OPERATIONAL FACTORS

• CRANE AVAILABILITY AND MATTE

HOLDING VESSELS (TO MINIMISE OUT-
OF-STACK TIME)
• SECONDARY BURNERS
• OXYGEN CONTENT (27% MAX IN SLAG
BLOW)
• BLISTER OXYGEN LEVEL CONTROL (0.5%-
0.7% O2)
• PUNCHING AND REAMING PRACTICE
 INSTALLATION DESIGN
• NO EXPANSION ALLOWANCE IN THE
TUYERE LINE
• EXPANSION GAP BUILT BETWEEN
BARREL AND ENDPLATE
• MOUTH CONSTRUCTION WITH
ROWLOCKS AND KEY-ARCH
• LONGER TUYERE BRICK
• LARGER TUYERE BRICK
FIG.2 Refractory layout of Peirce-Smith Converter
POROUS PLUG INJECTED ANODE VESSEL