Wear of the blast furnace hearth

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-PR-006

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1997

End date 31 December 2000

Funded under

• Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Total cost € 1 430 500,00

EU contribution € 858 300,00

Coordinated by

THYSSEN STAHL
Germany

Objective

Maintaining and extending the safe working life of blast furnace linings is a major factor in prolonging productive asset life and maximising the recovery of capital investment by operators of integrated works. This project will attempt to develop a clearer understanding of conditions within the furnace hearth, focusing on this critical area of the BF lining. Knowledge of liquid motion in the hearth and the position of the 'furnace' dead-man are important factors in prolonging the life of hearth refractories and will be used to improve process control.

Programme(s)

• ECSC-STEEL C - Medium-term guidelines for the ECSC steel RTD programme of research and pilot/demonstration projects, 1996-2002

Topic(s)

• B - Reduction of iron ores

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

THYSSEN STAHL

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kaiser-Wilhelm-Strasse 100 ; 47166 DUISBURG ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (3)

British Steel plc

United Kingdom

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

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

Verein Deutscher Eisenhüttenleute eV

Germany

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