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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 1981
Filed:
May. 03, 1979
Vladimir Suprunov, Cologne, DE;
Klockner-Humboldt-Deutz AG, , DE;
Abstract
A furnace assembly for the pyrometallurgical treatment of fine-grained ore concentrates including a housing in which there is located a reactor for reacting an ore concentrate and an oxygen-rich gas admitted thereto, the housing further having means therein defining a collection chamber for collection of the molten metal and a settling hearth in the housing communicating with the collection chamber. The housing is provided with a downwardly offset wall means in the roof thereof and partition means in dependent relationship with such offset wall means. The partition means are positioned to isolate the upper portion of the collection chamber from the settling hearth. An exhaust stack is provided transversely with respect to the long dimension of the settling hearth.