Steel Making

at
JSW

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 Steelmaking at JSW

BOF - CCP

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 Processes

2 Corex & BOF CCP HSM

Pellet plant
2BF 2.5 mt 4 Mt 4 Mt 2.5 Mt
4.2 mt

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 Present Facilities at BOF-CCP
S
L
HMDS-1 A
B

LHF-2
E
X
CONVERTER-1 CASTER-2 P
O
R
HM FROM COREX / BLAST

T
HMDS-2 MIXER
FURNACE

&

S
L
A
CONVERTER-2 CASTER-1 B
S

T
HMDS-3 LHF-1 O
H
S
M

CONVERTER-3

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Hot metal de-sulphurisation station (HMDS)

Capacity : 4 Mt
DeS Agent : Calcium Carbide
Storage : 2 X 80 cubic-meter
Sp.Con : 0.1Kg / 0.001% ‘S’ drop
Average input ‘S’ : 0.04%
Average output ‘S’ : 0.01%
Time of treatment : ~ 20min
Injection rate : 25 Kg/min

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 Mixer

•The desulphurised slag is skimmed off using Slag Raking

machine.

•Mixer maintains homogenized temperature and chemistry

of hot metal from different iron making units.

•This Hot Metal from the Mixer is

transferred to the converter with
the help of a charging ladle.

Capacity : 1300T

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 Technical data for Converter

Converters : 3 Nos

Capacity : 130T

Blow time : 16min

Tap to Tap time : 45min

Highest life :13771 heats

Hot Metal charge :130 - 143 t

Scrap : 10-15 t

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 Blowing process steps

SCRAP CHARGING HM CHARGING BLOWING SAMPLING &

TEMP

REBLOW TAPPING DESLAGGING

Charge mix depending on grade & thermal potential

Liquid steel Yield : 90.75% average

Tapping temp: 1650 deg C

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 BOF - CCP Process route

CONVERTER ARS LHF CASTER

2 Slab
Argon 2 Ladle Casters
3 Converters
Rinsing Heating 220 x 1300 mm
130t Each
Station Furnaces

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 Argon Rinsing station

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 Converter tapping and Argon rinsing station

– Deoxidation
 Using post purging after blow in converter
 Vigorous purging till 2/3 of ladle filling

– Desulphurization
 Addition of lime during tapping after de-oxidants
 Addition of single, complex de-oxidiser as per the
Grade to attain slag FeO + MnO < 5% at LHF start

– Alloying
 Addition of Ferromanganese.

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Ladle Heating Furnace

Capacity 130 T

Transformer 20 MVA
Capacity
Primary Voltage 33 KV

Frequency 50 HZ

Max. Thermal Cap 40 C/min

Electrode 450 mm
Diameter

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 Ladle geometry
 Single porous plug purging from R/2 location
 Flow rates 25 – 40 Nm3/hr

3131 mm 110 mm

900 mm

2500 mm

2587 mm

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 Objectives of LHF

• Desulphurization
 Using Calcium aluminate slag

• Micro cleanliness
 Flotation of inclusions with mild purging

• Inclusion morphology
 Ca treatment in selected grades

• Superheat Control
 Using superheat control model
 Practice of keeping minimum ladles in circulation

• Alloying
 Ferroalloy addition exactly over the plume

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