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Product
No.
S-1
S- 2
S- 3
S- 4
Product / technology
Blast furnace gas (BFG) firing gas
turbine combined cycle
Blast furnace top pressure power
generation equipment
Ditto
Sintering material supply equipment
Functional
group
Waste heat recovery
Power generation
Energy recovery power
generation
Ditto
Sintering material
supply
Coal injection to blast
furnace
Arc furnace
S-7
S- 8
Slab transfer
S- 9
Continuous annealing
S-10
Ditto
S- 5
S- 6
S-11
Continuous casting
Forge welding
S-15
Ignition equipment
S-16
Moisture control of
cokes
Heat recovery by
cokes dry quenching
Heat recovery
S-12
S-13
S-14
S-17
S-18
S-19
S-20
S-21
S-22
S-23
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Ditto
Heating recovery
Continuous annealing
Waste gas/Heat
recovery
Heat recovery
Product / technology
group
BFG combined cycle
BFG top pressure
expansion turbine
Ditto
Iron ore sintering
Coal injection into
blast furnace
Direct current arc
furnace
Continuous casting
machine
Hot slab direct
transfer machine
Continuous annealing
furnace
Convection coil
annealing furnace
Pipe/Tube forge-weld
manufacturing
HF Electric melting
furnace
Cast iron melting
furnace
Pelletized ore
utilization electric
furnace
Sintering equipment
with high efficient
burner
Humidity controlled
cokes oven
CDQ cokes oven
Heat recovery from
sintered iron
Heat recovery from
sintering exhaust gas
Air heating furnace
heat recovery
Annealing furnace
Energy recovery from
converter furnace
exhaust gas
Heat recovery from
converter exhaust gas
S-1
Steel/iron manufacturing
Power generation
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
Generating electricity by using blast furnace gas as the fuel
(2) Structure/System
Gas turbine combined cycle system using blast furnace gas as fuel
(3) Features
1.5 times of electricity generated with the same amount of fuel compared to conventional power plant
Using low calorific value gas as the fuel. (Approx. 1000kcal/Nm3)
More than 20 years of successful operation record
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
(1)Technical Features
Blast furnace gas generated as the by-product of steel mill is normally used in conventional boiler or
discharged via flare stack. Additional electricity can be generated by using this low calorific value gas
for firing gas turbine.
(2)Energy Saving/CO2 Emission Reduction
More than 2,000,000ton per year of CO2 emission (equivalent to CO2 emission for coal firing
conventional power plant of 150MW) will be reduced by application of 150MW class BFG firing GTCC
instead of flare stack.
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
Power Systems International Operations Dept.
Power Systems Headquarters Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd.
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
E-mail
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Fax+81-45-224-9905
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S-2
Steel/iron manufacturing
Energy Recovery
Expansion Turbine
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
Waste energy recovery system
Gas expansion
Plant (blast furnace) operation
(2) Structure/System
Combination of flow gas equalization system and energy recovery turbine.
(3) Features
Power generation without any kind of combustion.
30% of energy input could be recovered as electricity.
Simplification of plant (blast furnace) operation.
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and DepartmentMitsui Engineering & Shipbuilding Co., Ltd.
Process Equipment & Rotating Machinery Sales Dept.
(2)Address
(3)Contact to
Masayuki Dobashi
Tel
81-3-3544-3639
Fax81-3-3544-3055
mdobashi@mes.co.jp
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Energy recovery
Outline of Product/Technology
Power Generation
(1) Function
This equipment drives the gas turbine to achieve power generation by using the blast furnace gas
flowing from the top of the blast furnace (1,700 Nm3/t for pig iron; amount of heat: 750 to 800 kcal/Nm3).
The blast furnace gas is recovered into the air heating furnace in the downstream process, where it
raises the temperature, and is also used as the blast furnace blown gas. If power generation is to be
achieved, the flow of blast furnace gas must branch before being sent to the air heating furnace. With its
high temperature and pressure, the turbine is driven to achieve power generation.
Duster
Blast furnace
Gas cooling
system
(2) System
<1> This equipment includes a (1) dry-type dust collector, (2) gas turbine, and (3) electric generator.
<2> There are two power generation methods: (1) wet-type and (2) dry-type, which are classified by the
method of purifying the blast furnace gas. For the dry-type method, dust is eliminated with the
dry-type dust collector.
Existing
New
Blast furnace gas pipe
Septum valve
Dry-type dust collector
(Bag filter)
Improved
Dust pin
Top
Screw conveyor
Power
Generato
pressure
(3) Features
<1> During high top-pressure operation, the pressure of the blast furnace gas is 0.2 to 0.236 MPa (2 to
2.41 kg/cm2) at the top of the furnace.
<2> Recently, the dry-type method has been more frequently used because the performance of
dry-type dust collectors has improved. Because the gas temperature for dry type is 50 higher
than the wet type, the amount of power generation amounts to 1.6 times of the wet type.
<3> If the production of pig iron is 1 million ton per year (production rate for blast furnace: 2 ton/m3), the
blast furnace volume is approximately 1,500 m3 (for a scale of 3,000 ton per day) and the amount of
gas generated in blast furnace is 212,500 m3 per hour. The power generation capacity that can be
implemented with this amount of gas is approximately 7,000 kW (dry type) [pressure condition in
blast furnace gas: 0.236 MPa; temperature condition at gas turbine input port]
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
Power is obtained with the turbine electric generator by using the top pressure of the blast furnace. It is
possible to save the fuel that is required to generate this amount of electric power.
Information on Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
210
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S-4
Iron/ Steel manufacturing
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Technology
The sintering material uniform supply equipment has the following features. Firstly, it increases production
rate, quality and strength of sintered product ore. Secondly, this equipment achieves energy saving. To
accomplish these, the equipment maintains the material fineness and charge position (upper layer of
sintering bed) constant when materials are supplied into palette used to manufacture the sintered iron that
is iron making materials in blast furnace.
(2) Structure / System
Before improvement
With a roll feeder (roll-type material feeder),
materials are switched to the downward
palette via the sloping chute (sloping tabular
structure). If the material granularity is
improper, there is poor air permeability to the
upper materials and reduced sintering
efficiency, resulting in sintering failure. This
increases the amount of ore returned.
Surge hopper
Auto cleaner
After improvement
The feature of this system is that it uses a drum chute
instead of the conventional sloping chute and uses the
charging slit wire. The use of the drum chute reduces the
height difference, i.e. drop, thereby making the granularity
even in the charging slit wire. This has the following
effects for this system:
1. Improvement in productivity
2. Decrease in the consumption rate of powdered coke
3. Decrease in the consumption rate of the amount of ore
returned
4. Decrease in the ratio of use of calcined lime
Sloping chute
Cutoff plate
Cut gate
Palette
Palette
Improved
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S- 5
Blast furnace
Coal Injection
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This equipment consists of (1) coal receiving equipment, (2) crushing/drying equipment, and (3)
pulverized coal blowing equipment, and (4) instrumentation system.
This equipment uses either steam coals or strongly caking coals instead. These coals are pulverized
into particles of size approximately 74m and classified with the bag filter. They are then fed to the
pulverized coal silo. The pressure in the blowing tank is kept high with a compressor. Using this
differential pressure, pulverized coals are conveyed to the blast furnace tuyere, i.e. the injection port.
The coal type and the pulverized coal size vary with the blowing equipment and blast furnace.
(2) System
storage quarrying
Pulverized coal
transporter/distributor
Pulverized coal
storage tank
equipment
Bag filter
Coal receiving
tank
Coal hopper
Pulverized coal
Coal crusher
Coal crusher
Distributor
Blast furnace
Field tank
Tuyere
N2 compressor
Air compressor
Improved
(3) Feature
By improving the blowing techniques and the blast furnace operation techniques, it is possible to blow
50 to 200 kg of pulverized coals per ton of iron (they alternate the coke for this amount). The production
from the coke oven decreases, and this equipment has the advantage of prolonging the lifetime of the
coke oven, as well as reducing the production cost; namely, in terms of the reduced cost for repairing. If
1 ton of pig iron is to be manufactured with a blast furnace, approximately 450 kg of coke and 50 kg
heavy oil are required. The pulverized coals can replace this amount of coke.
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
By replacing the cokes with pulverized coals, thus reducing the amount of coke required, the energy
consumption can be decreased, and the lifetime of the coke oven prolonged.
Information on Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
212
, Japan
S-6
Arc furnace
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This equipment is a high-performance direct current water-cooled furnace wall type arc furnace that
melts and refine iron materials such as scrap iron. It can decrease the electrode and energy
consumptions relative to old-type arc furnaces (e.g. three-phase alternating current and direct current).
Compared to the alternate current type, the direct current type arc furnace is highly efficient due to the
following features: (1) iron materials can be melted evenly, and (2) the magnetic force generated by
heat and current are available for melting.
(2) Structure / System
This arc furnace contains a (1) transformer, (2) thyristor rectifier, (3) direct current reactor, (4)
water-cooling cable, and (5) black smoke / furnace bottom electrode equipment.
Electrode subarm
Gripper
Water-cooling cable
Direct current
Electrode
Furnace cover hanging tong
Furnace cover
Cyclone 1 water-cooling panel
Secondary cable
Furnace
transformer
Electrical room
Pan
Furnace cover
elevating/revolvi
ng equipment
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Electrode post
Substation
Harmonic filter
Pan carriage
(3) Features
<1> The materials for arc furnace steelmaking include melted iron and scrap pig iron. In Japan, scrap
iron is mainly used for furnace steelmaking. With these materials deposited in the arc furnace, direct
current is fed therein (via the black lead electrode). While being stirred, the materials are melted using
the generated heat and the magnetic force generated by feeding power. The melted steel is then taken
in with the ladle.
<2> The power consumption is 500 to 600 kWh per ton of molten steel.
<3> The new type of arc furnace has a single electrode; its structure is simpler relative to a three-phase
alternating current arc furnace, which has two or more. Moreover, the electrode consumption is half
that for a conventional version (decrease by 50%; 1 to 2 kg per ton of molten steel).
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
(1) Decrease in power consumption: 500 to 600 kWh per ton of molten steel
(2) Decrease in electrode consumption: 50%
Information on Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department:
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
213
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Casting
Continuous casting
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
After receiving the molten steel molten via a Bessemer converter or electric furnace, this machine
continuously pours it into a rectangular or round mold to achieve continuous casting of the steel pieces
that will be used as rolled material. (These pieces are called blooms or billets, depending on the size of
the finished item.) This equipment is usually called a continuous casting machine (CCM).
(2) Structure / System
The process places the molten steel
(molten with an electric furnace, i.e. an
arc furnace, or Bessemer converter) into
funnel-like equipment (called a turn dish)
before pouring it into the mold. In the
mold, the molten steel drops down while
being gradually cooled and molded. The
machine draws it out using the pinch roll,
then cuts the continuously output blooms
or billets in accordance with the product
specification to complete them as finished
items. Subsequently, a roller is used to
machine them into the desired products.
(Casting) (Drawing)
Unimproved
(Blowing refining)
Slab
Tundish mold
Guide roll
(Cutting)
Pinch roll
Improved
(3) Features
Improved
<1> CCMs are classified as follows based on the size of steel pieces to be manufactured. (1) Slab
CCM: A steel piece with a width twice as large as the thickness; mainly used in the manufacture of
steel plates. (2) Bloom CCM: A steel piece with a rectangular cross section of 232cm2 or more; mainly
used for manufacturing shape steel. (3) Billet CCM: A steel piece with width and thickness of 3.8 cm or
less and with a rectangular cross section of 232cm2 or less; mainly used for manufacturing wire rod or
bar steel material. (4) Circular CCM: Manufactures hollow steel pieces while rotating the molten steel
(mainly used for manufacturing steel pipes).
<2> The unimproved processes in the batch method have been modified into a single process that
enables steel pieces to be manufactured continuously at once; significantly improving productivity,
and meaning the holding furnace is not required. This implements energy saving. For steel piece
making (except some products), a CCM is currently used in nearly 100% of cases in Japan.
Recently, however, high-speed, high-performance CCMs have been used.
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
(1) This CCM can achieve energy saving by approximately 1.5 to 2 million kcal/t-steel relative to the
unimproved method, called the ingot making - blooming method.
(2) Productivity improves by 5% to 15%.
Information on Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
214
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Rolling machine
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
After steel pieces (e.g., slabs, blooms, billets) are manufactured in the continuous casting equipment,
this machine transfers them to the rolling equipment, with the high temperature kept, to achieve energy
saving. There are two methods: (1) placing the hot steel pieces into a heating furnace and raise the
temperature before transferring them to the rolling equipment, and (2) transferring the hot steel pieces
immediately to the rolling equipment.
Conventional
process
(2) Structure/System
In the conventional process, the steel pieces are cooled once, and checked for scratches and defective
locations; they are then repaired before being heated in the heating furnace. Compared with this, this
system is as follows. In Method (1) (charging hot steel pieces), the hot steel pieces are directly
transferred, via the heating furnace, to the rolling equipment without passing the cooling process. In
Method (2) (direct transfer and rolling), the hot steel pieces are directly transferred to the rolling
equipment. This system has been implemented by developing the technology, heat control techniques,
and complete casting techniques through which the heat of steel pieces in the continuous casting
equipment are not lowered.
However, use of this equipment has problems about (1) the location in which the continuous casting and
rolling equipment are installed and (2) the spacing between them. Many existing steelmaking plants are
laid out on the assumption that cooled steel pieces are to be reheated in the heating furnace and rolled; it
is hard to link continuous casting and rolling equipment. In Japan, there is an instant where this spacing
is 300 m.
Weighter
Shearing
machine
Continuous
casting blooming
rolling
Reheating
furnace
Cooling
maintenance
Rolling
process
Improved
(3) Contact to
Tel
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E-mail
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Annealing
Improved
(3) Features
The steel plate is cold-rolled and coiled. While being pulled mechanically, it is then heated evenly to the
predetermined temperature (approximately 700) in the heating zone. After this, the plate is cooled at
a constant cooling rate, and checked while being wound so that a role can be made.
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
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Annealing furnace
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This furnace is designed to anneal wire-rod coils rapidly. With a forced circulation fan installed on top of
the furnace, hot air heated with a burner is circulated while being blown from the center of the wire rod.
This way, this equipment anneals the wire rods by rapid heating and cooling. By installing the forced
circulation fan, the heat transfer efficiency is improved, resulting in reduction in heat treatment time.
This is also called a rapid heating furnace.
(2) Structure/System
This furnace anneals the wire-rod coil by both
(1) heat emission with the radiant tube, heated
with the burner, and (2) convective heat of hot air
with the forced circulation fan (installed
underneath the ceiling of the furnace).
The hot air passes between wire-rod coil
conductors while heating them. After its
temperature decreases a little due to heat
exchange with the wire-rod coil, the air is heated
again with the radiant tube. The coil is heated
rapidly by repeating this. When the wire rods are
to be cooled, the radiant tube is replaced with an
indirect gas cooler, which achieves rapid
cooling.
Transport roll
Improved
(3) Features
This equipment anneals the wire rods by rapid heating and cooling.
It decreases the annealing time by 5.5 hours (heating time: approximately 2.5 hours; cooling time:
approximately 3 hours) relative to the conventional heating furnace.
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
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Fax
E-mail
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Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
Welded tube is heated to 1,000 or more, and tube-shaped with the roll. Then, the contact section is
pressure-welded. The resulting one is called a welded tube. In the conventional method, the output port
of the heating furnace is at 1,300. In this method, an electromagnetic induction heater is installed at
the output port of the heating furnace so that the edge section can be heated locally; the temperature of
the output port is increased to 1,200. This decreases the fuel consumption rate of the heating
furnace. This method is called low-temperature welding, because the temperature of the heating
furnace decreases by 100.
(2) Structure/System
Pressure
Butting
No.2 welding roll No.1 forming roll
Reducing roll
Skin effect
Proximity effect
Joule heating
(3) Features
<1> Conventional welding method
Slit coil Leveler Welder Heating furnace (preheating zone heating zone) Hoop steel edge
(1,320), hoop steel center (1,300) No. 1 forming roll, No.2 forming roll Reducing roll
Correction of bending and cutting
Length of heating furnace: 90 mm (preheated section: 41 m; heated section: 59 m)
<2> Low-temperature welding method
To increase the strength of welding, the system has been modified by installing the electromagnetic
induction heater so that a certain heating condition can be obtained stably at the steel strip edge. This
enables the quality to be secured, irrespective of the heating conditions. Although this system
involves new power consumption because the electromagnetic induction heater is additionally
installed, it decreases the fuel consumption.
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
Installation of this equipment decreases the fuel consumption rate from 491,000 kcal/t-hoop steel to
391,000 kcal/t-hoop steel (i.e., energy saving of approximately 100,000 kcal/t-pipe material).
The power requirement is 6.6kWh/t-hoop steel.
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
218
, Japan
S-12
Melting furnace
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This furnace melts a various types of steel, such as stainless steel, cast steel, nickel steel, and alloyed
steel, which are directly melted in the furnace. Alternatively, it melts a various types of non-ferrous
metal, such as copper, brass, aluminum, and noble metal, which are indirectly melted in the crucible or
with carbon in the furnace. It brings a higher power-saving effect relative to the low-frequency induction
furnace.
(2) Structure/System
Cooling system
Cooling column
Strainer
Body of furnace
Make-up water
Cooling
Water tank
water pipe
Auto control equipment
Power factor enhancer and High-pressure
Bus bar
Furnace changeover
mechanism
Hydraulic pipe
Body of furnace
Hydraulic cylinder
Bus bar
Cooling water
pipe
Control circuit
wiring
Matching
equipment
Hydraulic
pump
Transforming
equipment
Main circuit
wiring
Transformer
Frequency converter
Power supply
(3) Features
A melting furnace that uses 300 Hz or more high-frequency power is called a high-frequency melting
furnace, while a melting furnace with less frequency is called a low-frequency melting furnace.
The relationship between the electric power and frequency is determined by the melting capacity to
some extent. If 3 t steel is to be melted in one shot, the power is 2,400 kW and the frequency 500 Hz.
The high-frequency melting furnace generates induced current with a current density 2 to 5 times higher
than that of the low-frequency melting furnace. (This is implemented by selecting the power and
frequency properly.) This melting furnace achieves melting by means of internal resistance. Specifically
when melting steel, this melting furnace exhibits a feature that it heats the material further by means of
induced current that is generated through the steel itself during melting.
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Melting furnace
Furnace cover
Pouring gate
Outgoing gate
Hot liquid
Incoming
gate
Bath
Melting
chamber
Coil cement
Refractory
material
Throat
Refractory
brick
Magnetic core
Body of furnace
Coil
Magnetic core
Inductance case
Channel
Refractory
material
Insulating brick
Improved
(3) Features
The crucible melting furnace uses the coke heating method or the cast-iron melting method by
low-frequency induction heating. The channel induction furnace is a cast-iron melting furnace aimed at
obtaining the power saving effect; it uses the low-frequency induction heating method for melting.
There are no differences in the cast-iron melting process between the two methods. The following table
summarizes the comparison:
Item
1. Electrical efficiency
2. Power consumption rate
3. Method of operation
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Electric furnace
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This equipment is a ferrochrome finery. In the conventional refining method, coke is used; the air
permeability is poor among materials grains and the heat exchange efficiency is low, because the ratio
of the powdered ferrochrome (material) is high. This equipment increases the air permeability by
making powdered ferrochrome material as pellets and increases the efficiency of heat exchange with
the material.
(2) Structure/System
(3) Features
Because this electric furnace
Electrode elevating equipment
uses powdered ferrochrome
Electrode seal equipment (new)
material made as pellets, it
Cover (new)
Gas pipe
Dust chamber
increases the efficiency of
material refining. That is, the
power consumption rate for
refining with the electric
Venturi scrubber
furnace is decreased by
(new)
rake (new)
pretreating the material
Fan (new)
Schachner
(pelletizing). However, it is
necessary to build new
Circulating
Flow control
pump (new)
equipment used to sinter the
dumper (new)
pump (new)
Filter cake
powdered ferrochrome into
Gas holder
Annular kiln
pellets. To achieve this,
Filter press (new)
(new)
(new)
ferrochrome is crushed with
a ball mill, and formed with a
Pellet
pelltizer before being
Pellet granularity
sintered in the kiln. The
ball
mill
(new)
measuring
equipment Pan-type pelletizer (new)
pellet size is 10 to 15 mm.
Belt conveyor (new)
Steam
Belt conveyor (new)
The hot exhaust gas
Boiler
(existing)
containing combustible
Material Binder hopper
components generated in
Incoming hopper
the electric furnace is
recovered to be used as the
Schematic
Improved
Cut-out hopper
fuel of the pellet sintering
burner. For this reason, the
electric furnace exhaust heat
recovery equipment is
additionally installed.
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
This furnace brings the following effects relative to the conventional method: (1) decrease in refining
power, (2) decrease in coke consumption rate, and (3) energy saving resulting from use of recovered
gas in the electric furnace. To implement these, the following are additionally installed: (1) pelletizing
equipment for ferrochrome and (2) electric furnace exhaust heat recovery equipment. (A gas cover with
high capability of shielding is installed on top of the electric furnace; a gas cleaning equipment, gas
holder, and others are included therein).
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
221
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Sintering equipment
Ignition equipment
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This equipment is a high-speed ignition equipment (burner) that is used for a sintering kiln. The
conventional ignition equipment requires combustion gas of 2.0 Nm3/t to sinter material of 1 ton. In
addition, with the conventional equipment, it is difficult to control the amount of material because it
controls 20 burners by opening/closing the valves. The new equipment decreases the energy
consumption by resolving these problems.
Rod
Rod
(2) Structure/System
Air
Main improvements in this equipment:
(1) Decrease in distance from the tip of the burner to the
Air
surface of the material (from 900 to 300 mm)
Air
(2) Controlling the volumetric flow of combustion gas
accurately with the direct digital control (DDC)
Buffer
Ceramic cap
Ceramic plate
Air
Air
Preheated
air duct
20 burners,
arranged in
arrow direction
Ceiling of
ignition
furnace
Ignition
furnace
board
Preheating furnace
Material
Material
Palette
(3) Features
Combustion was improved by accurate control rather than unstable control.
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
Fuel consumption rate: The consumption of coke oven gas can be decreased from 2.0 to 1.2 Nm3/t.
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(2) Address
(3) Contact to
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Cokes oven
Moisture control
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This equipment dries the coke material coals and then conditions the amount of moisture so that the fuel
consumption will decrease in the coke oven. Coals are usually stacked outdoor, and left watered to
prevent the release of pulverized coals, with the water content of pulverized coals at 8.7% to 13.5%.
They are dried using steam (by taking advantage of coke furnace recovered exhaust heat) so that the
water content (moisture) will decrease to 6%. Decreasing the water content by 1% results in decrease by
18,000kcal/t-coal in the amount of heat.
(2) Structure / System
Conditioned coals (moisture: 6%)
Dust collector
Coke oven
Carbonization
chamber
Regenerator
Chimney
Improved
(3) Features
This equipment consists of the feed hopper for wet coals (8.7% to 13%) and shell-and-tube exchanger.
To convey the coals to the coke oven, a conveyor is used. This equipment is installed at the midpoint
between the coal pocket and coke furnace.
The wet coals that entered the rotary drier from the hopper are dried to the water content of 6.5% with
steam heat at the output port. Then, the water content is conditioned to decrease to 6% before they enter
the coke oven with the belt conveyor. This equipment enables using the amount of carbonization heat in
the coke oven and using a large amount of non heavy caking coal (steam coals) as the coke material.
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
If the water content of the material coals to carbonize (8.7% to 11%) is decreased to 6% in this
equipment, this decreases the moisture to 2.7% to 5.0%. Because the reduction rate of 1% in moisture is
equivalent to 18,000kcal/t-coal, the amount of heat decreases by 48,600 to 90,000 kcal/t-coal for the
material coals of 1 ton.
In addition, this equipment enables productivity improvement by approximately 5.48% to 14.2%.
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(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
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Coke oven
Fire extinguisher
Charging equipment
Hoist
Extinguishing column
Cyclone
Tank
Tank
Hoisting column
Red-heated coke
Extinguishing car
Pit
Duster
Steam
Coke bucket
Coke car
Feed water
system
Coke
200C
Conveyor
Quarrying equipment
Improved
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
224
, Japan
Sintering machine
Cooler
Cooler
Exhauster
Improved
Steam
Exhauster
Pure water
Deaerator
Drum
Improved
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
225
, Japan
Sintering
Outline of Product/Technology
Heat recovery
(1) Function
With a boiler installed in the sintering kiln, this equipment recovers exhaust heat of hot exhaust gas with
a temperature of approximately of 380 and then returns the exhaust gas to the kiln. This increases the
exhaust heat recovery efficiency to achieve energy saving. The recovered steam is used in works.
(2) Structure/System
Incinerator
Cooler
Boiler
Steam
Primary exhaust gas recovery
Improved
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
226
, Japan
Heating recovery
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This equipment recovers the exhaust gas sensible heat that has heated the air heating furnace feeding
hot air to the blast furnace, and is used for preheating the blast furnace heating fuel and combustion air.
Installation of this equipment improves the combustion efficiency of the blast furnace, thus enabling
power saving.
(2) Structure/System
Hot air
Reheating furnace
Combustion
air
Burner fan
Heating-system heat exchanger
Blast furnace
Cold air
Air blower
Fuel gas
Receiving-system heat exchanger
Expansion tank
Heat
transfer
oil
Chimney
Pump
Heat transfer oil
Feed pump
storage tank
Improved
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
227
, Japan
S-21
Steel/ Iron manufacturing
Continuous annealing
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
The conventional continuous annealing batch-type processes are electrocleaning - annealing - cooling temper rolling - recoiling, which are consolidated and integrated into a single line in this continuous
annealing furnace. An annealing furnace is equipment that softens the steel plates hardened by
cold-rolling machining in so that the workability will improve. This continuous annealing furnace brings a
great effect in terms of energy saving and quality and productivity improvements.
(2) Structure / System
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
228
, Japan
S-22
Converter
Heat recovery
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This equipment recovers and uses a large amount of hot exhaust gas (primarily carbon monoxide CO)
that is generated when blowing refining is achieved in a Bessemer converter, which manufactures
crude steel from pig iron, iron chips, and/or others.
It is applicable also to a closed Bessemer converter.
(2) Structure / System
Gas temperature 14,500C
Hood pressure
-5 to +5 mmAq
Radiation
section
Chimney
Bypas
Secondary dust
collector (PA venturi)
LDF.
Gas temperature 67C
Softener
Filter
Cooling column
Rotation furnace
Three-w
Upper hood
Recovery
valve
Thickener
Improved
(3) Features
To manufacture molten steel, either the Bessemer converter or arc furnace method is available, the
former of which is used primarily for seamless steelmaking plants. The primary material for a Bessemer
converter is melt pig iron, with scrap iron contained up to approximately 30%.
Recently, 110 Nm3 pure oxygen is used when 1 t molten steel is to be manufactured. This pure oxygen
is blown to the molten steel at supersonic speed; while the temperature is being regulated with scrap
iron, the steel is refined rapidly to make molten steel. This oxygen gas oxidizes the carbon in the pig
iron to generate approximately 100 Nm3 hot exhaust gas (CO) (heat amount: approximately 2000
kcal/Nm3). The heat from this exhaust gas is recovered to use as the energy source of steam and
power.
There are two exhaust heat recovery methods: (1) burning (also called boiler-type) and (2) non-burning
(also called closed OG type), the latter of which recovers unburned gas and is recently used primarily.
Energy Saving / CO2 Emission Reduction
This equipment can recover 200 thousand kcal energy per ton of crude steel.
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
229
, Japan
S-23
Revolving furnace
Heat recovery
Outline of Product/Technology
(1) Function
This equipment recovers the OG exhaust gas sensible heat to take advantage of it. The Bessemer
converter exhaust gas recovery equipment recovers exhaust gas itself. Contrary to this, this furnace feeds
water through the gas duct through which hot exhaust gas is flowing. It heats another medium with the
heat-recovered cooling water to generate steam, which will be used as steam and electric power.
(2) Structure/System
Steam
Gas temperature (for atomization)
1200C
Secondary air
blower
Chimney
Electric dust
collector
Cooler
Gas temperature
1800C
Crash fire
Thickener
Waste water
To steam of works
Deaerator
Rotation
furnace
Accumulator
Storage tank
Boiler circulating
pump
Steam
drum
Boiler feed
water pump
Pure water
tank
Improved
(3) Features
Conventionally, radiant heat was primarily recovered in heat recovery in a Bessemer converter, whereas
this new equipment recovers the potential heat of hot gas (1,800 ) from the throat of the Bessemer
converter.
This equipment contains a steam drum, accumulator, and boiler.
Information of Manufacturer
(1) Name of Company and Department
(2) Address
(3) Contact to
Tel
Fax
E-mail
230
, Japan