What is the role of tuyers used in blast furnace for extraction of iron?
What is the role of tuyers used in blast furnace for extraction of iron?
It enables the even distribution of charge.
To blow a blast of preheated air in to the furnace.
It is used to remove molten slag and iron.
It prevents loss of hot gases.
Solution
Near the base, the furnace is provided with pipes called tuyeres for supplying a hot blast of air, a tapping hole for molten iron and a slag hole through which slag flows out. There is an outlet near the top of the waste gases. Near the tuyeres, carbon burns to give carbon dioxide producing a lot of heat.