EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017

Noticed the strong national and international industrial activity, more specifically concerning the steel production and the model of oxygen converter adopted on the different types of primary refining process, this work applies to relevant models, revaluating since the more rudimentary techniques till the current technologies. Then they will present the methods in which resulted the study of similarity in a converter 330 tons bringing to a 1/10 scale, allowing the realization of the studies in laboratory. Right after, will be performed an analysis comparison between simulation cold versus hot showing the benefits and drawbacks in working with the two situations. Ultimately, intends to show the deferens costs in carrying out a simulation to cold and hot simulation and also present the benefits to perform simulation in the cold model. The results obtained after the stage of discussion were satisfactory, since it allowed to reach plausible conclusions which will be of great value to companies that have the need for process improvement at low cost and without taking big risks. Keywords: BOF; modeling; Cold tests; Similarity.