Article | REF: M7402 V1

Blast furnace – Operational principles

Author: Jean-Marc STEILER

Publication date: December 10, 2018, Review date: June 23, 2021

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3. Crucible zone operation

3.1 Crucible feed

The internal state of the crucible was revealed by blast furnace dips and tuyere soundings ( [M 7 400] , figures 8 to 12). The crucible is occupied by the quasi-stagnant mass of coke that forms the dead man, whose approximately conical shape corresponds to the coke slope towards the tuyeres (coke channel, figure

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