IND
USTRIAL
WORC
ESTER.
E
LECTR
IC
ST
E
EL
FURNACE.
Thereis sho
rtly
tohe
ins
ta
llcrl at,
tlw
~ o
n t i l
\\'
orl's
of
the
Arueriea
n
Ste
e l
&
Wi
re
Cornpuny
in
t
his ,'ilya
1';('(','
orapllfll'a
tns
thep
erf'orma
ut-eof which wiJJbe
wu
tvhcd wirh
til'
.'gI'C;
lt
('st,int
e-
rest bythe
stee
l-ma
king
in.lustry
of
tile
r
ooutl'y
-n
alll
cly
,nuele
ct
ricsteelflll'llaee
of
l:l
rge
"apad ty_
Th
is
f
urna
ceis
«uo
oftwowhich
arc
being
iustalk«!
bythe
l
Iuitr-d
: : 1 t a t l '
~
::1l
e,,1
Cor
purn
t
ion; theother
h
e i
l l ~
loca
tr-d
at
the ::-;onth(
'hi,
'
ago\\'
url,s ofthc
Illinois St
E'
l'1 Company,'
In
tile o
pen
-henrth
I "
'
o
,'
' '
·
~
of
ma
nu
ta
c
turi
ng
steel,which
is
[!OWHO
~
c n
( ' n i
l l y
empl
oye
d, it has101lg'becu
re
ali
zed th
at
certain'inher
ent
diflir-ult
ies
in ther
emov
al
of
i
nj
urious
clementsex -
isted
whi
ch could
1I
0tbeo
verco
meilltheord
iua
ry
conunercin
l
pro
ces
s,
Tm
port
an
t
"mo
llg
these
i
n
ju
rious
elements issulphur,
whichis
pxt
rcml'l)'d
itlic
ultto l'limi
nat
e,la
rg
ely
ou
account ofthe limited
tern-
p
eratur
ew
hich
c
an
be
,I
I"
veloped
in
t.his
pro
c
ess
.
Moreov
er,
theflame
used
formelt.ing,
whi
chis gen('ra
11
yproducedhy g
as
01'oil, is
in its
elf
'lik
ely
to c
ontu
insulphur, which tcn.lst.o
i
n
creas
e
rath
er
tha
nreduce
t.he
ruuoun t
ofthis
element
in the
molten
st
eel.
T
f'.
th
er
efore
,itis d
esir
ed[.,
pr
oduce
s
tee
l,
which inits
finished st
at
e
I1I
Ust,he
CO
lli'
paratively
fr
ee
f'rruusul
phur
,which is
verydes
ira
ble, it is
uoccssa
rv to
intro
duco only
sto
cks
'which
CO
II
tai
n
very
lilllitcdamounts
ofthis element,
Th
isis
esn
pr:i"JJy
tru
e
iu theso
calledacid
process.
In
the
electric
f'urnu
cc,
011
the
ot
he
r
ha
u.l,thc
tern-
p
erat
ures
which
are
obtained arc e
xt
r"onlillHrily
h
ig
h,
and
at
t.),psc
hig
ht
emp
era
tur
l's the r
C1l
10
1"111
ofsuipi
III
1',
e
\'"
n ill
Inrg
cqu
antit.i
es,takes
pla
ce
very
rapi(lIy, thereslliting
pr
od
IICtbei
IIg
\'er)'
II
Ill<
'hJesscontalllinatedwith
this
in
jllr
iolls
element tha
II
stPp"whieh itis I,,",si
Ilk
to
]"
',,,III('eill the
opell-heart.h1'llrll"ee.
] ntheprocess of
tr
e
ati
ng'
st
c(']illthecl('l'tl'icflll'naceas"I'(li·
nar
ilyen'ploye,J,tllpnl
"t
alis fi
rst
I",'lt('d in a husic
open
·l
warlh
fl1l'nar:e
of
t.hetil
tin
gt
yp
e,
and
is
1''"
1'(
'<1
,
"
'hill'
in " JIlilllc.ll
stat
l',i
nt
o theelectricf
llrn
ar
'e,tog'ctlH'f'
wit
htIl('p
rope
r
ingl'(
dic
llts forfo
rmin
g t.heslag,whichisnec('ss
ar
,l f
or
Iheo
p('ra
tioll,
1'1('
ele
ct
riccu
rrent
.whir'h isint"oducerl inlil th"flll'n
at"
hyII,eansof
large
ca
rbone]e
ctro
lles,istlll'ntl
lln
(',1alland the ('Ie
ctro
dps
Jo\\'e
re
duTltil
an
ar
cis
1'01'1
III'll,
Th
e
arc
pro'
hH'es
all in
te
nse
h
eat
at
theelect.rodeswhich fa
cili
ta
tes
thechelllical rea
cti
ons
taking
place
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C
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N
:-TEEL
&
I)'U:E
IIOHK!",
b
etll'ce
ll the slag"
"d
t
lu-molten
steel,
all
d
f'u
rt
her,
byloc
ali
zingth"h"
at
,
s r
' t ~
up ,'olll,,'l'liou «ur're r
rts
in
t
hemetal
which
tend
toill,'
rC'tls{'
to astill
/.(1'I
'al<'r,'x
t"lIt
till'
r
apidit
y ofthe
chomica
l
rl'ac-tjo!ls
whit
!J
H
IT
(ll·
purring
.
Wh
e n
the
J l J ' (
h '
( ,
8~
of
I'pfiuin g'
is
"Ollll'll'tl',thcr-
urre
nl isi
nterrupte
.!
and
them
olt
ensteel is
l'ou
l'cd
i
ntoa
lad
le,
10
I,,'
"asl
int o
i
ngot
s,
A l t
h
o l l ~ h
the
electr
ic
t
ur nuco
hnsbeen used
j
n
substa
nti u
lly
one
of
itsI'J'I's,'nl.formsf
or
" numb,']'
of
years,
it isonlyv
ery
rCI'(utl,v
t
ha
t
it
h
, ,
~
(,
lI1
pr
ge
d
from
the
essentially experirnentnl
stageint o
:i
d('I'in'
of
real
imlustriu
l
value.
Ext
ended
rese
a
rch
in thefi
eld
ofelectromctallurgy,
whichhasbp,,"goingall
fo
ra
nuru ber
of
ye
ar
s,has
a
ll
poi
nt
edtot
he
e
lect
rir
f'nr
nacefo
r
steel mak
iug
as
ahi
ghl
y
-Iesi
rablc
piece
of
appa
ra t.us.
'11,,,
cost
ofelectriccurrr-nt asgellel'llted
und
er or
di
na
ry
«o
ud
it.ious
t
hro
ughtheIIledi ulllof
bui
l
ers
an
d
steameng
inr-shas,
however,ber-n
a
se
rio
usdruwhaek
10
itsa.lopt.iouon
anythin
glik e a co
uune rcia
lst-ale. Re"PlltdPI'plopu,ents
of
tue
g
as
engilie,
pa
rti
cu
l
ady
in its
applicat.ion
tothelise
of
bla
st-
f'u
rna
ce
gas
and the
increa
sed
u
til
ization
of
wuter
pow
er
throughou
th
ocountrv,
ha
ve
all
tpnde,l
to
1
011'('1'
t.he
"ostof
clec
trie
PO\\'l'"
to
ap
oin
twhereit
""'
1'
he
used to
such adva
nt
ag
pill llIet
allurgi
eal
PI'O
e
...
sses
t.
hat
the
ele
ctrie
fu
r
U
;1\'P
110 \\
bids
fa
ir
serious ty
torivaltheBessemer
tOU
-
1(')'t,,1' andt
he
open-he
ar
th
f'urn
ace,Th
e Un
ite
dStates
Steel
Co
rpo
r"tion, re
aliz
ing
t.h
at
.
it shoul')
takethe
leadin
the
iut.ro.luct
iou
of
thistype
off'u
rna
co intheUnited
St
ates
,
""q
llire,)therig
lils
to
i
n
stul!
the
I
lc
roul
t fur
lI"CP,
which
b
as
been ril'-vclupcd
i"
~
l
l
l
a
l l
u
nits
ill
Europe,
wherethereare in
operationa numberoffur
naeC'sofcflp
al'i
tyJl
L'
rereX
ceedi
ngfive tons,
Th
eCa
l"
paration
decid
ed
tobui
Id
two
of
tI)(
'50
1
1 1
r n
; l c E
' ~
illlme ·
Ili
ale
ly, 1
11
sele
cting
thel,wat
iar's
it
was
<]
lIit.e
lIat
,IIn lthat
"n
ef
nl'n
ace
at
least sliollld hI'
pl"c
('d at aplant II'hpl'e excepti
o
l
1a
lly
hig'ligradesuf
stl'r-I
are
llsed. SillCP
this
t'ul"n:H'c
is
p
"rticl";
"I
." adnpt...d
for
mailing-slll'hapro'
ln
c!.[nasnlllchast.he
"'Ol'('pst
cr
mill
s of1Ill' Cor
por"t
ion
arc
"ngag
ed int.he m
an
ufac ·
tnre
01'aI'ar;
"d
liJI(' of pr
odn
cts,neady all
of
which neces
sit
at.ethc IIS
C'
of
~
l
c c
l
of hi
gh
qnnJity.
l-1w
Corjlorationofficials w
er
e
inl'iincd
10 fav
or
thislo('a
tion
.pro
vidin
g a source
of
che,lpelectric:
p
o,,
-('r('auld1)(' obtained,
Th
e solnt.ion ofthis laUerpr
obl
pllIappeare,l to liein the
ad
o
ptio
n
of
ele
dr
i"
polI'
er
as
fUl'Ilishedb)'
theConnecticut Ri
"e
r
Po
w
er
COlllpany
frolll
it.sh.l'
,h
o·elect.ricde
velo
pm
ent
ontheConn
ecti
cnt
Riv
er
atV
ern
on,
V
ermo
nt
,H
ad
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