773908 B2 AU773908 B2 AU 773908B2
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Patents Act 1990 COMPLETE SPECIFICATION STANDARD PATENT r Applicant(s): TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY LTD A.C.N. 002 183 557 Invention Title: DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to me/us: -1-
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2 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL The present invention relates to a direct smelting vessel for producing molten metal (which term includes metal alloys) from a metalliferous feed material such as ores and partly reduced ores.
The present invention relates particularly to a vessel that can be used for molten bath-based direct smelting processes.
The term "smelting" is understood herein to mean thermal processing wherein chemical reactions that reduce metal oxides take place to produce liquid metal.
•The term "direct smelting process" is understood herein to mean a process that produces a molten metal directly from a metalliferous feed material, such as iron 20 ore and partly reduced iron ore.
oThe present invention relates particularly to off-gas ducts for direct smelting vessels.
.00* 25 An object of the present invention is to provide soo an off-gas duct which minimises loss of molten material and solids entrained with off-gas.
According to the present invention there is provided a direct smelting vessel which is adapted to contain a molten bath of metal and slag and includes: a hearth; side walls that extend upwardly from the hearth; a roof; and an off-gas duct extending from an upper section of the vessel for discharging from the vessel an off-gas that is produced during a direct smelting process operated in the vessel, which off-gas duct includes: H:\Maria\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 3 a first section which has a relatively slight upward inclination to the horizontal from an inlet end of the first section; and a second section which extends upwardly from an upper end of the first section at a relatively steep inclination to the horizontal.
In use, off-gas is forced to undergo a substantial change in direction in order to enter the first section. It is believed that, as a consequence, molten material and solids that are entrained in the off-gas contact and deposit on: walls of the vessel that are at or in the region of the inlet end; and (ii) walls (particularly upper walls) of the first section at or in the region of the inlet end; and thereby separate from the off-gas. Molten material and solids that deposit on these walls move downwardly into the vessel.
S• In addition, in use, off-gas flowing along the first section is forced to undergo a substantial change of direction at the end of the first section in order to flow into the second section. Consequently, molten material and 25 solids that are entrained in the off-gas tend to contact and deposit on the upwardly extending wall that is at the end of the first section and separate from the off-gas. It is believed that in this region of the duct, molten material either remains molten or solidifies on the wall.
Molten material that remains molten flows downwardly into the first section and then along the first section into the vessel. Molten material that solidifies builds-up on the wall and with deposited solids eventually spalls and falls down into the first section. In view of the relatively higher temperature conditions in the first section the solidified material melts and flows back into the vessel or otherwise is carried by molten material back into the H:\Maria\Keep\TECMNOLAOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT TMELTINr, VESSEL.dC 05/06/00 4 vessel.
The slightly inclined first section avoids the potentially serious problem of solid accretions falling back into the vessel and damaging equipment such as lances/tuyeres while a direct smelting process is being operated in the vessel or after a shut down. Such fall back is also a potentially serious safety issue for persons carrying out maintenance work in the vessel during a shut down.
Preferably the first section is formed having regard to operating conditions in the vessel so that at least a substantial part of the molten material that enters the first section with the off-gas is molten at the end of the slightly inclined first section. This feature ensures that there is minimal built-up of solid accretions in the first section.
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20 More preferably in this regard the first section is formed so that the temperature drop along the length of the first section is less than 100 0 C and the overall temperature is maintained above the melting points of the molten material.
Preferably the amount of entrained material (molten and solids) in the off-gas discharged from the second section is less than 15g, more preferably less than per Nm 3 off-gas.
Preferably the relatively slight upward inclination of the first section is less than 300, more preferably less than 200, to the horizontal.
It is preferred particularly that the angle of inclination be less than 100°.
H:\Maria\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST E'107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 5 Preferably the relatively steep inclination of the second section is 80-90° to the horizontal.
Preferably the vessel includes a dead end bend that connects the first and second sections.
Preferably the dead end bend includes an access port in the dead end.
Preferably the vessel includes an off-gas chamber extending upwardly from the roof and the first section of the off-gas duct extends from the off-gas chamber.
Preferably the first section of the off-gas duct extends from a side wall of the off-gas chamber.
Preferably the ratio of the length of the first section to the minimum width dimension of the first section is at least 2:1, where the length of the first section is 20 measured between the intersection of centrelines of the first and second sections and the intersections of the centreline of the first section and a vertical line through ~the inlet end of the first section. In a situation where there is an off-gas chamber and the first section extends from a side wall of the chamber the intersection of the centreline of the first section and a vertical centreline of the off-gas chamber is the measurement point at the inlet end of the first section.
Typically, the first and second sections are cylindrical and the minimum width dimension of the first section referred to in the preceding paragraph is the diameter of the first section.
Preferably the second section is formed so that the temperature drop along the length of the second section is sufficient to solidify at least a substantial part of H: \Mar-ia\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 [DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 6 any molten material that is in off-gas flowing through the second section before the off-gas reaches the end of the second section. This ensures that there is minimal, if any, carry over of molten material into downstream off-gas processing apparatus, such as hot cyclones and hot scrubbers, that may be affected adversely by molten material in off-gas.
Preferably the off-gas chamber is located centrally.
Preferably the vessel includes at least one lance for injecting oxygen-containing gas into the vessel which extends downwardly through the off-gas chamber into the vessel.
Preferably the ratio of the minimum width dimensions of the side walls of the vessel and of the offgas chamber is at least 1.5:1. In situations where the 20 oxygen-containing gas injection lance or lances extend downwardly through the off-gas chamber, preferably the ratio is 1.5:1 to 2:1. In situations where the gas injection lance or lances are not located to extend through the off-gas chamber the ratio of minimum width dimensions may be up to 4:1.
Preferably the roof is upwardly inclined from the side walls at an angle in the range of 30 to 500 to a horizontal axis (ie an included angle of 120 to 1300 30 measured between the side walls and the roof).
Preferably the angle of inclination is 400 to the horizontal axis.
Preferably the side walls are cylindrical and the roof is frusto-conical and extends from an upper end of the side walls and terminates in the off-gas chamber.
H:\Maria\Keep\TECHNOUOGICAL AUST F'107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 'I I 7 Preferably the minimum width dimension of the side walls of the vessel is 8 meters.
According to the present invention there is also provided a direct smelting process operated in the abovedescribed vessel.
The present invention is described further by way of example with reference to the accompanying drawings, of which: Figure 1 is a vertical section through a metallurgical vessel illustrating in schematic form one preferred embodiment of the present invention; and Figure 2 is a vertical section through an upper section of another metallurgical vessel illustrating another preferred embodiment of the present invention.
The following description is in the context of direct smelting iron ore to produce molten iron in accordance with one form of the HIsmelt (Registered Trade Mark) process. It is understood that the present invention 25 is not limited to direct smelting iron ore and is applicable to any suitable metallic ores and concentrates and other metalliferous feed material including partially *reduced metallic ores. It is also understood that the present invention is not limited to the HIsmelt process.
"The vessel shown in Figure 1 has a hearth that includes a base 3 and sides 55 formed from refractory bricks; side walls 5 which form a generally cylindrical barrel extending upwardly from the sides 55 of the hearth and which include an upper barrel section 51 and a lower barrel section 53; a roof 7; an off-gas duct 9 extending from an upper section of the vessel; a forehearth 77 for H: \Maria\KeepECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.dOC 05/06/00 8 discharging molten metal continuously; and a tap-hole 61 for discharging molten slag.
The off-gas duct 9 includes a slightly upwardly inclined first section 31 that extends from an inlet end 63 at an angle a of 70 to the horizontal and a steep second section 33 that extends vertically from the other end of the first section 31. Both sections 31, 33 are cylindrical.
The first section 31 is formed, having regard to the operating conditions in the vessel and other relevant factors, so that molten material that enters the first section remains molten along the length of the first section. In other words, the first section is formed so that the temperature in the first section, particularly in the region of the wall, is above that at which the molten material solidifies.
20 The second section 33 is formed so that the temperature drop along the length of the second section is sufficient to solidify at least a substantial part of any S'molten material that is in off-gas flowing through the second section 33 by the time that the molten material 25 reaches the end of the second section 33.
In use, the vessel contains a molten bath of iron and slag which includes a layer 15 of molten metal and a layer 16 of molten slag on the metal layer 15. The arrow marked by the numeral 17 indicates the position of quiescent surface of the metal layer 15 and the arrow marked by the numeral 19 indicates the position of the quiescent surface of the slag layer 16. The term "quiescent surface" is understood to mean the surface when there is no injection of gas and solids into the vessel.
The vessel also includes 2 solids injection H:\Maria\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 9 lances/tuyeres 11 extending downwardly and inwardly at an angle of 300-600 to the vertical through the side walls and into the slag layer 16. The position of the lances/tuyeres 11 is selected so that the lower ends are above the quiescent surface 17 of the metal layer In use, iron ore (typically fines), solid carbonaceous material (typically coal), and fluxes (typically lime and magnesia) entrained in a carrier gas (typically N 2 are injected into the metal layer 15 via the lances/tuyeres 11. The momentum of the solid material/carrier gas causes the solid material and the carrier gas to penetrate the metal layer 15. The coal is devolatilised and thereby produces gas in the metal layer 15. Carbon partially dissolves into the metal and partially remains as solid carbon. The iron ore is smelted to metal and the smelting reaction generates carbon monoxide gas. The gases transported into the metal layer 15 and generated via devolatilisation and smelting produce 20 significant buoyancy uplift of molten metal, solid carbon, and slag (drawn into the metal layer 15 as a consequence of solid/gas/injection) from the metal layer 15 which S: generates an upward movement of splashes, droplets and streams of molten metal and slag, and these splashes, 25 droplets, and streams entrain slag as they move through the S* slag layer 16.
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The buoyancy uplift of molten metal, solid carbon and slag causes substantial agitation in the metal layer and the slag layer 16, with the result that the slag layer 16 expands in volume and has a surface indicated by the arrow 30. The extent of agitation is such that there is reasonably uniform temperature in the metal and the slag regions typically, 1450-1550 0 C with a temperature variation of the order of 30 0
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In addition, the upward movement of splashes, H: \Maria\Keep\TECHNOLUGICAL AUST P107 [DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doC 05/06/00 10 droplets and streams of molten metal and slag caused by the buoyancy uplift of molten metal, solid carbon, and slag extends into the space 71 (the "top space") above the molten material in the vessel and forms a transition zone 23.
In general terms, the slag layer 16 is a liquid continuous volume, with gas bubbles therein, and the transition zone 23 is a gas continuous volume with splashes, droplets, and streams of molten metal and slag.
The vessel further includes a lance 13 for injecting an oxygen-containing gas (typically pre-heated oxygen enriched air) which is centrally located and extends vertically downwardly into the vessel. The position of the lance 13 and the gas flow rate through the lance 13 are selected so that the oxygen-containing gas penetrates the central region of the transition zone 23 and maintains an essentially metal/slag free space 25 around the end of the 20 lance 13.
The injection of the oxygen-containing gas via the lance 13 post-combusts reaction gases CO and H 2 in the transition zone 23 and in the free space 25 around the end 25 of the lance 13 and generates high temperatures of the order of 2000 0 C or higher in the gas space. The heat is transferred to the ascending and descending splashes, *droplets, and streams of molten material in the region of gas injection and the heat is then partially transferred to the metal layer 15 when the metal/slag returns to the metal layer The above described process generates substantial volumes of off-gas which are at temperatures in the range of 1550 to 1650 0 C and include entrained molten material and solids. The solids in the entrained material are generally in the form of dust.
H:\Maria\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST '107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 11 The off-gas flows from the top space 71 into the slightly inclined first section 31 of the off-gas duct 9 via the inlet end 63, along the length of the first section 31, around the tight radius corner at the end of this section, and then upwardly through the second section 33.
The off-gas undergoes sharp changes of direction at the inlet end 63 of the first section 31 and at the tight radius corner that joins the first and second sections. As is discussed above, these sharp changes of direction cause molten material and solids that are entrained in the offgas to contact and deposit on the upper wall of the duct in the circled region A and on the end wall of the duct in the circled region B. In the case of region A, it is believed that the deposited molten material remains molten and flows downwardly into the vessel and that the deposited solids are carried by the molten material back into the vessel.
In the case of region B, it is believed that part of the molten material remains molten and the remainder of the 20 molten material solidifies. The molten material that remains molten flows down the end wall into the first section 31 and then along the first section 31 and into the vessel. The molten material that solidifies progressively builds up on the wall and eventually spalls and falls down into the first section 31. By forming the first section 31 so that the temperature along the length of the first section is above that at which the molten material solidifies ensures that at least a substantial part of the solidified material melts and flows down the slight incline and into the vessel. The solids that remain solid are carried by the molten material back into the vessel.
The above-described off-gas duct 9 makes it possible to remove substantial amounts of entrained molten material and solids from off-gas with the result that the total amount of entrained material (ie molten material and solids) discharged from the section 33 is kept below H: \Mari,\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 12 per Nm 3 of off-gas. Moreover, the slightly inclined first section 31 avoids the potentially serious problem of solid accretions falling back into the vessel and damaging equipment such as lances/tuyeres while a direct smelting process is being operated in the vessel or after a shut down. Moreover, the slightly inclined first section 31 makes it possible to leave clear the top of the vessel and thereby enable crane access to remove and reposition the oxygen-containing gas injection lance 13 and otherwise allow crane access to the interior of the vessel via the top of the vessel, as may be required during relining operations.
The basic components, ie hearth, side walls, roof and off-gas duct, solids injection lances, and oxygencontaining gas injection lance of the vessel shown in Figure 2 are the same as the vessel shown in Figure 1. In addition, the basic molten bath-based smelting process operated in the vessel shown in Figure 2 is the same as 20 that described in relation to Figure 1. Accordingly, Figure 2 and the following description of the figure focuses on the differences between two embodiments of the present invention.
With reference to Figure 2, the vessel includes a cylindrical off-gas chamber 79 which extends upwardly from the roof 7 and the off-gas duct 9 extends from the side wall 93 of the off-gas chamber 79. A top wall 91 of the off-gas chamber 79 is formed as a removable access port to allow access to the vessel.
The off-gas chamber 79 is positioned centrally and, accordingly, the roof 7 is frusto-conical in shape and defines an included angle of 1300 with the upper barrel section 51 of the side walls 5 of the vessel. The ratio of the diameters of the upper barrel section 51 and the offgas chamber 79 is 1.8:1.
H:\Marid \Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 13 Whilst not shown, the oxygen-containing gas injection lance 13 is positioned to extend downwardly through the top wall 91 of off-gas chamber 79.
The first section 31 of the off-gas duct 9 extends at an angle a of 70 to the horizontal and the second section 33 extends vertically from the first section 31.
The dimensions of the first section 31 of the off-gas duct 9 are selected so that the ratio of the length L of the first section 31 (as measured between the intersection of the centrelines of the first and second sections 31, 33 and the intersection of the centreline of the first section and a vertical centreline of the off-gas chamber 79) and the diameter D of the first section 31 is 3.7:1.
20 In use, off-gas undergoes significant changes of direction in order to enter the first section 31 from the off-gas chamber 79 and in order to enter the second section 33 from the first section. As is described above in relation the Figure 1 embodiment, these significant changes 25 in direction cause deposition of entrained molten material and solids on exposed surfaces of circled regions A and B and facilitates removal of the entrained material (molten and solids) from off-gas.
The second section 33 of the off-gas duct 9 is positioned in an upper wall of the first section 31 of the off-gas duct 9 so that an end wall 87 of the first section 31 forms a dead end bend and, in use, there is a build-up of entrained material (molten and solids) as indicated by the shaded section in the figure which protects the end wall.
H:\Maria\KeeP\TECHN0LtICAL ALST P107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSELOC 05/06/00 14 In addition, the end wall 87 of the first section 31 of the off-gas duct 9 is formed as a removable access port to allow access to the duct.
many modifications may be made to the preferred embodiments of the present invention described above without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.
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1. A direct smelting vessel which is adapted to contain a molten bath of metal and slag and includes: a hearth; side walls that extend upwardly from the hearth; a roof; and an off-gas duct extending from an upper section of the vessel for discharging from the vessel an off-gas that is produced during a direct smelting process operated in the vessel, which off-gas duct includes: a first section which has a relatively slight upward inclination to the horizontal from an inlet end of the first section; and 15 a second section which extends upwardly from an upper end of the first section at a relatively steep inclination to the horizontal. 0o.. 0
2. The vessel defined in claim 1 wherein the relatively slight upward inclination of the first section is less than 300 to the horizontal.
3. The vessel defined in claim 2 wherein the 25 relatively slight upward inclination of the first section is less than 200 to the horizontal.
4. The vessel defined in claim 3 wherein the angle of inclination of the first section is less than 100 to the horizontal. The vessel defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the relatively steep inclination of the second section is 80-900 to the horizontal.
6. The vessel defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the ratio of the length of the H:Ma1'ia\Kee\TCKNOL0G31CAL AUST P107 [IRECT SMELTING VESSELdc 05/06/00 16 first section to a minimum width dimension of the first section is at least 2:1, where the length of the first section is measured between the intersection of centrelines of the first and second sections and the intersection of the centreline of the first section and a vertical line through the inlet end of the first section.
7. The vessel defined in any one of the preceding claims includes a dead end bend that connects the first and second sections.
8. The vessel defined in claim 6 wherein the dead end bend includes an access port in the dead end. 15 9. The vessel defined in any one of the preceding claims includes an off-gas chamber extending upwardly from the roof and the first section of the off-gas 0• duct extends from the off-gas chamber.
10. The vessel defined in claim 9 wherein the ratio of the minimum width dimensions of the side walls of the vessel and of the off-gas chamber is at least 1.5:1.
11. The vessel defined in claim 9 or claim 25 wherein the first section of the off-gas duct extends from a side wall of the off-gas chamber.
12. The vessel defined in claim 11 wherein the ratio of the length of the first section to the minimum width dimension of the first section is at least 2:1, where the length of the first section is measured between the intersection of centrelines of the first and second sections and the intersections of the centreline of the first section and a vertical centreline of the off-gas chamber.
13. The vessel defined in any one of claims 9 to H: \Maria\Keep\TBCHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 [IRECT SMELTING VESSEL.dOC 05/06/00 17 12 wherein an upper end of the off-gas chamber defines a dead end bend.
14. The vessel defined in any one of claims 9 to 13 wherein the off-gas chamber is located centrally. The vessel defined in any one of claims 9 to 14 includes at least one lance for injecting oxygen- containing gas into the vessel which extends downwardly through the off-gas chamber into the vessel.
16. The vessel defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the roof is upwardly inclined from the side walls at an angle in the range of 30 to 500 to a 15 horizontal axis (ie an included angle of 120 to 1300 measured between the side walls and the roof).
17. The vessel defined in claim 16 wherein the angle of inclination is 400 to the horizontal axis. S. 18. The vessel defined in claim 16 or claim 17 wherein the side walls are cylindrical and the roof is frusto-conical and extends from an upper end of the side walls and terminates in the off-gas chamber.
19. The vessel defined in any one of the preceding claims wherein the minimum width dimension of the side walls of the vessel is 8 meters.
20. A direct smelting vessel which contains a molten bath of metal and slag and includes: a hearth; side walls that extend upwardly from the hearth; a roof; and an off-gas duct extending from an upper section of the vessel which discharges off-gas produced in a direct smelting process operating in the vessel, which off-gas duct includes: H:\Maria\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 D 18 a first section which has a relatively slight upward inclination to the horizontal from an inlet end of the first section; and a second section which extends upwardly from an upper end of the first section at a relatively steep inclination to the horizontal.
21. The vessel defined in claim 20 wherein the relatively slight upward inclination of the first section is less than 300 to the horizontal.
22. The vessel defined in claim 21 wherein the angle of inclination of the first section is less than 100 to the horizontal. t23. The vessel defined in any one of claims *to 22 wherein the relatively steep inclination of the second section is 80-90° to the horizontal.
24. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 23 wherein at least a substantial part of molten material that enters the first section with the off-gas is 25 molten at the end of the first section. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 24 wherein the temperature drop along the length of the first section is less than 100 0 C and the overall temperature within the first section is maintained above the melting points of the molten material, whereby at least a substantial part of the molten material that enters the first section with the off-gas is molten at the end of the first section.
26. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 25 wherein the off-gas discharged from the second H:\Mari a\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTINU VESSEL.doc 05/0b/00 19 section of the off-gas duct includes less than 15g/Nm 3 entrained material per Nm 3 off-gas, where entrained material consists of solids and molten material.
27. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 26 wherein the ratio of the length of the first section to the minimum width dimension of the first section is at least 2:1, where the length of the first section is measured between the intersection of centrelines of the first and second sections and the intersection of the centreline of the first section and a vertical line through the inlet end of the first section.
28. The vessel defined in any one of claims 15 to 27 includes a dead end bend that connects the first and second sections.
29. The vessel defined in claim 27 wherein the dead end bend includes an access port in the dead end.
30. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 29 includes an off-gas chamber extending upwardly from the roof and the first section of the off-gas duct extends from the off-gas chamber. 31 The vessel defined in claim 30 wherein the ratio of the minimum dimensions of the side walls of the vessel and of the off-gas chamber is in the range of 1.5:1 to 2:1.
32. The vessel defined in claim 30 or claim 31 wherein the first section of the off-gas duct extends from a side wall of the off-gas chamber.
33. The vessel defined in claim 32 wherein the ratio of the length of the first section to the minimum width dimension of the first section is at least 2:1, where H: \Maria\Keep\TECHNOLOGICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTING VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 20 the length of the first section is measured between the intersection of the first and second sections and the intersection of the centreline of the first section and a vertical centreline of the off-gas chamber.
34. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 33 wherein an upper end of the off-gas chamber defines a dead end bend.
35. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 34 wherein the off-gas chamber is located centrally.
36. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 35 includes at least one lance for injecting oxygen- 15 containing gas into the vessel which extends downwardly through the off-gas chamber into the vessel.
37. The vessel defined in any one of claims to 35 wherein the roof is upwardly inclined from the side walls at an angle in the range of 30 to 500 to a horizontal S* axis.
38. The vessel defined in claim 37 wherein the angle of inclination is 400 to the horizontal axis.
39. The vessel defined in claim 37 or claim 38 wherein the side walls are cylindrical and the roof is frusto-conical and extends from an upper end of the side walls and terminates in the off-gas chamber. The vessel defined in any one of claims H:\Ma-ia\Keeep\TCHNOLO0GICAI AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTINr- VESSEL.doc 05/06/00 21 to 39 wherein the minimum width dimension of the side walls of the vessel is 8 meters. Dated this 5 t" day of June 2000 TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY LTD By Its Patent Attorneys GRIFFITH HACK Fellows institute of Patent Attorneys and Trade Mark Attorneys of Australia H:\M.3ria\Keep\TFCHNOWGOICAL AUST P107 DIRECT SMELTINrG VESSEL.CO1C 05/06/00
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