Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho

Ryuichi Hori

Shinichi Inaba

Masataka Shimizu

Yoshio Kimura

Tsunao Kamijo

Fumio Noma

Mitsutoshi Isobe

A blast tuyere of a blast furnace making it possible that the temperature of Cu of the outer surface of the tuyere is not overheated to its melting point or higher so as to prevent tuyere failure and endure long-term use. This tuyere comprises a tuyere trunk 1 having a cooling chamber 2 of a tuyere body and a cooling chamber 3 of a tuyere nose. At least the upper half of the whole of the outer circumference surface of a portion being in the tuyere trunk and projecting into the blast furnace, or the whole excluding the forefront of the outer circumference surface is coated with a shell layer 5 made of a material having a higher melting point than the melting point of Cu and temperature of a hot metal in the blast furnace. Furthermore, a jacket 4 made of a metal for protecting the tuyere from mechanical impacts received at the time of inserting the tuyere into the blast furnace is fitted onto the outside of the shell layer.

Blast tuyere of a blast furnace

Disclosed herein is a method for operating blast furnace, wherein, when charging coke and ore alternately from the furnace top to form alternate coke and ore layers for operation of a blast furnace, a coke layer is formed by charging coke of properties especially suitable for improvement of gas and liquid permeability of the coke layer to the central part thereof or an ore layer is formed by charging ordinary versatile type coke to the central part of the ore layer prior to formation thereof. The centrally charged coke forms a major part of the dead coke layer which is sequentially renewed under the cohesive zone of the blast furnace to maintain appropriate gas and liquid permeability of the dead coke layer, thereby enhancing the production efficiency and stability of the blast furnace operation while suppressing erosive wear of refractory walls of the furnace.

Method for operating blast furnace by adding solid reducing agent

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Ryuichi Hori