Title

HOW TO DOUBLE THE BF VOLUME AND PRODUCTION WITH LIMITED CHANGES TO PLANT INFRASTRUCTURE. A PW EXPERIENCE

Authorship

Katharia, Sunil; Kumar, Nagendra; Bassetti, Mirko; Perato, Marco; Yadav, Jaipal; Maestri, Antonio; Cambria, Roberto

Katharia, Sunil

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Kumar, Nagendra

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Bassetti, Mirko

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Perato, Marco

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Yadav, Jaipal

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Maestri, Antonio

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Cambria, Roberto

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DOI

10.5151/2594-357X-27730

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Abstract

In February 2016, the upgraded Blast Furnace 1 of JSW Steel Limited (JSW) at its Vijayanagar Steel Plant was blown in after a 6 months shutdown in which the whole furnace was rebuilt on the existing foundation and within the existing tower structure. Despite several plant constraints it was possible to increase the furnace inner volume by 85% - reaching 2307 m3 from existing 1250m3. The upgradation project covered the stockhouse and its dedusting system, top charging system, furnace profile, furnace cooling system, casthouse and its dedusting system, slag granulation plant, pulverized coal injection plant, hot blast system and gas cleaning plant – with major interventions in order to cope up with the changed operating conditions. The total scope of the project was split by JSW into several packages, all based on design data provided by Paul Wurth. JSW was responsible for coordinating the local subcontractors along with Paul Wurth which has been appointed as main technology supplier in charge of complete basic and selected detail engineering in the key areas and of the supply of core equipment such as the Bell-less Top®, copper staves, GCP key items and TMT casthouse machines. The main design concept and the key points of the project such as optimization of project ROI, advanced erection concepts as well as a summary of the operating results are presented confirming JSW “BF1” upgradation as one latest examples of the current state of the art in the revamping projects.

Keywords

Blast furnace, Blast furnace upgradation, Blast furnace revamping, Blast furnace erection methodology

Blast furnace erection methodology