7TH EUROPEAN COKE AND IRONMAKING CONGRESS - ECIC 2016

JSW Steel Ltd. Vijayanagar works is an integrated steel plant with installed crude steel production capacity of 12 MTPA. Blast furnace III & IV are two large furnaces with annual production capacity of 3 MTPA each. JSW has been successfully operating these large furnaces at productivity > 2.80 t/m3/day at slag rate of 400 kg/thm. This paper focuses on the process improvements and technological innovations adopted to achieve ‘Global bench mark productivity level at high slag rate’. Paper also includes two case studies of recent operational challenges.