CONVEYING SYSTEM, COMBINED SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR COUPLING METALLURGICAL PROCESSES

• Main Authors: OBERNDORFER ERNST, OFNER HANSPETER, FISCHER HARALD, SCHIFFER WILHELM
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.09.2008
• Subjects: CHEMISTRY; CONVEYING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MANUFACTURE OF IRON OR STEEL; METALLURGY; METALLURGY OF IRON; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PROCESSING OF PIG-IRON, e.g. REFINING, MANUFACTURE OFWROUGHT-IRON OR STEEL; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT IN MOLTEN STATE OF FERROUS ALLOYS

The invention relates to a conveying system comprising elements (1) for conveying lumpy, particularly hot, conveying stock and a cover (2) for shielding the conveying stock. Disclosed are measures for inerting the conveying stock. The invention further relates to a combined system encompassing a reduction plant (17) for reducing oxides in a continuous process as well as a processing unit (18) for producing liquid metal in a discontinuous process, the reduction product being deliverable from the reduction plant to the processing unit. The invention also relates to a method for coupling a reduction method used for reducing oxides in a continuous process and a method used for producing liquid metal in a discontinuous process, a reduction product from the reduction method being fed to the liquid metal production method for processing.