See also—
Pulsifer, H. B., “Important Factors in Blast Roasting.” Met. and Chem. Eng., 1912, vol. x., No. 3, March, pp. 153–159. (With good Bibliography.)
Editorial Correspondence, “Sinter-Roasting with Dwight-Lloyd Machines at Salida, Col.” Ibid., 1912, vol. x., No. 2, Feb., p. 87.
Dwight, A. S., “Efficiency in Ore-Roasting.” School of Mines Quarterly, 1911, vol. xxxiii., No. 1, Nov., pp. 1–17.
LECTURE V.
Reverberatory Smelting Practice.
Functions of the Reverberatory Furnace—Requirements for Successful Working—Principles of Modern Reverberatory Practice—Operation of Modern Large Furnaces—Fuels for Reverberatory Work; Oil Fuel; Analysis of Costs—Condition of the Charge.
The Functions of the Reverberatory Furnace. —The reverberatory is essentially the furnace for the smelting of fine material, as the comparatively still atmosphere, the absence of blast, and the opportunities for settling prevent the heavy losses by dust which necessarily accrue with the other types of smelting furnace. The atmosphere of the furnace is practically neutral, it therefore exercises little influence on the reactions taking place in the charge, and the reverberatory is, in consequence, mainly a melting furnace.
Its functions are:—