steel slag returned to the furnaces

FURNACE OPERATIONS ALL IN ONE

BOF FACILITIES The basic oxygen furnace BOF whose profile is shown in the figure is a tiltable vessel lined with refractories such as magnesia carbon brick

Slag

Slag run off from one of the open hearth furnaces of a steel mill Republic Steel Youngstown Ohio November 1941 Slag is drawn off the furnace just before the

blast furnace slag ladle

Key words steel slag blast furnace slag alkali activation is returned to the blast or steel furnace in the form of agglomeration charge

The Blast Furnace

The Blast Furnace Plant Now that we have completed a description of the ironmaking process let s review the physical equipment comprising the blast furnace plant