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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2007
Applicants:
Rodney James Dry, City Beach, AU;
Mark Preston Davis, West Shelley, AU;
Mark Hayton, Bateman, AU;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Technological Resources Pty. Limited, Melbourne, Victoria, AU;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C21C 5/48 (2006.01); C21C 5/46 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A direct smelting plant for producing molten metal from a metalliferous feed material using a molten bath based direct melting process is disclosed. The plant includes a plurality of gas injection lances to inject the oxygen-containing gas into the vessel that extend downwardly through openings in a side wall of a direct smelting vessel.