The injection of ultrahigh rates of reducing gases into a modern blast furnace

Project Information

Grant agreement ID: 7215-PP-059

Project closed

Start date 1 July 2001

End date 31 December 2003

Funded under

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

Total cost € 3 066 172,00

EU contribution € 1 533 086,00

Coordinated by

VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH
Austria

Objective

In the pilot/demonstration project the technology of the injection of reducing gas into the blast furnace is developed and injection rates are maximised. The goal is to achieve a specific injection rate of 330 Nm³/tHm reducing gas, which is an increase of 20% when compared to the injection rate of 260 Nm³/tHm for natural gas as state-of-the-art. The main emphasis in this project lies on the use of the by-product gases from the BOF process and coke production. They shall substitute alternative reducing agents, which are purchased from outside sources. The work program in this multi-partner/multi-national project focuses on the development, design and installation of a pilot plant for injecting 25,000 Nm³/h BOF gas and coke oven gas into the blast furnace 5 at VASL. The influence of ultrahigh injection rate of reducing gas on the output an consumption figures of the blast furnace will be investigated.

Programme(s)

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

Topic(s)

• T1 - Iron and steelmaking

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

VOESTALPINE STAHL GMBH

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VOEST-ALPINE-Strasse 3 ; 4020 LINZ ; Austria
• Total cost: No data

Participants (1)

MEFOS, FOUNDATION FOR METALLURGICAL RESEARCH

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Aronstorpsvägen 1 ; 971 25 LULEÅ
• Total cost: No data