ILTEC Technology—New Pathways Towards Safe and Effective Cooling
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Table 1 List of industrial scale applications (selection)
Application
Benefit
Supply lines Overall flow
capacity
(m 3 /h)
Country
Start-up
Cooling of
shaft part of
plasma
furnace
Guaranteeing
higher
temperature
inside the
furnace for
preventing
corrosion
from sulfuric
acid
3
30
Norway
January 2015
Blast furnace
tap hole
Increasing
safety
2
30
Germany October 2015
Test for
cooling EAF
bottom shell
Increasing the
lifetime of
refractory
beneath bath
level
2
20
Germany Tests
performed in
Summer 2017
Cooling of
pipes of
copper
coolers
during the
casting
process
Increasing
process safety
and improve
copper cooler
quality
4
50
Spain
January 2018
Cooling of
connection
flanges at the
RH degassing
vessel
Increasing
process safety
and prevent
warping
2
15
Austria
June 2018
Side wall
cooling in
cyclone
furnace
Side wall
cooling for
improved
lifetime in
highly
stressed
burner area
2
10
Denmark Test in May
2019
References
1. Filzwieser A, Konetschnik S, Filzwieser I, Wallner S, Preiss R (2014) Mettop’s new cooling
technology is the safest way to cool a furnace. In: COM 2014: 53rd annual conference of
metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, 28 Sept–1 Oct 2014, Paper No. 8622
2. Oterdoom HJ (2014) Furnace explosions with a focus on water. In: COM 2014: 53rd annual
conference of metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, 28 Sept–1 Oct 2014, Paper No. 8647
3. Verscheure K, Kyllo AK, Filzwieser A, Blanpain B, Wollants P (2006) Furnace cooling technology in pyrometallurgical processes. In: Sohn international symposium: advanced processing
693
Table 1 List of industrial scale applications (selection)
Application
Benefit
Supply lines Overall flow
capacity
(m 3 /h)
Country
Start-up
Cooling of
shaft part of
plasma
furnace
Guaranteeing
higher
temperature
inside the
furnace for
preventing
corrosion
from sulfuric
acid
3
30
Norway
January 2015
Blast furnace
tap hole
Increasing
safety
2
30
Germany October 2015
Test for
cooling EAF
bottom shell
Increasing the
lifetime of
refractory
beneath bath
level
2
20
Germany Tests
performed in
Summer 2017
Cooling of
pipes of
copper
coolers
during the
casting
process
Increasing
process safety
and improve
copper cooler
quality
4
50
Spain
January 2018
Cooling of
connection
flanges at the
RH degassing
vessel
Increasing
process safety
and prevent
warping
2
15
Austria
June 2018
Side wall
cooling in
cyclone
furnace
Side wall
cooling for
improved
lifetime in
highly
stressed
burner area
2
10
Denmark Test in May
2019
References
1. Filzwieser A, Konetschnik S, Filzwieser I, Wallner S, Preiss R (2014) Mettop’s new cooling
technology is the safest way to cool a furnace. In: COM 2014: 53rd annual conference of
metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, 28 Sept–1 Oct 2014, Paper No. 8622
2. Oterdoom HJ (2014) Furnace explosions with a focus on water. In: COM 2014: 53rd annual
conference of metallurgists, Vancouver, Canada, 28 Sept–1 Oct 2014, Paper No. 8647
3. Verscheure K, Kyllo AK, Filzwieser A, Blanpain B, Wollants P (2006) Furnace cooling technology in pyrometallurgical processes. In: Sohn international symposium: advanced processing