Starting a smelting process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9551044
APP PUB NO 20140318320A1
SERIAL NO

14363227

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A method of starting a molten-bath based melting process includes commencing supplying cold oxygen-containing gas and cold carbonaceous material into a main chamber of a smelting vessel within at most 3 hours after completing a hot metal charge into the vessel and igniting the carbonaceous material and heating the main chamber and molten metal in the main chamber.

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  • TECHNOLOGICAL RESOURCES PTY. LIMITED

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dry, Rodney James City Beach, AU 48 368
Meijer, Hendrikus Koenraad Albertus Uitgeest, NL 12 12

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