EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017

The continuous increase of the production steel in the last decades, caused the adjusted in steel plants in adapt in the new demand the acquiring manufactured steel. This study aimed to analyze the reactors ranging 6-350 tons of steel cast correlated their dimensional parameters and with the help of the tool data extrapolation, to propose the furnace of 800 tons. Ultimately, were checked the correlation between the important aspects as, height of boom, e slenderness ratio relation and charge/volume relation. The results show the large dimensional variation between the reactors. In some cases even with similar capabilities, the reactors are different due different manufacturers. In specific cases, the reactors have a tendency to get ideality (specific volume equal 1) or overcome with it the dimensionless level tends to decrease. The proposer reactor presented the good dimensioning and having a sharp increase in global steel demand, could be studied and implemented in the future. Key-words: BOF; Reactors; Slenderness ratio relation; Correlations.