Paul Wurth S.a.

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Mmtc, Inc.

Pau Wurth S.a.

Emile Breden

Emile Lonardi

Guy Thillen

Daniel D Mawhinney

Jeannot Loutsch

Paul Tockert

Gilbert Bernard

Damien Meyer

Giovanni Cimenti

Lionel Hausemer

Edgar Kraemer

Yvan Kroemmer

Nicolas Mousel

Jacques Piret

Roland Dhondt

Pol Lemmer

Aldo Bologna

In a charging process of a shaft furnace, in particular of a blast furnace, batches of charge material are typically discharged in cyclical sequence into the furnace from a top hopper using a flow control valve. A method and system is proposed for adjusting the flow rate of charge material in such a process. Pre-determined valve characteristics for certain types of material are provided, each indicating the relation between flow rate and valve setting for one type of material. According to the invention, a specific valve characteristic is stored for each batch of charge material, each specific valve characteristic being bijectively associated to one batch and indicating the relation between flow rate and valve setting of the flow control valve specifically for the associated batch. In relation to discharging a given batch of the sequence the invention proposes: using the stored specific valve characteristic associated to the given batch for determining a requested valve setting corresponding to a flow rate setpoint and using the requested valve setting to operate the flow control valve; determining an actual average flow rate for the discharge of the given batch; correcting the stored specific valve characteristic associated to the given batch in case of a stipulated deviation between the flow rate setpoint and the actual average flow rate.

Method and system for adjusting the flow rate of charge material in a charging process of a shaft furnace

In a charging process of a shaft furnace, in particular of a blast furnace, batches of charge material are typically discharged in cyclical sequence into the furnace from a top hopper using a flow control valve. A method and system is proposed for adjusting the flow rate of charge material in such a process. According to the invention, a respective set of plural valve settings is stored for each batch, each valve setting of a set being associated to a different stage in the discharge of the batch. The method and system are configured to discharge a given batch so that, at each stage in the discharge of the given batch, the flow control valve operates at a constant valve opening according to the valve setting associated to that stage and so that an actual average flow rate at which charge material is discharged is determined for that stage. Further according to the invention, the method and system are configured to correct the plural valve settings offline and in function of the actual average flow rate determined for the associated stage.

A rotary charging device for a shaft furnace commonly comprises a rotary distribution configured to distribute charge material on a charging surface in the shaft furnace. A rotatable structure supports the rotary distribution means and a stationary support rotatably supports the rotatable structure. According to the invention, the charging device is equipped with an inductive coupling device including a stationary inductor fixed to the stationary support and a rotary inductor fixed to the rotatable structure. The stationary inductor and the rotary inductor are separated by a radial gap and configured as rotary transformer for achieving contact-less electric energy transfer from the stationary support to the rotatable structure by means of magnetic coupling through the radial gap for powering an electric load arranged on the rotatable structure and connected to said rotary inductor.

Rotary charging device for a shaft furnace

A method for protecting a tuyere assembly and a refractory lining of a furnace, and in particular a blast furnace, against damage caused by expansion of the refractory lining. This method includes providing a clearance between the tuyere assembly and a refractory lining portion below the tuyere assembly and monitoring this clearance by means of a displacement sensor.

Method for protecting a tuyere assembly and a refractory lining of a furnace

A device for monitoring the mass flow of a particulate solids flow in a pneumatic pipeline includes a measuring chamber and an impact body. Through an inlet connection the particulate solids flow is blown as a compact solid/gas jet onto the impact body, so as to impact thereon with substantially its whole cross-section. An acoustic transducer is associated with the impact body for sensing structure-born acoustic waves, which are generated by the compact solid/gas jet impacting onto the impact body, and transforming them into an output signal. Signal processing process the output signal so as to derive a value that is representative of the mass flow rate of the particulate solids flow.

Method and device for monitoring a mass flow in a pneumatic pipeline

A device for distributing bulk materials includes a suspension rotor is mounted in a support frame which is capable of rotating about a substantially vertical axis of rotation. A chute is suspended to the suspension rotor and is tiltable about a substantially horizontal tilt axis. A first motor is capable of rotating the suspension rotor about its axis of rotation in a first direction, and a tilt controlling motor mounted in the support frame is capable of rotating about a substantially vertical axis of rotation. A tilting mechanism is also connected between the chute and the tilt controlling rotor, while a first braking device exerts a braking moment on the tilt controlling motor. A first control device controls the angle of inclination of the chute by controlled braking of the tilt controlling rotor.

Variable device for bulk material distribution with rotary chute having variable angle of inclination

A device for direct observation of the charging process inside a shaft furnace during its operation, in particular a blast furnace, with a measuring lance, which is arranged above the charge column in the shaft furnace in such a way that it is exposed to the charge material falling from a charging device during the charging process, and sensor means which detect the position of the falling charge material in relation to the measuring lance.

Device for directly monitoring the charging process on the inside of a shaft furnace

A probe includes a probe foot which is suspended on a cable or a chain attached to a winding drum mounted in a sealed casing above the furnace and which communicates with the interior of the latter via a vertical sleeve passing through the upper wall of the furnace, an electric motor associated with a reducer for actuating the winding drum, and a device for detecting the unwinding and winding up of the winding drum in order to control the speed and torque of the motor. The motor is a servomotor, the speed and torque of which are controlled automatically as a function of the detection device by comparison of the actual speed of the motor with data of desired values dependent on the position of the probe foot.

Level probe for a shaft furnace

The device includes a transmitting antenna which also serves as a receiving antenna and a separate receiving antenna for receiving the signals transmitted by the transmitting antenna and reflected at the point of reflection, and two data processing units, one for the signals picked up by the transmitting and receiving antenna and transmitted through a circulator and a first mixer, the other for the signals picked up by the receiving antenna and transmitted through a second mixer. The distance measurement is computed using the signals picked up by the transmitting and receiving antenna for distances less than a predetermined threshold and using the signals picked up by the receiving antenna for distances greater than the predetermined threshold.

Device and method for the telemetric measurement of a distance and

The device includes a radar antenna mounted at the inside end of an arm which can be horizontally inserted through the wall of the furnace above the loading surface, an electronic control and measuring unit placed outside the furnace, and one or two waveguides connecting the said antenna to the electronic unit through the arm. The waveguide or waveguides are duplicated by two reference waveguides of the same nature and of the same length but not connected to the said antenna systems in order to provide a forward and return path for a reference signal generated by the electronic unit and which remains correlated with the measurment signal to allow a better identification of the reflected signal.

Device for determinging the profile of the loading surface of a shaft

A radar probe including several individual scanning antennas is mounted in the wall of the furnace above the loading surface and performs a two-dimensional scanning of the entire loading surface.

Device for determining the topographic map of the loading surface of a

A process for controlling the charging of a shaft furnace of the type utilizing a distribution spout and one or more storage hoppers with each hopper being provided with a dosing device for regulating the flow of charging material from the hopper to the spout. The shaft furnace also includes a weighing system to determine the contents (weight) of the hopper and to adjust the position of the dosing device wherein the dosing valve is opened whenever the real flow Q.sub.r is below the reference flow Q.sub.c and is held in position when the real flow Q.sub.r is above the reference flow Q.sub.c.

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