Improvement of blast furnace process control by combined on-line monitoring of liquid level in the hearth and tapping flow rates

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7210-PR-323

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2002

End date 31 December 2005

Funded under

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

Total cost € 1 074 835,00

EU contribution € 644 901,00

Coordinated by

THYSSEN KRUPP STAHL
Germany

Objective

Actual demands for stable blast furnace (BF) process and long furnace campaign life require a steady optimisation of cast house practice and tapping technology by means of improved instrumentation. The objective of this research is to develop and apply methods and model tools for combined on-line monitoring of BF hearth conditions, mainly the filling level, the hearth permeability and the tapping flow rates of liquid iron and slag. Direct on-line control and analysis of these parameters will lead to a further knowledge of the inner state of the hearth and will be used to improve BF process control and cast house practice by means of objective criteria provided to the operators.

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 KRUPP STAHL

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

Participants (3)

ACERALIA CORPORACION SIDERURGICA

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 33480 AVILES (ASTURIAS)
• Total cost: No data

CENTRO SVILUPPO MATERIALI SPA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via di Castel Romano 100/102 ; 00128 ROMA EUR
• Total cost: No data

LUCCHINI SIDERURGICA

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Oberdan, 6 ; 25128 BRESCIA
• Total cost: No data