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  Modern blast furnace plant consists of the following importants sections : 1. Blast furnace proper 2. Hot blast supply equipments 3. Gas cleaning system and gas storage  4. Raw material storage and handling  5. Liquid products disposal 6. Process control equipments. The schematic arrangement of the various sections in a modern blast furnace.  A typical lay-out of the blast furnace plant is  MODERN BLAST FURNACE modern blast furnace is nearly a 30 m (about 100 feet) tallw welded plate construction with a circular cross section of varying size a different levels. The cross section area increase from the top or throat downwards, a maximum being at the bosh level and it decreases thereafter. The structure essentially consists of the foundationt the hearth, the bosh, the mantle and columns, the stack the rawm material hauling and charging facilities and the top A typical set of dimension of a furnace producing 2000t of pig iron per day and with an effective inner volume in the range of ar