A pipe-within-a-pipe and method of use are provided. The pipe-within-a-pipe comprises a first tube overlaying a second tube. The first tube and the second tube have different structures in some respect.

A pipe-within-a-pipe and method of use are provided. The pipe-within-a-pipe comprises a first tube overlaying a second tube. The first tube and the second tube have different structures in some respect.

An enclosure of a steel-making furnace system includes a support structure including a frame that defines an interior, a supply line for supplying a cooling liquid from a reservoir, and a return line fluidly coupled to the supply line and the reservoir. A plurality of panels includes sinuously winding piping having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly coupled to the supply line and the outlet is fluidly coupled to the return line. The frame includes a plurality of support members spaced from one another, where each of the plurality of support members defines a slot. Each of the plurality of panels is removably and slidably received with the slot for coupling to the frame.

An enclosure of a steel-making furnace system includes a support structure including a frame that defines an interior, a supply line for supplying a cooling liquid from a reservoir, and a return line fluidly coupled to the supply line and the reservoir. A plurality of panels includes sinuously winding piping having an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is fluidly coupled to the supply line and the outlet is fluidly coupled to the return line. The frame includes a plurality of support members spaced from one another, where each of the plurality of support members defines a slot. Each of the plurality of panels is removably and slidably received with the slot for coupling to the frame.

The invention relates to a process of melting ferrous metal using a gaseous fuel, a liquid fuel or a pulverized solid fuel in a cokeless horizontal reverberatory furnace (FIG. 1) consisting of a hearth (1), an sloped melting chamber (2) a vertical refractory grid (4), a burner (3), a recuperator or regenerator (5) to transfer heat from waste gas and products of combustion to fresh oxygen bearing gases, whereas a burner system is installed on the hearth for combustion of the fuel and oxygen bearing gas, the hearth under the burner acts as a superheater to achieve the temperature necessary for alloying and to receive the molten metal cascading from the sloped melting chamber, the sloped melting chamber being fed from one end by the rising gas products of combustion and in which the waste gases are subject to post-combustion of carbon monoxide and volatiles before passing through a recuperator or a regenerator to pre-heat the oxygen bearing gases necessary for combustion.

A cooling assembly for cooling exhaust gases emitted from a steel-making furnace includes a body having a cross-sectional shape with a thickness defined between an outer surface and an inner surface thereof. The body includes a first mounting end having a first length and a second mounting end having a second length, the second length being different from the first length. The body is arcuately-shaped with a concave inner surface and convex outer surface, and the second mounting end is spaced from the first mounting end. A fluid conduit is defined between the inner surface and the surface for a cooling fluid to flow therethrough.

The present application discloses a furnace for melting particulate materials configured with a furnace chamber, a feed hopper, a protrusion and at least one burner. The particulate materials fall along the protrusion into a melting tank, and flue gas generated by the burner flows upwardly, thereby preheating the particulate materials. The process of utilizing the flue gas to preheat the particulate materials begins with the flue gas in the high temperature section. The efficiency of preheating the particulate materials with the flue gas greatly improves and the heat loss reduces.

The present application discloses a furnace for melting particulate materials configured with a furnace chamber, a feed hopper, a protrusion and at least one burner. The particulate materials fall along the protrusion into a melting tank, and flue gas generated by the burner flows upwardly, thereby preheating the particulate materials. The process of utilizing the flue gas to preheat the particulate materials begins with the flue gas in the high temperature section. The efficiency of preheating the particulate materials with the flue gas greatly improves and the heat loss reduces.

A method for heating a furnace including radiant tubes and being able to thermally treat a running steel strip including the steps of: i. supplying at least one of the radiant tubes with H.sub.2 and O.sub.2 such that the H.sub.2 and the O.sub.2 get combined into heat and steam, ii. recovering the steam from the at least one of the radiant tubes, iii. electrolysing the steam to produce H.sub.2 and O.sub.2, and iv. supplying at least one of the radiant tubes with the H2 and O2 produced in step iii, such that they get combined into heat and steam.

A method for heating a furnace including radiant tubes and being able to thermally treat a running steel strip including the steps of: i. supplying at least one of the radiant tubes with H.sub.2 and O.sub.2 such that the H.sub.2 and the O.sub.2 get combined into heat and steam, ii. recovering the steam from the at least one of the radiant tubes, iii. electrolysing the steam to produce H.sub.2 and O.sub.2, and iv. supplying at least one of the radiant tubes with the H2 and O2 produced in step iii, such that they get combined into heat and steam.