Ring furnace including baking pits with a large horizontal aspect ratio and method of baking carbonaceous articles therein

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PATENT NO 8684727
APP PUB NO 20100209863A1
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12599607

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The invention relates to a ring furnace (1) having a longitudinal axis and comprising elongated bays (10), a plurality of hollow partitions (3, 3′) arranged within the casing of each bay so as to be parallel to the longitudinal axis, a first end transverse wall (41) located at a first end of each bay (10), a second end transverse wall (42) located at a second end of each bay (10) and possibly one or more intermediate transverse walls (43) located between the first and second ends. The hollow partitions and transverse walls define baking pits (2) within the bays (10) for stacking carbonaceous articles therein. The baking pits have a length Lp and a width Wp, said length Lp being at least 15 times greater than said width Wp.

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RIO TINTO ALCAN INTERNATIONAL LIMITEDMONTRÉAL QUÉBEC H3B 0E3

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Drouet, Yannick Beaucroissant, FR 1 2
Jonville, Christian Corenc, FR 5 43
Roy, Pierre-Jean Bilieu, FR 1 2

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