Patent ID: 9689610
Date: 2017-06-27
CPC Classifications: F27B,F27D

Claim:
1. A raw material supply apparatus that supplies a raw material into a flash smelting furnace and supplies a first gas contributing to a reaction of the raw material into the flash smelting furnace, comprising: a raw material passage that is provided out of a lance through which the first gas passes, the raw material passing through the raw material passage; an adjuster that adjusts a distribution of the raw material by blowing a second gas to the raw material passing through the raw material passage, wherein the adjuster has a plurality of pipe lines that blow the second gas to the raw material; a measuring device that measures the distribution of the raw material; and a controller that controls an amount of the second gas blown from each of the plurality of pipe lines to the raw material based on a measurement result of the measuring device.