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Title: Combined Corex/DRI technology

Abstract

A feasible steelmaking alternative, the Corex/direct reduction/electric arc furnace combination, provides an economic route for the production of high quality steel products. This combination is a major step into a new generation of iron and steel mills. These mills are based on the production of liquid steel using noncoking coal and comply with the increasing demands of environmental protection. The favorable production costs are based on: Utilization of Corex and DRI/HBI plants; Production of hot metal equal to blast furnace quality; Use of low cost raw materials such as noncoking coal and lump ore; Use of process gas as reducing agent for DRI/HBI production; and Use of electric arc furnace with high hot metal input as the steelmaking process. The high flexibility of the process permits the adjustment of production in accordance with the strategy of the steel mills. New but proven technologies and applications of the latest state of art steelmaking process, e.g., Corex, in conjunction with DRI production as basic raw material for an electric arc furnace, will insure high quality, high availability, optimized energy generation at high efficiency rates, and high product quality for steelmaking.

Authors:
;  [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Deutsche Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau GmbH, Dusseldorf (Germany)
  2. Voest-Alpine Industrieanlagenbau, Linz (Austria)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
367894
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Iron and Steel Engineer
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 73; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1996
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT; 32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION; BLAST FURNACES; FUEL SUBSTITUTION; COAL; STEELS; MANUFACTURING; ARC FURNACES; CAKING POWER; IRON ORES; REDUCING AGENTS; REDUCTION; ECONOMICS; EFFICIENCY

Citation Formats

Flickenschild, A J, Reufer, F, Eberle, A, and Siuka, D. Combined Corex/DRI technology. United States: N. p., 1996. Web.
Flickenschild, A J, Reufer, F, Eberle, A, & Siuka, D. Combined Corex/DRI technology. United States.
Flickenschild, A J, Reufer, F, Eberle, A, and Siuka, D. 1996. "Combined Corex/DRI technology". United States.
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title = {Combined Corex/DRI technology},
author = {Flickenschild, A J and Reufer, F and Eberle, A and Siuka, D},
abstractNote = {A feasible steelmaking alternative, the Corex/direct reduction/electric arc furnace combination, provides an economic route for the production of high quality steel products. This combination is a major step into a new generation of iron and steel mills. These mills are based on the production of liquid steel using noncoking coal and comply with the increasing demands of environmental protection. The favorable production costs are based on: Utilization of Corex and DRI/HBI plants; Production of hot metal equal to blast furnace quality; Use of low cost raw materials such as noncoking coal and lump ore; Use of process gas as reducing agent for DRI/HBI production; and Use of electric arc furnace with high hot metal input as the steelmaking process. The high flexibility of the process permits the adjustment of production in accordance with the strategy of the steel mills. New but proven technologies and applications of the latest state of art steelmaking process, e.g., Corex, in conjunction with DRI production as basic raw material for an electric arc furnace, will insure high quality, high availability, optimized energy generation at high efficiency rates, and high product quality for steelmaking.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/367894}, journal = {Iron and Steel Engineer},
number = 8,
volume = 73,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
month = {Thu Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996}
}