ISSN 2594-5335
17º Seminário de Automação — vol. 17, num.17 (2013)
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The market for steel produced in electric steel plants continues to grow. And so do the demands on the steel producers. Optimum plant performance has to be achieved in a complex environment. Various targets such as flexible and cost-efficient production, optimum balance of raw material consumption, highest plant availability and sustainable product quality, as well as energy and mandatory GHG requirements have to be covered at the same time. Therefore a high degree of automation is required to ensure efficient and profitable steel production. Automation solutions throughout the entire electric steel plant, from stock yard to finished product, enable the producer to stay competitive in the volatile steel business. Proven solutions for power supply, drives, process control systems, advanced technological packages as well as state-of-the-art process optimization have been installed by Siemens VAI at numerous steel plants worldwide. Moreover new innovative packages, such as the EAF foaming slag manager, the on-line temperature measurement system RCB Temp or the holistic process model for EAF have been recently introduced to the steel market. This paper provides an overview about the innovative and benchmarking automation solutions for electric arc furnace and secondary metallurgy.
The market for steel produced in electric steel plants continues to grow. And so do the demands on the steel producers. Optimum plant performance has to be achieved in a complex environment. Various targets such as flexible and cost-efficient production, optimum balance of raw material consumption, highest plant availability and sustainable product quality, as well as energy and mandatory GHG requirements have to be covered at the same time. Therefore a high degree of automation is required to ensure efficient and profitable steel production. Automation solutions throughout the entire electric steel plant, from stock yard to finished product, enable the producer to stay competitive in the volatile steel business. Proven solutions for power supply, drives, process control systems, advanced technological packages as well as state-of-the-art process optimization have been installed by Siemens VAI at numerous steel plants worldwide. Moreover new innovative packages, such as the EAF foaming slag manager, the on-line temperature measurement system RCB Temp or the holistic process model for EAF have been recently introduced to the steel market. This paper provides an overview about the innovative and benchmarking automation solutions for electric arc furnace and secondary metallurgy.
Keywords
Electric steelmaking; Process control; Process optimization; Automation solutions.
Electric steelmaking; Process control; Process optimization; Automation solutions.
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Hubmer, Rudolf;
Döbbeler, Arno.
IMPROVED PERFORMANCE WITH MODERN AUTOMATION SOLUTIONS FOR ELECTRIC STEEMAKING
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p. 318-328.
In: 17º Seminário de Automação,
São Paulo,
2013.
ISSN: 2594-5335
, DOI 10.5151/2594-5335-23910
