The invention provides a vertical
kiln that is used for treatment on
solid material, such as
combination reaction,
decomposition reaction, reaction between the
solid material and gas, and
sintering and compacting of the
solid material or melting of the
solid material into high-temperature liquid. The stepped furnace consists of an upper
silo, a feeding mechanism, a step furnace, step plates, a bottom
silo and a discharging mechanism; furthermore, a gas inlet and a gas outlet are arranged at the lower parts of the bottom
silo and the top silo; the step plates in the stepped furnace can be staggered mutually in horizontal direction so that the step root is always connected with two furnace walls that are arranged in parallel and the step edge is always away from the two furnace walls by a certain distance; the step plates are away from one another by a certain distance in vertical direction; furthermore, the
vertical distance from the step edge to the next step surface can meet the flowing of the material and can also have certain
free space height. The vertical
kiln can replace vertical reaction towers, vertical
thermal decomposition furnaces, light-burning furnaces, clinker
sintering furnaces, melting furnaces and special metallurgical
smelting furnaces. Compared with the traditional vertical
kiln, the vertical kiln in the invention has the characteristics of good material
processing quality, high uniformity, and good energy-saving and consumption-reducing effect, and having no
pollution to environment.