Dross handling methods and apparatus

    公开(公告)号:US11859906B2

    公开(公告)日:2024-01-02

    申请号:US16947617

    申请日:2020-08-10

    摘要: A compressing element, devices for using such a compressing element and methods of use are provided, in which the compressing element has: a upper surface provided with an inlet and an outlet; a lower surface; an at least partially hollow interior provided between the upper surface and the lower surface, the hollow interior being connected to the inlet and the outlet; the hollow interior being provided with: one or more fluid flow constraining surfaces provided by one or more walls of the follow interior; and one or more fluid flow control elements provided in the hollow interior, the one or more fluid flow control elements being additional to the one or more fluid flow constraining surfaces provided by the one or more walls of the hollow interior. The arrangement of inlet, outlet, fluid flow constraining surfaces and fluid control elements provides for improved cooling of the compressing element, for instance when used to press molten metal processing by-products to extract molten metal.

    METHOD FOR GRANULATING A METALLURGICAL SLAG
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    发明公开

    公开(公告)号:US20230392230A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-12-07

    申请号:US17796951

    申请日:2021-01-28

    申请人: SMS GROUP GMBH

    IPC分类号: C22B7/04

    摘要: The invention relates to a method for the granulation of a metallurgical slag, wherein liquid slag (1) is atomized by blowing air (2) onto it and the slag particles (3) granulated in this way are collected. In order to ensure a high quality of the granulate and operate in the most energy-efficient manner possible, the invention provides that the atomization is done by blowing heated air jet (2) free from the addition of water onto the liquid slag (1) and the slag is supplied to a working chamber (4), wherein the granulated slag particles (3) are collected in the floor region of the working chamber (4), wherein the air (5) escaping from the working chamber (4) is either supplied to a heat exchanger (6), which preheats the air jet blown onto the liquid slag (1), or directly recirculated in order to atomize the liquid slag (1).