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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2015
Outotec (Finland) Oy, Espoo, FI;
Aki Laaninen, Espoo, FI;
Elli Miettinen, Espoo, FI;
Peter Björklund, Espoo, FI;
Lauri P. Pesonen, Ontario, CA;
OUTOTEC (FINLAND) OY, Espoo, FI;
Abstract
Provided are a method and an arrangement for monitoring performance of a burner of a suspension smelting furnace. The burner is arranged at the top structure of a reaction shaft of the suspension smelting furnace. The burner has a solids feeding channel that has a solids outlet opening up into the reaction shaft, and a reaction gas channel comprising a reaction gas channel a that has a reaction gas outlet opening up into the reaction shaft. The arrangement comprises at least one imaging means for producing images representing the cross-section of the reaction gas channel, and a processing means for receiving images of the cross-section of the reaction gas channel from the imaging means.