INSTALLATION FOR DIRECT MELTING Russian patent published in 2011 - IPC C21B11/00 C21B13/00 

FIELD: metallurgy.

SUBSTANCE: installation consists of fixed reservoir containing chimney and side wall with lower cylinder section, upper cylinder section of less diametre, than lower section and transitive section connecting upper and lower sections. The reservoir also has the unit for supply of solid materials for delivery of solid source material including metal containing source material and carbon containing material into the reservoir and the unit of oxygen containing gas supply from a source of oxygen containing gas located beyond boundaries of the reservoir to the reservoir. The unit for supply of oxygen containing gas has the unit of blow-in of gas equipped with multitude of tuyeres for oxygen containing gas blow-in to the reservoir passing downwards through orifices in the transitive section of the side wall of the reservoir and the gas supply unit passing from the source of gas located beyond the boundaries of the reservoir for supply of oxygen containing gas to the unit of gas blow-in.

EFFECT: production of up to two million ton of liquid iron per year.

11 cl, 12 dwg