A slag notch for a metallurgical vessel includes a steel member defines a passageway for molten slag and a system for cooling the steel member.

A slag discharge door device for an electric furnace is provided. The device prevents slag from flowing out via a slag discharge port by making a discharge control door body move up and down to and from the upper surface of a supporting body where slag is discharged by flowing to the upper surface, and the discharge of slag is controlled, such that during steel-making work in the electric furnace, the outflow of slag is prevented and heat losses are reduced, the efficiency of arc heat due to the formation of foamed slag is increased, and valuable metals are recovered from the molten slag thereby increasing the percentage of molten steel recovered.

There is disclosed a furnace, a fluid feed component, a fluid reforming system, and a method of reforming a fluid. The furnace comprises a vessel that defines a chamber for holding a body of liquid. A fluid inlet is provided for introducing a fluid into the chamber below a level of the body of liquid to cause the fluid to interact with the liquid and to migrate therethrough towards an outlet for discharging a product of the interaction from the chamber. A liquid circulation passage is implemented, having a weir which is operatively located near the level of the body of liquid, and a port which is located remote from the weir and in fluid communication with the fluid inlet so as to enable the liquid to flow over the weir through the liquid circulation passage and through the port.