Improved atmosphere control for product quality and combustion efficiency in reheating furnaces

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-EB-108

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 € 927 000,00

EU contribution € 556 200,00

Coordinated by

Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute eV
Germany

Objective

In order to improve the surface quality of steel products and to achieve high-energy savings in hot rolling plants, it is necessary to control the atmosphere in each zone inside the reheating furnaces reliably. The aim of the planned research project is to develop an improved control system for the air-fuel ratio in each zone using combustion gas analysis and model- supported process control. Real-time determination of physical characteristics is also needed to adjust the global air-fuel-ratio of furnaces. A feed-forward strategy for improved control shall be developed. Quasi-simultaneous combustion gas analysis at multiple locations inside the furnace shall be installed. Combustion gas analysis shall be introduced step-by-step to improve control of the air-fuel ratio.

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)

• D1 - Rolling: long products and reheating surfaces

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute eV

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

Participants (1)

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES DE LA SIDERURGIE FRANÇAISE

France

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