4. Blast furnaces
In industrial practice, the operation of a blast furnace requires :
preparation of charges consisting mainly of agglomerates and coke;
their load at the shout;
blowing the wind (air previously heated to high temperature in the cowpers) under pressure through the nozzles;
injection of auxiliary fuels (coal, tar, fuel oil, gas) with or without oxygen from the same nozzles.
It leads to :
pouring of liquid cast iron;
liquid slag casting;
the production of gas which, after dedusting, is used as fuel in the plant, in particular to heat the wind in the cowpers.
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