Title

NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND OPERATIONAL RESULTS IN THE USE OF FIXED SIDE-WALL INJECTORS IN THE ELECTRIC ARC FURNACES

Authorship

Tolazzi, Daniele; Candusso, Claudio; Marcuzzi, Simone

Tolazzi, Daniele

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Candusso, Claudio

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Marcuzzi, Simone

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DOI

10.5151/1982-9345-28049

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Abstract

Electric Arc Furnaces keep evolving into highly powerful melting units, shrinking taptotap times by increasing the effectiveness of the energy sources and the material fluxes used in the process. Steelmakers are targeting to increase the efficiency of their injection package in order to reduce the overall conversion costs, seeking for technologies specifically designed to promote the metallurgical reactions in a predictable and reproducible process automatically controlled at the correct timing. Many technological enhancements have focused in the gas management, improving the burner design and the penetration capacity of oxygen injectors, dedicated to decarburization and the other exothermic reactions. Instead, lower evolution efforts have been addressed to engineered solutions for managing the addition of solid materials required in slag forming, although they are playing a key role in EAF process optimization, as well. The paper describes the latest solutions designed to manage efficiently the injection of fuel, oxygen and powdered materials in several EAFs and presents the operational results achieved. Accurate control of reliable additions of coal, lime and magnesia proved crucial for the control of the slag FeO and viscosity, generating stable foamy slag and producing cleaner steel.

Keywords

Sidewall injector, Solid material, Foaming slag, Oxygen efficiency, Chemical energy, Electric arc furnace, Dust injection, Sealed door.

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