Blast furnace supervision and control system
- Siderar S.A.I.C./Ingdesi, San Nicolas (Argentina)
On December 1992, a group of companies headed by Techint, took over Somisa, the state-owned integrated steel plant located at San Nicolas, Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, culminating an ambitious government privatization scheme. The blast furnace 2 went into a full reconstruction and relining in January 1995. After a 140 MU$ investment the new blast furnace 2 was started in September 1995. After more than one year of operation of the blast furnace the system has proven itself useful and reliable. The main reasons for the success of the system are: same use interface for all blast furnace areas -- operation, process, maintenance and management, (full horizontal and vertical integration); and full accessibility to all information and process tools though some restrictions apply to field commands (people empowerment). The paper describes the central system.
- OSTI ID:
- 577428
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9704181--; ISBN 1-886362-23-8
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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