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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2015
Applicant:
Umicore, Brussels, BE;
Inventors:
Assignee:
UMICORE, Brussels, BE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 4/08 (2006.01); C22B 4/00 (2006.01); C22B 7/00 (2006.01); F27D 99/00 (2010.01); C22B 9/22 (2006.01); C22B 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C22B 15/003 (2013.01); C22B 4/005 (2013.01); C22B 4/08 (2013.01); C22B 7/001 (2013.01); C22B 9/226 (2013.01); F27D 99/0033 (2013.01); F27D 2099/0031 (2013.01); F27D 2099/0036 (2013.01); Y02P 10/214 (2015.11);
Abstract
The present disclosure concerns an apparatus suitable for smelting and separating metals in flexible oxido-reduction conditions. More particularly, it concerns an apparatus for smelting metallurgical charges comprising a bath furnace susceptible to contain a molten charge up to a determined level, characterized in that the furnace is equipped with: at least one non-transfer plasma torch for the generation of first hot gases; at least one oxygas burner for the generation of second hot gasses; and, submerged injectors for injecting said first and second hot gases below said determined level.