Production of steels at lower operating costs in EAF

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-PR-075

Project closed

Start date 1 July 1998

End date 31 December 2001

Funded under

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

Total cost € 1 317 000,00

EU contribution € 790 200,00

Coordinated by

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES
Belgium

Objective

The main goal of this project is to promote a working practice for EAF which minimises the intermediate stops and the power off time in order to favour an efficient use of the energy input and a direct tapping procedure. Application of the appropriate sensors and measurements techniques will allow a more accurate control of the melting and refining phases. For this purpose, it is mandatory to master the working periods of the furnace: the minimisation of the power-on time through an on-line detection of the scrap melting rate and of the end point of the refining phase; the minimisation of the power-off time through an optimum management of the repairing periods of the furnace.

Programme(s)

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

Topic(s)

• C1 - Primary steelmaking

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rue Ernest Solvay, 11 ; 4000 LIEGE ; Belgium
• Total cost: No data

Participants (3)

IMATRA STEEL OY AB

Finland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Terästehtaantie 1 ; 55100 IMATRA
• 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

PROFILARBED-RECHERCHES

Luxembourg

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 66, rue de Luxembourg ; 4221 ESCH-SUR-ALZETTE
• Total cost: No data