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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 1992
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1991
Masahiro Matsuo, Kawasaki, JP;
Genji Kanatani, Kawasaki, JP;
NKK Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A prereduction furnace of a smelting reduction facility of iron ore includes a fluidizing prereduction chamber installed at an upper part of the prereduction furnace wherein iron ores are fed and prereduced, a gas blowing chamber installed at a lower part of the prereduction furnace wherein a reducing gas is fed, a distributor installed between the fluidizing prereduction chamber and the gas blowing chamber, a first plurality of nozzles passing through the distributor for injecting the reducing gas in the gas blowing chamber into the fluidizing prereduction chamber, a discharge pipe for discharging prereduced iron ores installed at a bottom center portion of the fluidizing prereduction chamber and extending through the distributor, wherein a cooling fluid flows, at least two horizontally movable gas purging pipes arranged below the distributor, and a second plurality of nozzles attached to the horizontally movable gas purging pipes for injecting a purging gas to a bottom surface of the distributor to prevent clogging of lower ends of the first plurality of nozzles.