Title

STATE OF THE ART GAS CLEANING AND UTILIZATION FOR BOF GASES: OPERATIONAL RESULTS AND BENEFITS

STATE OF THE ART GAS CLEANING AND UTILIZATION FOR BOF GASES: OPERATIONAL RESULTS AND BENEFITS

Authorship

Thomas Germershausen; Christian Fröhling; Matthias Meyn; Volker Trappmann; Jörg Thomasberger

Thomas Germershausen

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Christian Fröhling

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Matthias Meyn

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Volker Trappmann

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Jörg Thomasberger

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DOI

10.5151/1982-9345-24230

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Abstract

Worldwide BOF-based steel plants are faced with demanding environmental requests and rising energy costs. For cleaning of primary gases from the BOF the scrubbing technology is worldwide adapted. For wet-scrubbers there is a direct relation between pressure loss and achievable clean gas dust content. Subsequently main energy consumers within Gas Cleaning Plants are the driving fans. To evaluate actual performance and to identify optimization measures extensive field measurements at existing Gas Cleaning Plants were performed. The operational results from various BOF plants worldwide will be presented and benchmarked. As a conclusion, advanced control strategies for reduced energy consumption and lower environmental impact were developed and implemented.

Worldwide BOF-based steel plants are faced with demanding environmental requests and rising energy costs. For cleaning of primary gases from the BOF the scrubbing technology is worldwide adapted. For wet-scrubbers there is a direct relation between pressure loss and achievable clean gas dust content. Subsequently main energy consumers within Gas Cleaning Plants are the driving fans. To evaluate actual performance and to identify optimization measures extensive field measurements at existing Gas Cleaning Plants were performed. The operational results from various BOF plants worldwide will be presented and benchmarked. As a conclusion, advanced control strategies for reduced energy consumption and lower environmental impact were developed and implemented.

Keywords

BOF-based steel plants; Reduced energy consumption; Lower environmental impact

BOF-based steel plants; Reduced energy consumption; Lower environmental impact