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Can be applied to the actual production method with minor changes

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Use a combination of different existing technologies

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Avoid big Capex to fulfill Carbon Neutrality objectives

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Market features

Possibility to implement oxy-hydrogen burners

By implementing oxy-hydrogen burners at your ladle preheating stations, you will vastly increase the possibility to decrease the CO₂ emissions at your site.

Ready-to-use oxy-fuel technology for reheating furnaces

Reheating furnaces can be upgraded with the most recent oxy-fuel technology, providing the possibility of reducing fuel consumption by your furnace and the associated CO₂ .

Technology available to implement O₂ supersonic oscillating jets at your EAF

Implementing SCOPE-JET Swing technology at your site will provide your EAF the possibility to use self-induced oscillation for your O₂ jet. This pertains to an increase in the bath surface affected by the supersonic O₂ jet.

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Oxy-fuel technologies: the first steps to enrich carbon neutrality
The use of oxy-hydrogen combustion technologies at your ladle preheating stations, or the use of oxy-combustion technologies at your reheating furnaces, allows for the reduction of your greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions. If this is your goal, then applying oxy-combustion technologies is the first indirect electrification step to be made at your site.

Applied to these industries

Electric arc furnace
Mini mill
Integrated steel mill
Torpedo cars
Ladle preheating furnace
Reheating furnace

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Client: Oxygen use in steel reheating furnace

We introduced oxygen into steel reheating furnace process in order to reduce energy consumption.

  • Introducing oxygen into steel reheating furnace process in order to reduce energy consumption.
  • Overview of the Mini Mill process:
  • 1. Electric arc furnace produces molten steel
    2. Molten steel enters a steel refining facility
    3. Undergoes continuous casting
    4. After which enters the reheat furnace
    5. Produces final products: structural profiles, bars, slabs, etc.
  1. Initial inspection of the furnace in order to fully understand the problem
  2. Taking into account (amongst others):
  3. - Furnace type
    - Nominal production rate
    - Actual throughput
    - Charge dimensions
    - Specific energy consumption
    - Internal pressure
  4. Split into multiple cases to properly simulate the problem and model the solutions
  5. Installed an oxygen control skid with automatic flow control (0-900nm3/h) and electric cabinet with PLC and HMI screen
  • The solution was a success, with good operation and no instances of quality problems, temperature problems or refractory damage
  • This resulted in energy savings (8.3% average), reduced CO2 emissions (4.6 kg/Ton average) and reduced production costs

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