Assessing the internal state of the raceway/dead man area of the blast furnace at low coke rate

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-AA-320

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1995

End date 30 June 1999

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines (ECSC) for the programmes of technical steel research and of steel pilot/demonstration projects, 1991-1995

Total cost € 1 957 500,00

EU contribution € 1 174 500,00

Coordinated by

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES DE LA SIDERURGIE FRANÇAISE
France

Objective

The use of high rates of coal injection in the blast furnace and the resulting reduction of coke charged in the furnace lead to important modifications of the internal state of the furnace, especially in the hearth and raceway areas. The objective of this multinational project is to obtain improved control of three important phenomena regarding high coal injection rates, i.e.: the consumption of coal in the furnace (combustion vs gasification), the permeability of the hearth and dead man, the behaviour of the raceway as gas distributor in the furnace. These phenomena will be assessed by direct investigations and measurements on operating furnaces, and data will be provided for further modelling of the processes.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEELRES 8C - Medium-term guidelines (ECSC) for the programmes of technical steel research and of steel pilot/demonstration projects, 1991-1995

Topic(s)

• B - Reduction of iron ores

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES DE LA SIDERURGIE FRANÇAISE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Voie Romaine - BP 320 ; 57214 MAIZIERES-LES-METZ CEDEX ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (2)

British Steel plc

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: TS6 6UB Middlesbrough
• Total cost: No data

Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute eV

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Sohnstraße 65 ; 40237 Düsseldorf
• Total cost: No data