EP1233077A1 - System for repairing blast furnace taphole facings - Google Patents
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- This invention refers to a new system for repairing the facings of blast furnace tapholes, with which is possible to lengthen the useful life of the taphole, especially in view of the continuous use of the hot bar technique, furthermore allowing that repairs can be carried out without the need for stopping the installation.
- a blast furnace is a vertical reactor that is loaded through its upper part or mouth with a series of minerals and solid fuels, so that with the injection of hot air and additional fuel, gas, coal, etc., a reduction reaction is obtained that gives rise to pig iron, the fundamental prime material for obtaining the different types of steels, foundry products, etc.
- This reactor is emptied by means of an outlet located in its lower part, called a taphole, with a diameter of the order of 30 to 60 millimetres and with a length generally between 1 and 3 metres, depending on the type of blast furnace, a taphole through which the pig iron and slag leave and that is one of the critical parts in the operation of a blast furnace.
- a machine similar to a drill of large dimensions that uses as a bit a bar of approximately three meters length that works simultaneously turning and hammering, axially perforated to refrigerate the cutting head, whether with water, compressed air, or nitrogen, etc.
- a machine called a taphole stopper gun is used that consists of a hydraulic system with a pressure of up to 400 Kg/cm 2 , that, using a piston and a plunger, injects the taphole material to close the hole made by the bit during the opening.
- the hot bar system consists of inserting a solid bar once in the taphole once the material has been injected with the gun and before the material hardens, with the purpose of later taking it out and that the pig iron and the slag come out through the space left by the extraction of this bar.
- This system has the drawback that the mass of material has to be sufficiently hard to tolerate the pressure of the interior of the blast furnace, up to 4 Kg/cm 2 , to avoid that this material be expelled to the exterior, and sufficiently soft that it allows the bar to enter and afterwards to be withdrawn. Meanwhile the drilling method doesn't have operational problems, but it is a more expensive and less effective system that the hot bar method, because of which there is a tendency to use the most efficient method provided the working conditions of the installation and the material used are adequate.
- the objective is to set a series of parameters, such as:
- the hot bar system furthermore has the drawback of progressively causing damage to the facing of the blast furnace taphole, a facing on which the taphole stopper gun does the closing and that has the following as its main functions:
- the system is based on equipping the gun nozzle with a sleeve perfectly adjusted to this nozzle, that forms an axial and frontal extension for it and in whose cavity is housed a ring of refractory material, that in the connecting of the gun to the taphole face fills the existing hollow in this face, caused by wear in the normal use of the taphole, so that this ring, of an external diameter the same as the internal diameter of the sleeve, will adapt a variable position, according to requirements determined by the depth of taphole facing wear.
- the sleeve will be equipped with complementary external limit stops, beside its front end, that in the joining of the taphole stopper gun with the face of the taphole, on impacting on it, will cause the retraction of this sleeve with respect to the nozzle, while the latter advances to the taphole and introduces the refractory ring in its wear depression, where it remains definitively fixed to the plugging material of the oft-mentioned furnace taphole.
- the ring (12) allowing the passing of the blocking material through it, reaches the interior of the opening(9) of the taphole where it remains freed by the retraction of the sleeve (11) to which effect this latter has limit stops (13), radial and external, touching against the face (8) of the taphole, as seen especially in figure 3, so that the material supplied by the gun (7) doesn't only block the taphole opening (5) but also fills the gaps established between the deteriorated face of the taphole and the refractory ring (12), the latter remaining fixed and integrated in the taphole, so that the face of the taphole (8) remains automatically ready and in optimum conditions if a ring of adequate size (12) has been used, as shown in figure 4.
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Abstract
Description
- Opening length (it protects the refractory lining of the interior of the furnace, and it assures a greater duration of the run-out).
- Resistance to the pig iron and the slag at temperatures between 1500-1600°C, both from chemical and mechanical attack.
- Regularity of run-outs and among them.
- Workability of the product (that it can be manipulated or injected as easily as possible).
- Respect for the environment (currently the materials that are used in Spain are tar free to assure as far as possible safety and hygiene in their use and respect for environmental standards).
- To offer a resistant and the most uniform possible surface so that the gun can inject the taphole stopper material. When this doesn't happen and because the taphole stopper material is a plastic material, it loses injection power, because of which the material mass does not compact adequately within the taphole, material is ejected outside, which causes smoke and blockages in the secondary routes, and furthermore it causes degradation of the gun mounting, which may cause it to remain blocked, since it works at pressure and each time it enters further within the taphole. This has serious consequences for the normal working of the blast furnace.
- To protect the taphole refrigeration ring and the breastplate of the blast furnace. If the facing is degraded, the risk is run of puncturing the taphole refrigeration ring or "neck" and of perforation of the breastplate that are faults of major importance and that can only be repaired with the stopping of the plant, with the costs that this implies.
- To avoid, as much as possible, the escape of the interior gases of the blast furnace. This escape of gases from the interior of the furnace, in which there are sometimes pressures of up to 4 Kg/cm2, is what represents the greatest difficulties and risks for the conservation and maintenance of the facing, to which must also be added the fact that molten liquids, at an average temperature of approximately 1500°C, come out.
- It is not necessary that any operator work in a harsh zone, with high temperatures, elevated pressures and high risk for his personal integrity.
- The facing can be repaired with the plant in operation and as often as necessary.
- It protects the critical zone and allows the continuation of production tasks of the blast furnace.
- It allows the continuous use of the hot bar technique with the technical and economic advantages arising from it.
- It forms an economic and simple system.
Claims (2)
- System for repairing the facings of a blast furnace taphole, that has as its objective the filling with refractive or similar material the hollow (9) that progressively is formed in the face (8) of the taphole (5), due to the effect of the action of the classic taphole stopper gun on this facing (7) in the operations for blocking the taphole. It is characterized because it consists in equipping the nozzle (10) of the taphole stopper gun (7) with a sleeve (11) axial extension of this nozzle (10), retractile on it and provided with external limit stops (13) designed to act on the face (8) of the taphole (5) causing the immobilization of the sleeve (11) during the end phase of advance of the nozzle (10) of the taphole stopper gun, having being planned that in a forward projection position of the sleeve (11) with regard to the nozzle(10) in its cavity a ring (12) of refractory or similar material is placed, that, allowing the passage through it of the material supplied by the gun (7) fills the facing wear hollow (9) of the taphole (5) and it remains integrated in it by the same mass of closing material supplied by the taphole stopper gun (7).
- System to repair the taphole facings of blast furnaces, according to Claim 1, characterized because the sleeve (11) has an internal diameter similar to the external diameter of the nozzle (10) of the taphole stopper gun (7), to slide properly on it, while the refractory ring (12) has, in turn, an external diameter similar to the internal diameter of the sleeve (11), and a variable axial dimension according to the amount of wear of the taphole facing, that is in according with the depth of the wear hollow (9).
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ES200100338A ES2197738B1 (en) | 2001-02-15 | 2001-02-15 | SYSTEM FOR REPAIRING THE FRONT PIQUERA IN HIGH OVEN. |
ES200100338 | 2001-02-15 |
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EP1233077A1 true EP1233077A1 (en) | 2002-08-21 |
EP1233077B1 EP1233077B1 (en) | 2006-04-05 |
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WO2007034974A1 (en) * | 2005-09-26 | 2007-03-29 | Nippon Steel Corporation | Method of injecting an aggregate into a small gap formed in the bottom portion of a blast furnace and aggregate used therefor |
CN103966375A (en) * | 2014-04-21 | 2014-08-06 | 鞍钢股份有限公司 | Repairing method of blast furnace tap hole sleeve and auxiliary device |
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EP0315311A1 (en) * | 1987-10-16 | 1989-05-10 | Foseco International Limited | Tap hole plugs for metallurgical vessels |
US4909487A (en) * | 1988-02-03 | 1990-03-20 | Dango & Dienenthal Maschinenbau Gmbh | Process and notch gun for closing the tapholes of furnaces |
FR2680179A1 (en) * | 1991-08-07 | 1993-02-12 | Boulonnais Terres Refractaires | Improvements made to devices for plugging casting holes of blast furnaces |
DE19755932C1 (en) * | 1997-12-17 | 1998-12-10 | Dango & Dienenthal Maschbau | Tapping hole plugging machine for metallurgical furnaces |
EP1069191A1 (en) * | 1999-07-07 | 2001-01-17 | Von Roll Umwelttechnik AG | Tapping apparatus and method |
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FR2664291B1 (en) * | 1990-07-05 | 1992-09-18 | Boulonnais Terres Refractaires | DEVICE FOR THE RAPID REPAIR OF A BLAST FURNACE CUPBOARD. |
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EP0315311A1 (en) * | 1987-10-16 | 1989-05-10 | Foseco International Limited | Tap hole plugs for metallurgical vessels |
US4909487A (en) * | 1988-02-03 | 1990-03-20 | Dango & Dienenthal Maschinenbau Gmbh | Process and notch gun for closing the tapholes of furnaces |
FR2680179A1 (en) * | 1991-08-07 | 1993-02-12 | Boulonnais Terres Refractaires | Improvements made to devices for plugging casting holes of blast furnaces |
DE19755932C1 (en) * | 1997-12-17 | 1998-12-10 | Dango & Dienenthal Maschbau | Tapping hole plugging machine for metallurgical furnaces |
EP1069191A1 (en) * | 1999-07-07 | 2001-01-17 | Von Roll Umwelttechnik AG | Tapping apparatus and method |
Cited By (5)
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WO2007034974A1 (en) * | 2005-09-26 | 2007-03-29 | Nippon Steel Corporation | Method of injecting an aggregate into a small gap formed in the bottom portion of a blast furnace and aggregate used therefor |
CN103966375A (en) * | 2014-04-21 | 2014-08-06 | 鞍钢股份有限公司 | Repairing method of blast furnace tap hole sleeve and auxiliary device |
CN103966375B (en) * | 2014-04-21 | 2017-09-12 | 鞍钢股份有限公司 | The method for repairing and mending and servicing unit of a kind of blast furnace mud sleeve |
US10933612B2 (en) | 2015-04-10 | 2021-03-02 | Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. | Interlayer for laminated glass, laminated glass, production method for embossing roll, and production method for interlayer for laminated glass |
US11318718B2 (en) | 2015-04-10 | 2022-05-03 | Sekisui Chemical Co., Ltd. | Interlayer for laminated glass, laminated glass, production method for embossing roll, and production method for interlayer for laminated glass |
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