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US860512A
US860512A US33602606A US1906336026A US860512A US 860512 A US860512 A US 860512A US 33602606 A US33602606 A US 33602606A US 1906336026 A US1906336026 A US 1906336026A US 860512 A US860512 A US 860512A
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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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  • sulfid ore is charged into ,a smelting furnace provided with twyers for the admission of air, and is subjected therein to the action ofair previously heated to a high temperature by passage through an electric furnace or heater.
  • an excellent resistor particularly where currents of womparatively high potential are used, comprises a bar of carborundum consisting of grains bound by k'sodium silicate or otherwise. It will be understood that do not restrict myself to the use of any particular material as a resister, it being essential merely that it should remain substantially unoxidized by air at the temperature employed. The air should be heated to 40 ,suchdegree, and should be introduced'in such volume,
  • a heavy hydrocarbon or the vapor of a hydrocarbon whichits oxidation supplemcnts the heat conveyed by the air and diminishes the amount of oxygen introduced into the furnace under a given pressure.
  • the heavy hydrocarbon may be vaporized in the furnace employed for heating the air or sprayral therein; but my preferred procedure is to vaporize the hydrocarbon in an independent furnace, preferably an electric resistance furnace, and to convey the vapors through the furnace employed for hcating the air and thence into contact with the ore.
  • the quantity of hydrocarbon vapors may be easily regulated by a suitable automatic feed, to meet the two purposes of its introduction, viz., to diminish the amount of oxygen under a given pressure of the blast, or to increase the heat thereof.
  • the chief advantages of this process of smelting are the high purity of the product or matte due to the absence of solid fuel and the relative completeness of the oxidation of the sulfur; and the ease and regularity of control of the temperature and oxidizing conditions of the furnace, said temperature and other conditions being readily regulated by controlling the temperature of the electric furnace, the volume of air traversing the same and the quantity of hydrocarbon admitted.
  • Such ease of control is of particular importance in the smelting of sulfid ores by reason of the wide variations in their calorific value.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HEN-RY ARDEN, OF SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA.
I No. 860,512.
Specification of Letters Patent.
PROCESS OF PYRITIC SMELTING.
Patented July 16, 1907.
Application filed September 24, 1906. Serial No. 336,026.
being to provide a process of effecting oxidation in cases in which the heat of oxidation is insufficient for the maintenance and completion of the reaction, and i more particularly for the smelting'of sulfid ores. The term ore is used herein in its broadest sense, as in- '15cluding concentrates, mattes and other sources of metal or metallurgical products. The invention will be described as applied to the pyritic smelting of copper ores, but is not restricted thereto.
. I prefer to proceed substantially as follows: The
sulfid ore, usually mixed with a suitable flux, is charged into ,a smelting furnace provided with twyers for the admission of air, and is subjected therein to the action ofair previously heated to a high temperature by passage through an electric furnace or heater. This furnaefe i s:preferably of the resistance type, the resisters being composed of a material or coated with a material whichjvill not undergo substantial oxidation at the temperatures employed. I have found that such resisters are conveniently prepared by coating carbon in 3 0 the form of bars with a refractory layer of ca'rborundum,
applied as a paint, using sodium silicate as a binder; or an excellent resistor, particularly where currents of womparatively high potential are used, comprises a bar of carborundum consisting of grains bound by k'sodium silicate or otherwise. It will be understood that do not restrict myself to the use of any particular material as a resister, it being essential merely that it should remain substantially unoxidized by air at the temperature employed. The air should be heated to 40 ,suchdegree, and should be introduced'in such volume,
as will suffice to maintain the temperature of the ore at thepoint necessary for the smelting.
In the treatment of ores of low calorific value, and more particularly in the treatment of ores which are deficient; in sulfur, it is advantageous to introduce with the air a heavy hydrocarbon or the vapor of a hydrocarbon, whichits oxidation supplemcnts the heat conveyed by the air and diminishes the amount of oxygen introduced into the furnace under a given pressure. The heavy hydrocarbon may be vaporized in the furnace employed for heating the air or sprayral therein; but my preferred procedure is to vaporize the hydrocarbon in an independent furnace, preferably an electric resistance furnace, and to convey the vapors through the furnace employed for hcating the air and thence into contact with the ore. The quantity of hydrocarbon vapors may be easily regulated by a suitable automatic feed, to meet the two purposes of its introduction, viz., to diminish the amount of oxygen under a given pressure of the blast, or to increase the heat thereof. The chief advantages of this process of smelting are the high purity of the product or matte due to the absence of solid fuel and the relative completeness of the oxidation of the sulfur; and the ease and regularity of control of the temperature and oxidizing conditions of the furnace, said temperature and other conditions being readily regulated by controlling the temperature of the electric furnace, the volume of air traversing the same and the quantity of hydrocarbon admitted. Such ease of control is of particular importance in the smelting of sulfid ores by reason of the wide variations in their calorific value.
1 claim:
1. The process of pyritic smelting, which consists in establishing a zone of electrically developed heat in proximity to a body of sultid ore. and conveying beat to said ore by means of a stream of air. substantially as de scribed.
2. The process of pyritic smelting, which consists in heating air to a high temperature, coinniinglingtherewith a hydrocarbon vapor, and conveying the some into contact with a sulfid ore, substantially as described.
3. The process of pyritic smelting. which consists in heating air to a high tcmperature'by means of electrically developed heal, commingling therewith a hydrocarlnm vapor, and conveying the some into contact with a sulfid ore, substantially as described.
In testimony whereof, I :iflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.
HENRY ARDEN.
Witnesses G. W. Flsnnunx, It. II. GUNMs.
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US2596100A (en) * 1946-10-30 1952-05-13 Penarroya Miniere Metall Obtention of metallic antimony
US3365185A (en) * 1963-01-31 1968-01-23 Boliden Ab Production of metals from pulverulent materials by flash smelting in an electrically heated furnace

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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US2596100A (en) * 1946-10-30 1952-05-13 Penarroya Miniere Metall Obtention of metallic antimony
US3365185A (en) * 1963-01-31 1968-01-23 Boliden Ab Production of metals from pulverulent materials by flash smelting in an electrically heated furnace

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