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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 16, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 14, 2000
Milorad Pavlicevic, Udine, IT;
Peter Tishchenko, Donezk, UA;
Alfredo Poloni, Fogliano di Redipuglia, IT;
Angelico Della Negra, Povoletto, IT;
Danieli & C. Officine Meccaniche SpA, Buttrio, IT;
Abstract
Aspiration system to reduce the losses of fine materials and powders from an electric arc furnace having a lower hearth suitable to contain the bath of metal material being melted, a substantially cylindrical chamber arranged above the hearth, at least one electrode arranged in a central zone of the chamber and a roof arranged to cover the chamber and provided with at least one aperture through which the fumes produced by the bath can exit, the system comprising a first aspiration sub-system arranged inside the chamber and at least another discharge sub-system arranged in correspondence with the roof, the first aspiration sub-system comprising a coil of cooling pipes arranged helical so as to define, in a vertical direction, empty zones between the spirals of pipes, the coil of cooling pipes being distanced from the cylindrical wall of the chamber to define a peripheral interspace through which the fumes can ascend towards the roof according to at least an ascensional, rotatory vortex.