Concept information

equipment > thermal equipment > furnace > blast furnace

Preferred term

blast furnace  

Definition

  • A tall, cylindrical smelting furnace for reducing iron ore to pig iron; the blast of air blown through solid fuel increases the combustion rate.

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URI

http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/930

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