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Comparison of blast furnace penetration with model studies

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A new correlation of the penetration of air into the blast furnace is presented, which agrees with data taken on blast furnaces at Wheeling Steel Corp. Data taken by rodding the tuyeres are examined critically and the variance between the figures at the different tuyeres is discussed.

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  1. Research Laboratories, U. S. Steel Corp., Kearny, N. J., USA

    J. B. Wagstaff (Member AIME, Physicist)

  2. Steubenville Works, Wheeling Steel Corp., Steubenville, Ohio, USA

    W. H. Holman (Member AIME, Assistant General Superintendent)

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  1. J. B. Wagstaff
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TP 4427C. Manuscript, May 23, 1956. Blast Furnace, Coke Oven and Raw Materials Conference, Cincinnati, April 1956.

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Wagstaff, J.B., Holman, W.H. Comparison of blast furnace penetration with model studies. JOM 9, 370–376 (1957). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03398501

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