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Cooling system for continuous metal casting machines

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OSTI ID:7269115
A continuous metal caster cooling system is provided in which water is supplied in jets from a large number of small nozzles against the inner surface of rim at a temperature and with sufficient pressure that the velocity of the jets is sufficiently high that the mode of heat transfer is substantially by forced convection, the liquid being returned from the cooling chambers through return pipes distributed interstitially among the nozzles. 9 figs.
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-83ID12443
Assignee:
Westinghouse Electric Corp., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
A; US 4749023
Application Number:
PPN: US 6-857674
OSTI ID:
7269115
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English