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Waste gas to save steel firm $160,000/mo

Journal Article · · Energy User News; (United States)
OSTI ID:5081690
An Armco Inc. plant at Houston will save $160,000 a month in avoided fuel costs by burning waste gas produced in its blast furnace. The $5.3 million Schack boiler system will have a three-year payback and a 25% return on investment. Armco will apply both the 10% business investment and the 10% energy-conservation tax credits. Armco decided not to renew a natural gas contract after prices rose to over $4 per thousand cubic feet. There will be no economic benefits, however, until improvements in the economy warrant restarting the blast furnace, which has been idle since mid-June. (DCK)
OSTI ID:
5081690
Journal Information:
Energy User News; (United States), Journal Name: Energy User News; (United States) Vol. 7:29; ISSN EUSND
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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