Blow-down and blow-in of Inland`s No. 7 blast furnace
- Inland Steel Co., East Chicago, IN (United States)
After extensive and detailed planning, a mini-reline of the 13.7 meter No. 7 Blast Furnace was executed in November 1993. The furnace lining had 18 million metric tons of production and the bosh, belly and lower stack lining were being maintained through a scheduled grouting practice. The mini-reline was planned for 33 days and the reline work included (a) replacing the bosh, belly and lower stack alumina lining with graphite brick, (b) gunning the middle and upper stack, (c) rebuilding the furnace top, stove burners and tapholes and (d) minor repairs to other auxiliary equipment. During this 33 day reline period the two 8 meter furnaces could only produce 40% of the normal production requirement, therefore the blow-down, quench, salamander tap and blow-in activities were critical to meeting the planned schedule. The planning of these activities was started in the spring of 1993 and included review of Inland`s past blow-down and blow-in performance as well as bench marking the performance of other large blast furnaces in North America, Japan and Europe. The development of the 1993 procedures focused on opportunities to accelerate the blow-down, quench, salamander tap and blow-in as well as having a clean hearth and stack which could also save time during the demolition phase of the reline. Any time that could be saved in these activities directly translated to an early start-up and more plantwide production. This paper will cover the successful planning and implementation of these activities which resulted in a 2 day reduction in the reline schedule, an accelerated production curve and an earlier than planned use of PCI during blow-in.
- OSTI ID:
- 129079
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504182-; ISBN 0-932897-99-1; TRN: IM9550%%447
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 78. steelmaking and 54. ironmaking conference, Nashville, TN (United States), 2-5 Apr 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of Ironmaking conference proceedings. Volume 54; PB: 584 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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