Jacketed rotary converter and PGM converting process

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 10648059
APP PUB NO 20190338380A1
SERIAL NO

16508659

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Jacketed rotary converter. The converter includes an inclined pot mounted for rotation about a longitudinal axis, a refractory lining for holding a molten alloy pool, an opening in a top of the pot for introducing feed, a lance for injecting oxygen-containing gas, a heat transfer jacket for the pot adjacent the refractory lining, and a coolant system to circulate a heat transfer medium through the jacket to remove heat from the alloy pool in thermal communication with the refractory lining. Also disclosed is a PGM converting process using the jacketed rotary converter. The process can also include low-or no-flux converting; refractory protectant addition; slag separation; partial feed pre-oxidation; staged slagging; and/or smelting the slag in a secondary furnace with primary furnace slag.

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TECHEMET LP6025 GENOA RED BLUFF ROAD PASADENA TX 77507

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Albrecht, Edward W Pearland, US 7 0
McCullough, Steven D Houston, US 6 0

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