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The cupola furnace is used to melt scrap metal or pig iron to produce cast iron. It consists of a vertical water-cooled cylinder lined with refractory material. The charge of metal, coke fuel, and limestone flux is introduced layer by layer and melted using hot gases produced from burning the coke fuel in air injected through tuyeres. There are different zones in the cupola furnace where different chemical reactions occur, including a combustion zone, reducing zone, melting zone, and preheating zone. Molten
- Author
- Ashok Pradhan
- Language
- EN