Effect of scale-up, design and process parameters on the productivity of ancient iron making process and recovery of iron in the product

Indian iron was famous in ancient times and it was exported to many countriesthroughout the world Though isolated pockets of iron making existed practically all over the country, yet there was no attempt of systematization and wider propagation. Recently an attempt has been made to establish proto-type furnace and scale it up with modifications in its design.The effect of scale -up.design and process parameters on the productivity of ancient iron making process and recovery of iron in the product has been discussed.