Hoogovens Groep B.v.

Frank Kaptein

Jacobus Van Laar

Ronald J Stokman

A channel structure, i.e. iron trough or iron runner, for flow of molten pig iron during tapping of a blast furnace, comprises a wear lining which provides the surface along which the iron flows, a permanent lining outside the wear lining and an outer lining of high thermal conductivity outside the permanent lining. The outer lining has a bottom wall and two opposed side walls thermally connected at their lower ends to the bottom wall. To improve resistance to thermal stress, outside and adjoining at least one, but not all, of the walls of the outer lining, there is at least one refractory insulating lining layer, and the other or others of the walls of the outer lining are thermally coupled to heat dissipating means.

Channel structure for flow of molten pig iron

A coolable furnace wall structure has a steel shell and a refractory lining of the shell. Spaced apart openings through the shell, correspond with recesses in the lining which have a transverse width which increases away from the shell. In each opening and corresponding recess is an assembly of at least to hollow cooling plates which are removably connected to the shell. A first one of the cooling plates has a transverse width which does not increase away from the shell opening whereby that cooling plate can be removed first from the assembly through the opening and at least one other cooling plate of the assembly has a maximum transverse width which permits its removal through the opening after removal of the first plate.

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