Method of operating a top submerged lance furnace

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PATENT NO 11066713
APP PUB NO 20190010563A1
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16060632

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A method of operating a top submerged lance furnace, and more particularly but not exclusively to a method of coating an end of a lance of a top submerged lance furnace with a slag layer, as well as a method of maintaining a uniform heat distribution about the periphery of the lance of the top submerged lance furnace. In terms of the method, the lance is caused to rotate, and a fluid is passed through the lance before it is inserted into the molten material bath inside the crucible.

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TENOVA SOUTH AFRICA (PTY) LTDJOHANNESBURG 2001

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Bakker, Martin Lluis Upper Kedron, AU 2 0
Francis, Brett John Paddington, AU 1 0
Gwynn-Jones, Stephen Nundah, AU 1 0
Joubert, Hugo The Gap, AU 4 3
Nikolic, Stanko Fig Tree Pocket, AU 4 0

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