Optimisation of blast furnace raceway at high injection rates: formation & stability of the raceway, effect on blast furnace operation

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-PR-197

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2000

End date 30 June 2003

Funded under

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

Total cost € 1 019 575,00

EU contribution € 611 745,00

Coordinated by

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES DE LA SIDERURGIE FRANÇAISE
France

Objective

The project will focus on the raceway behaviour and its influence on blast furnace process. The objective is to clarify raceway behaviour at high coal injection rate and to determine its influence on the whole blast furnace operation. The research work will be carried out at the following scales: industrial testing, physical model and numerical models. The obtained knowledge will highlight ways to enlarge and improve the stability of the raceway. The results will contribute to optimise the blast furnace performance at high PCI and high productivity level.

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

INSTITUT DE RECHERCHES DE LA SIDERURGIE FRANÇAISE

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Immeuble "PACIFIC", La Défense 7 11/13 Cours Valmy ; 92800 PUTEAUX ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (2)

CENTRE DE RECHERCHES METALLURGIQUES

Belgium

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

THYSSEN KRUPP STAHL

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Kaiser-Wilhelmstrasse 100 ; 47166 DUISBURG
• Total cost: No data