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Gas exhaust nozzle for ARC furnaces

Patent ·
OSTI ID:5878091
Arc furnace has a furnace shell, a furnace lid with lid ring and a lid lifting and swivelling means as well as a lid opening in the furnace lid for exhausting the flue gas from the interior of the furnace and a flue gas exhaust nozzle for removing the flue gases above the lid opening, the nozzle being supported on the furnace lid ring. By means of this design feature as well as a guide arrangement and a locking means the flue gas exhaust nozzle can be completely integrated into the operating steps of the arc furnace in a simple and economical fashion.
Assignee:
BBC Brown, Boveri and Company Limited (Switzerland)
Patent Number(s):
US 4476564
OSTI ID:
5878091
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English