EUROPEAN STEEL TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATION DAYS 2017 - ESTAD 2017

Steel industry is an energy-intensive sector, in particular for the electrical energy consumption. The utilized energy composes a significant part of production costs and has a significant impact on the electricity network. The increasing utilization of variable renewable energy sources, such as solar or wind, lead to key role for the energy-intensive industries demand side flexibility. Thus,...

In 2012 Tata Steel Ltd, commenced construction of an integrated iron and steel plant in Kalinganagar Orissa, India. The first phase of the project included steelmaking facilities, coke plant, sinter plant and blast furnace number 1. A contract had been awarded to Primetals Technologies in January 2007 to design and supply the new 14m hearth diameter blast furnace and additional facilities as...

For fast rotating equipment (bearings, pumps, motors, gears, etc) various condition monitoring techniques, predominantly vibration analysis, allow predictive maintenance practices to be applied. For slow rotating equipment (1 rpm) the situation is quite different. Our approach how to monitor such equipment is covered in the first part of the paper. Vibration monitoring is typically not...

In a competitive environment, innovative products which need very minimal investments can help in improving OPEX and thereby helping staying competitive. This paper presents some of such innovative products which SMS group has developed by focusing on energy costs, asset utilization, productivity and material costs. X Pact® FEOS X Pact® FEOS is a furnace energy optimization system for...

This paper presents the work carried out by CRM Group in view to measure on-line the cleanliness of steel strip at the exit of the cleaning section of galvanizing lines. The applied method is based on the LIBS principle (Laser Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy) and allows a simultaneous measurement of the iron fines and of the carbon pollution. A short comparison with existing measuring systems...

The efficiency of the iron and steel production becomes increasingly a very important factor for any producer in the world. Looking at the overall costs for steel production, the source and quality of iron ore is the most important factor, which influences the overall efficiency downstream to the steel making process. By improving the iron ore quality the entire processing chain benefits...

Iron and steel making requires a wide range of different raw materials significantly influencing process performance which demands a continuous optimization of process routes also with respect to energy efficiency as well as environmental emissions. Steadily changing raw material prices and qualities, market situations and product variations are challenging integrated steel plant operators in...