US3802684A - Tuyere construction - Google Patents

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US3802684A
US3802684A US00284694A US28469472A US3802684A US 3802684 A US3802684 A US 3802684A US 00284694 A US00284694 A US 00284694A US 28469472 A US28469472 A US 28469472A US 3802684 A US3802684 A US 3802684A
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    • C21—METALLURGY OF IRON
    • C21C—PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS
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    • C21C5/28—Manufacture of steel in the converter
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  • ABSTRACT 52 us. Cl. 266/41, 266/35 A tuyere Construction for a Steelmaking vessel
  • Int. Cl. C2lc 5/48 has an inner tube of a noncirculal' Oblong Cross"
  • the opening usually UNITED STATES PATENTS has a spacing substantially equal all around the inner t b 3,706,549 12/1972 Knuppel et a1.
  • a vessel has a removable bottom or plug which contains one or more tuyeres through which oxygen and other gases or particulate matter such as lime or other flux are blown into the vessel.
  • Each tuyere comprises an oxygen inlet tube surrounded by a larger concentric inlet tube for the simultaneous injection of a jacket gas. This jacket gas acts as a coolant, reducing the rate of reaction between the molten metal and the oxygen adjacent the tuyere preventing rapid erosion of the tuyere.
  • tuyeres have been of symmetrical cross-section, generally cylindrically shaped, the outer tube being spaced from the inner tube by a number of small beads welded to one of the tubes, or by a spiral of wire welded to one of the tubes, or by any other convenient means for maintaining concentricity.
  • spitting is the propulsion of bath and slag material onto the upper walls and nose of the vessel. Severe spitting can result in actually blocking the mouth of the vessel. This requires that the solidified material in the mouth of the vessel be removed mechanically, which, of course, necessitates shutting down the operation of the vessel. Removal of solidified material also damages the refractory lining of the vessel necessitating repair and long vessel shutdown periods.
  • the bath depth depends upon the amount of wear of the lining of the vessel, especially around the sides and thus cannot be well controlled. Further, if it were desirable to add more metal to the bath to increase the bath depth, this would increase the heat size, and it is probable that the tapping equipment would be required to be modified to accommodate such larger heat size. In order to reduce spitting by reducing the oxygen flow rate, one would necessarily increase the blowing time of the heat which is extremely undesirable as it increases the tap-to-tap time and correspondingly reduces production. Therefore, the only variable which can readily be controlled is the tuyere size.
  • My tuyere can have any elongated shape wherein its length to width ratio is 2 to l or greater, which has the same cross-sectional area as a circular tuyere for the required oxygen flow rate. This tuyere will reduce spitting in the vessel markedly in comparison to a round tuyere of the same cross-sectional area, having the same oxygen flow rate in a vessel with the same bath depth.
  • FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of a bottom blown oxygen steelmaking vessel
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged vertical crosssectional view taken through a conventional tuyere and the bath above the tuyere having velocity curves superimposed on the gas jet;
  • FIG. 3 is an isometric view of one embodiment of my tuyere construction
  • FIG. 4 is a horizontal cross-section view of the embodiment of FIG. 3;
  • FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of an additional embodiment of my tuyere construction having a semicircular cross-section
  • FIG. 6 is a cross-sectional view of a rectangular tuyere construction
  • FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view of a rhombic tuyere construction.
  • FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view of a triangular tuyere.
  • a bottom blown oxygen steelmaking vessel 10 has a refractory lining l2 and a removable bottom 13, comprising a bottom plate 14, and one or more generally upstanding tuyeres 16, which are surrounded by a refractory material 18.
  • the bottom plate 14 is fastened to the furnace by bolts 20.
  • the sides of the refractory portion of the removable bottom do not contact the refractory lining 12 of the vessel, but sufficient clearance is provided around the bottom for inserting a gunning mixture 24 to provide a metal and slag-tight seal.
  • dual concentric tuyere 16 comprising inner tube 30 and outer tube 32 is located in the bottom of a vessel.
  • Tube 30 is spaced from tube 32 by spacers 34 which maybe weld beads as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, spiral wound wire or any other suitable means for maintaining concentricity.
  • the central tube 30 delivers oxygen and lime to the molten metal bath.
  • a jacketing gas which is, in this case, natural gas, is delivered to the bath through the annular space 36 between the central tube 30 and the outer tube 32.
  • the gases diffuse into the bath or mix with the bath as bubbles, leaving a gas pocket 40 generally as indicated on the drawing which is roughly in the shape of a candle flame.
  • the oxygen pressure should be equal to or greater than that of the jacket gas.
  • the velocity of the gases is sonic at their entrance into the bath, however, the velocity curves superimposed upon the gas pocket in FIG. 2 show that the velocities are low at the edge of the pocket due to interaction with the bath and higher at the center until the gas is totally dissipated. Should this gas pocket or jet become so elongated as to penetrate the surface of the bath, an extremely great amount of spitting would occur.
  • the xaxis of the velocity curve represents the distance (d) from the central vertical axis of the gas jet.
  • the y-axis represents the velocity (v) of the gas as it varies from zero to sonic velocity.
  • any noncircular oblong shape will have the effect of reducing the height of the jet of gas in the bath and thus will reduce the tendency of spitting to occur in such bath.
  • Any elongated shape will accomplish this.
  • Some suitable shapes are a triangle, rectangle, half circle, diamond or rhombus, ellipse or pointed ellipse.
  • the length to width ratio of the cross-section of the shape would be 2 to l or more. Although it usually would be, it need not be symmetrical about a center line.
  • a second advantage is present for these oblong tuyeres.
  • the larger interface which is provided by the elongated jet stream gives a more rapid and better dephosphorization of the bath. Dephosphorization occurs at the interface between the gas jet and this molten metal bath. This is an important difference between Q-BOP and BOP steelmaking.
  • BOP dephosphorization occurs by metal reaction with the surface slag layer.
  • Q-BOP dephosphorization primarily occurs at the surface of the jet within the bath where FeO, phosphorus and CaO are present.
  • the CaO is derived from the powdered lime blown with the oxygen.
  • the FeO is formed through reaction of blown-in oxygen and Fe in the bath.
  • the phosphorus is a normal contaminant of the charged blast furnace hot metal.
  • said tuyere construction comprising a plurality of substantially vertical tuyeres, each of which includes:
  • an inner tube of a noncircular oblong cross-sectional shape which shape has a length to width ratio of at least 2 to 1;
  • spacers interposed between said tubes to form an annular space between the inner and outer tubes.
  • a tuyere construction according to claim 2 which said shape is elliptical.

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ZA735372A ZA735372B (en) 1972-08-29 1973-08-07 Tuyere construction
AU59016/73A AU472629B2 (en) 1972-08-28 1973-08-08 Tuyere construction
DE19732342067 DE2342067A1 (de) 1972-08-29 1973-08-20 Blasform fuer bodenblasende frischbehaelter
IT69570/73A IT996624B (it) 1972-08-29 1973-08-27 Ugello di insufflazione per orogiolo per la fabbricazione del l acciaio
FR7331143A FR2329752A1 (fr) 1972-08-29 1973-08-28 Construction de tuyeres pour four d'affinage a soufflage d'oxygene par le fond
SU1957227A SU550989A3 (ru) 1972-08-29 1973-08-28 Фурма
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US4815715A (en) * 1986-10-09 1989-03-28 Didier-Werke Ag Gas purging assembly for supplying gas to molten metal in a metallurgical vessel
AT391483B (de) * 1986-12-02 1990-10-10 Radex Austria Ag Behaelter zur behandlung von hochschmelzenden stoffen, feuerfester stein fuer die zustellung und verfahren zum betrieb eines solchen behaelters
US5329545A (en) * 1991-12-07 1994-07-12 Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Tuyere for installation in hearth of electric arc furnace
US20060264824A1 (en) * 2005-05-20 2006-11-23 Swisher Kyle Y Iii Disposable safety medical syringe assembly and method of manufacture
US11667982B2 (en) * 2021-01-26 2023-06-06 University Of Science And Technology Beijing Long-life service method for powder-bottom-injecting converter based on collaborative hot replacement of furnace bottom and bottom purging brick

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US3397878A (en) * 1965-11-19 1968-08-20 Union Carbide Corp Under-bath tuyere
US3706549A (en) * 1968-02-24 1972-12-19 Maximilianshuette Eisenwerk Method for refining pig-iron into steel

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US4815715A (en) * 1986-10-09 1989-03-28 Didier-Werke Ag Gas purging assembly for supplying gas to molten metal in a metallurgical vessel
AT391483B (de) * 1986-12-02 1990-10-10 Radex Austria Ag Behaelter zur behandlung von hochschmelzenden stoffen, feuerfester stein fuer die zustellung und verfahren zum betrieb eines solchen behaelters
US5329545A (en) * 1991-12-07 1994-07-12 Air Products And Chemicals, Inc. Tuyere for installation in hearth of electric arc furnace
US20060264824A1 (en) * 2005-05-20 2006-11-23 Swisher Kyle Y Iii Disposable safety medical syringe assembly and method of manufacture
US11667982B2 (en) * 2021-01-26 2023-06-06 University Of Science And Technology Beijing Long-life service method for powder-bottom-injecting converter based on collaborative hot replacement of furnace bottom and bottom purging brick

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