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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2015
Filed:
May. 23, 2011
Jean-paul Simoes, Walferdange, LU;
Paul Tockert, Berbourg, LU;
Lionel Hausemer, Sandweiler, LU;
Paul Wurth S.A., Luxembourg, LU;
Abstract
Tuyere stock arrangement of a blast furnace includes a tuyere body configured for installation in a shaft furnace wall. The tuyere body includes a front face facing an interior of the shaft furnace and an opposite rear face and a tuyere channel extending between the rear and front faces (). The stock arrangement includes a blowpipe between the rear face and a hot blast air supply system, the blowpipe having a front portion connecting to the tuyere body and an opposite rear portion connecting to the hot blast air supply system. A fuel injection lance is arranged through the tuyere body and feeds fuel into the shaft furnace. A gas injection lance feeds an oxidizing gas to the shaft furnace and is arranged in the rear portion of the blowpipe to feed oxidizing gas into a central portion of a stream of hot blast air fed through the blowpipe.