Smelting process and apparatus

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PATENT NO 10584393
APP PUB NO 20160312321A1
SERIAL NO

15104348

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A smelting apparatus that includes (a) a smelting vessel (4) that is adapted to contain a bath of molten metal and slag and (b) a smelt cyclone (2) for pre-treating a metalliferous feed material positioned above and communicating directly with the smelting vessel The apparatus also includes an oft-gas duct (9) extending from the smelt, cyclone for discharging an off-gas from the smelt cyclone. The off-gas duct has an inlet section (18) that extends upwardly from the smelt cyclone and is formed to cause off-gas to undergo a substantial change of direction as it flows through the inlet section of the off-gas duct.

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TATA STEEL LIMITEDJAMSHEDPUR JHARKHAND 831001

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dry, Rodney James City Beach, AU 49 397
Meijer, Hendrikus Koenraad Albertus Uitgeest, NL 12 15
Pilote, Jacques Woodlands, AU 17 27

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