7TH EUROPEAN COKE AND IRONMAKING CONGRESS - ECIC 2016

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Contribution ID : 77 Type : Oral Presentation

DRIpaxTM – THE NEW GENERATION OF DR

PLANT PROCESS OPTIMIZATION
Tuesday, 13 September 2016 16:45 (0:20)

Content
DRIpaxTM is an integrated process optimization system for MIDREX DR Plants jointly developed
by Primetals Technologies and MIDREX Technologies. This new system was installed for the first
time at the MIDREX DR plant Module 2 of Qatar Steel and is now successfully in operation at
this plant. The installation at Qatar Steel demonstrates the high prediction accuracy achieved
with the new product quality prediction models. Having an accurate prediction – hours before the
measured data are available – supports quick decision-making to keep quality targets. As a result,
a more consistent DRI quality can be achieved. Due to the improved control of the DRI quality
within a tight band limit, significant savings can be expected at the EAFs when the DRI is fed there
later on. The DR Plant Expert System, a rule-based advisory system to assist panel operators in
decision-making, was developed in a next step to further enhance the system. This expert system
will be launched for the first time within the scope of the process optimization system installed at
the new MIDREX DR Plant of voestalpine Texas LLC.

Primary author(s) : KLINGER, ANGELIKA (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)

Co-author(s) :ALTENDORFER, ALOIS (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH); HUGHES, GREG
D. (MIDREX Technologies, Inc.); GUPTA, DURGESH R. (Qatar Steel Company)
Presenter(s) : BETTINGER, DIETER (Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH)
Session Classification : Direct Reduction

Track Classification : Direct Reduction