Cooling system for continuous metal casting machines

Patent · Tue Jun 07 00:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:7269115

Draper, R; Sumpman, W C; Baker, R J; Williams, R S

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): US 4749023; A
• Application Number: PPN: US 6-857674
• OSTI ID: 7269115
• Resource Relation: Patent File Date: 30 Apr 1986
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
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OPERATION
ENERGY SYSTEMS
EQUIPMENT
FABRICATION
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
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