Patent ID: 8089999

Claim:
A heat exchange apparatus mounted within a metallurgy furnace comprising: an integrally formed unitary monolithic pipe defined by an inner boundary and an outer boundary, the pipe including: a hollow core defined by the inner boundary and having a core center; a support portion on the outer boundary, the support portion having a support center and a support length defined by a cumulative distance the support portion extends laterally on either side of the support center; a generally planar conduction portion formed generally tangentially on the outer boundary generally opposite the support portion and extending generally laterally of the pipe, the conduction portion having a conduction center and a conduction length defined by a cumulative distance the conduction portion extends generally laterally on either side of the conduction center, the conduction length being greater than the support length; and wherein the pipe has a vertical axis extending generally through the core center when viewed in cross section and wherein each of the support portion, the hollow core and the conduction centers are displaced from and generally aligned with one another along the vertical axis; and the support portion and the generally planar conduction portion are the same material; and wherein the support portion is mounted within a metallurgy furnace having an operating portion such that the conduction portion is exposed to the hot metal or gases emanating from the furnace and the conduction portion is disposed facing inwardly toward the operating portion of the furnace and the support portion is coupled to the furnace wall and the support portion is disposed facing outwardly away from the operating portion of the furnace.