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On the Efficiency of Oxygen Enrichment of the Blast and the Use of High Top-Gas Pressure as Means of Intensifying Blast-Furnace Smelting

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This article discusses the main mechanisms by which the oxygen content of the blast and high gas pressure affect the smelting rate in a blast furnace. It is shown that oxygen enrichment of the blast – just as an increase in gas pressure in the furnace – is a means of intensifying the smelting operation. Oxygen enrichment of the blast accomplishes this by reducing the quantity of gases flowing inside the furnace.

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    G. V. Korshikov & V. G. Mikhailov

  2. Novolipetsk Metallurgical Combine, Lipetsk, Russia

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Translated from Metallurg, No. 2, pp. 33–40, February, 2015.

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Korshikov, G.V., Titov, V.N. & Mikhailov, V.G. On the Efficiency of Oxygen Enrichment of the Blast and the Use of High Top-Gas Pressure as Means of Intensifying Blast-Furnace Smelting. Metallurgist 59, 131–140 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-015-0072-y

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