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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 15, 1983
Filed:
Dec. 04, 1981
Karl-Rudolf Hegemann, Essen-Bergerhausen, DE;
Helmut Weissert, Bochum-Hiltrop, DE;
Kurt Hinsken, Mulheim, DE;
Abstract
An apparatus for the handling of converter gases, especially the storage thereof, comprises a hood which fits over the mouth of a steel making converter and is connected by a duct and blower to a storage vessel. According to the invention, between the blower and the storage vessel, a cruciform junction is provided with the lower upwardly extending stretch being connected to the discharge side of the blower, the upper upwardly extending stretch being connected to a flaring pipe, one horizontal stretch being connected to the storage vessel and the other horizontal stretch to a bypass to the flaring pipe. Valves are provided for controlling the flow such that only the valuable gas is stored.