charcoal blast furnace
1Blast furnace — A blast furnace is a type of metallurgical furnace used for smelting to produce metals, generally iron. In a blast furnace, fuel and ore are continuously supplied through the top of the furnace, while air (sometimes with oxygen enrichment) is… …
2blast furnace — a large vertical furnace for smelting iron from ore, using coke as fuel: designed so as to direct a continuous blast of air through the fuel in order to obtain a high rate of combustion. [1700 10] * * * Vertical shaft furnace that produces liquid …
3Charcoal iron — is the substance created by the smelting of iron ore with charcoal. All ironmaking blast furnaces were fueled by charcoal until Abraham Darby introduced coke as a fuel in 1709. The more economical coke soon replaced charcoal in British furnaces,… …
4Cornwall Iron Furnace — U.S. National Register of Historic Places U.S. National Historic Landmark …
5Nittany Furnace — Location of the two hot blast coke furnaces, Bellefonte and Nittany, in Centre County, Pennsylvania. Nittany Furnace, known earlier as Valentine Furnace, was a hot blast iron furnace located in Spring Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United …
6Reverberatory furnace — A reverberatory furnace is a metallurgical or process furnace that isolates the material being processed from contact with the fuel, but not from contact with combustion gases. The term reverberation is used here in a generic sense of rebounding… …
7Hot blast — refers to the preheating of air blown into a blast furnace or other metallurgical process. This has the result of considerably reducing the fuel consumed in the process. This was invented and patented for iron furnaces by James Beaumont Neilson… …
8Schoolcraft Furnace Site — U.S. National Register of Historic Places …
9Dyfi Furnace — is a restored mid 18th century charcoal fired blast furnace used for smelting iron ore. It has given its name to the adjoining hamlet of Furnace (Welsh: Ffwrnais) …
10Duddon furnace — The Duddon furnace (Grid Reference SD 197883) is a surviving charcoal fueled blast furnace near Broughton in Furness in Cumbria. It is on the west side of the River Duddon in the parish of Millom and formerly in Cumberland. History The furnace… …
