Apparatus for making steel

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR CONVERSION OF MOLTEN METAL COMPRISING: (A) A CLOSED REACTOR, HAVING ENTRY PORT, AS WELL AS EXHAUST GAS AND LIQUID REACTION PRODUCT EXIT PORTS; (B) FORE-HEARTH MEANS INTERCONNECTING A CUPOLA CONTAINING SAID MOLTEN METAL AND SAID ENTRY PORT; (C) GASEOUS COMPOUND PRIMARY NOZZLE MEANS DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID FORE-HEARTH MEANS AND DEFINING A TROUGH-LIKE JET BENEATH SAID MOLTEN METAL FALLING FROM SAID FORE-HEARTH MEANS INTO SAID REACTOR AND AN AUXILIARY NOZZLE CO-AXIALLY DISPOSED WITH THE LINE OF MAXIMUM VACUUM CREATED BY OPPOSED SIDES OF SAID TROUGH-LIKE JET; (D) A SECONDARY GASEOUS COMPOUND NOZZLE SUPPORTED IN SAID RACTOR INTERMEDIATE SAID FIRST GASEOUS COMPOUND NOZZLE AND SAID EXIT PORT; (E) MEANS DIRECTING SAID GASEOUS COMPOUND THROUGH SAID PRIMARY NOZZLE AT A PRESSURE SUFFICIENT TO SHATTER SAID MOLTEN METAL INTO PARTICLES HAVING A DIAMETER IN A RANGE OF 10 TO 1,000 MICRONS; AND (F) A GAS ANALYZER SUPPORTED IN SAID REACTOR, DAMPER MEANS SUPPORTED IN SAID EXHAUST GAS PORT AND SOLENOID CONTROLS INTERCONNECTING SAID GAS ANALYZER AND SAID DAMPER SO AS TO CONTROL SAID DAMPER IN TERMS ACCORDING AS SAID GASEOUS COMPOUND VARIES IN ANALYSIS.