Mechanically stirred furnace and method of operation

Abstract From the Canadian patent

The present specification disclose a pyrometallurgical system for maintaining a material in a molten state and a method therefor, the system comprising a vessel for molten material, the vessel conceptually dividable into a number of substantially uniform sells. A mechanical stirrer is provided for each cell and is centered within the cell. The stirrers are sired and driven at a rate so as to promote a uniform temperature and composition of the molten material and improved heat transfer between and blending of, various constitutions of molten material while producing minimal erosion of the conventional refractory lining of the vessel. Preferably adjacent, pairs of stirrers are driven with …