LAM 2 Smelt - October 11, 2009

CLOCK ELAPSED EVENT AIR * CHARCOAL     ORE  
        UNIT COUNT TOTAL UNIT TOTAL
      mark bucket   kg kg kg
        (1.76 kg)        
                 
12:00   start wood splints pre-heat            
13:42 1:42 first rough charcoal added   1        
13:46   air system attached to tuyere            
13:49   air restarted            
13:50   full with rough charcoal   3 4 7.04    
13:52   switch to pump bellows only            
14:15   ignition only to + 25 cm            
14:17   addition of electric blower 4          
14:18   charcoal   1 5 8.80    
                 
12:00   main sequence start            
12:19 :19 charcoal   1 6 10.56    
12:33 :14 charcoal   1 7 12.32    
12:34   air increase 6          
12:35   air increase 8 1 5 8.80    
12:43 :10 charcoal   1 6 10.56    
13:55 :12 charcoal   1 7 12.32    
13:05   air increase 9          
13:06 :11 charcoal   1 8 14.08    
13:18 :12 ore added as 2 @ 1/2 kg   1 9 15.84 1 1
13:30 0:12     1 10 17.60 1 2
13:41 0:11     1 11 19.36 1 3
13:51 0:10     1 12 21.12 1 4
14:01 0:20     1 13 22.88 0.5 4.5
14:09 0:08     1 14 24.64 1.5 6
14:25 0:16     1 15 26.40 0.5 6.5
14:36 0:11     1 16 28.16 1 7.5
14:48 0:12     1 17 29.92 1 8.5
15:00 0:12 ore added as 3 @ 1/2 kg   1 18 31.68 1.5 10
15:13 0:13     1 19 33.44 1.5 11.5
15:27 0:14     1 20 35.20 1.5 13
15:36 0:09 ore added as 2 @ 1/2 kg   1 21 36.96 1 14
15:49 0:13 ore added as 4 @ 1/2 kg   1 22 38.72 2 16
16:00 0:11     1 23 40.48 2 18
16:12 0:12     1 24 42.24 2 20
16:14   last ore addition         0.5 20.5
    start burn down            
16:42   air decrease 6          
16:44   air decrease 4     0.00    
16:45   start extraction            
                 
  TOTAL charcoal 43 kg          
    ore 20.7 kg DD-1 6 kg      
    time (main) 4:45 DD-2 4.6 kg      
    bloom 5.6 kg Haematite 10.1 kg      
    yield (corrected for water) 27% total Fe 61%      
                 
  * AIR pump bellows volume 253 L/M          
    electric blower varies            
    total volumes shown only approx.            

Last Updated on 12/7/09
By Darrell Markewitz