Process of discharging charge-build up in slag steelmaking processes

Patent · Fri Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:869313

Pal, Uday B ^[1]; Gazula, Gopala K. M. ^[2]; Hasham, Ali ^[3]

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1. Malden, MA
2. Somerville, MA
3. Karachi, PK

A process and apparatus for improving metal production in ironmaking and steelmaking processes is disclosed. The use of an inert metallic conductor in the slag-containing crucible and the addition of a transition metal oxide to the slag are the disclosed process improvements.

• Research Organization: American Iron and Steel Inst., Pittsburgh, PA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: FC07-89ID12847
• Assignee: MIT (Mass. Institute of Technology) (Cambridge, MA)
• Patent Number(s): US 5314524
• OSTI ID: 869313
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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