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Title: Recovery Act: ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Gas Flare Capture

Abstract

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a financial assistance grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to ArcelorMittal USA, Inc. (ArcelorMittal) for a project to construct and operate a blast furnace gas recovery boiler and supporting infrastructure at ArcelorMittal’s Indiana Harbor Steel Mill in East Chicago, Indiana. Blast furnace gas (BFG) is a by-product of blast furnaces that is generated when iron ore is reduced with coke to create metallic iron. BFG has a very low heating value, about 1/10th the heating value of natural gas. BFG is commonly used as a boiler fuel; however, before installation of the gas recovery boiler, ArcelorMittal flared 22 percent of the blast furnace gas produced at the No. 7 Blast Furnace at Indiana Harbor. The project uses the previously flared BFG to power a new high efficiency boiler which produces 350,000 pounds of steam per hour. The steam produced is used to drive existing turbines to generate electricity and for other requirements at the facility. The goals of the project included job creation and preservation, reduced energy consumption, reduced energy costs, environmental improvement, and sustainability.

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Arcelormittal Usa Incorporated
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1082429
DOE Contract Number:  
EE0002729
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION

Citation Formats

Seaman, John. Recovery Act: ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Gas Flare Capture. United States: N. p., 2013. Web. doi:10.2172/1082429.
Seaman, John. Recovery Act: ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Gas Flare Capture. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1082429
Seaman, John. 2013. "Recovery Act: ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Gas Flare Capture". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1082429. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1082429.
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title = {Recovery Act: ArcelorMittal USA Blast Furnace Gas Flare Capture},
author = {Seaman, John},
abstractNote = {The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded a financial assistance grant under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) to ArcelorMittal USA, Inc. (ArcelorMittal) for a project to construct and operate a blast furnace gas recovery boiler and supporting infrastructure at ArcelorMittal’s Indiana Harbor Steel Mill in East Chicago, Indiana. Blast furnace gas (BFG) is a by-product of blast furnaces that is generated when iron ore is reduced with coke to create metallic iron. BFG has a very low heating value, about 1/10th the heating value of natural gas. BFG is commonly used as a boiler fuel; however, before installation of the gas recovery boiler, ArcelorMittal flared 22 percent of the blast furnace gas produced at the No. 7 Blast Furnace at Indiana Harbor. The project uses the previously flared BFG to power a new high efficiency boiler which produces 350,000 pounds of steam per hour. The steam produced is used to drive existing turbines to generate electricity and for other requirements at the facility. The goals of the project included job creation and preservation, reduced energy consumption, reduced energy costs, environmental improvement, and sustainability.},
doi = {10.2172/1082429},
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place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2013},
month = {Mon Jan 14 00:00:00 EST 2013}
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