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Proceedings of the Seminar on Steelmaking, Casting and Non-Ferrous Metallurgy


ISSN 2594-5300

45th Steelmaking Seminar - International Vol. 45, Num. 45 (2014)


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

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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

How to cite

Thomas Germershausen; Matthias Meyn; Volker Trappmann; Christian Fröhling; Jörg Thomasberger. STATE OF THE ART GAS CLEANING AND UTILIZATION FOR BOF GASES: OPERATIONAL RESULTS AND BENEFITS, p. 1903-1911. In: 45th Steelmaking Seminar - International, Porto Alegre - Brasil, 2014.
ISSN: 2594-5300, DOI 10.5151/1982-9345-24230