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Daniel Leon Ramelot

The gas-sampling apparatus comprises at least two sampling probes at each sampling location and at least one sub-assembly for filtering the gas samples at each sampling location. A unit for processing and analyzing the gas samples is connected to all the sampling probes and is located as close as practicable to all the sampling locations.

Apparatus for taking gaseous samples

A continuously-taken sample of a dust-laden gaseous fluid is continuously passed through a filter for a given sampling period, this step being repeated at intervals. During each interval, while no fluid is passing through the filter, the filter is weighed after a hot dust-free gas has been passed through in order to dry the deposited dust. From the successive weights obtained, the weight of dust deposited during each sampling period is calculated.

Monitoring the dust content of gaseous fluid

Industrially pure oxygen is blown into molten pig iron in a converter by means of at least one tuyere located below the upper surface of the molten metal. A quantity (such as amplitude, frequency, acceleration, or speed) characterizing movement of the converter is measured continuously while the oxygen is blown in. An instant at which this quantity undergoes a sudden and considerable decrease is detected. From that instant onwards, the amount of oxygen necessary and sufficient to provide the steel with a desired quality is blown in. The required amount of oxygen is determined from an empirical relationship between the amount of oxygen blown in after the instant and either the phosphorus content of the steel or the iron content of the slag.

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