Walking beam furnace well-way slot covers at Rouge Steel

Journal Article · Thu Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993 · Iron and Steel Engineer; (United States)

OSTI ID:6241938

Campbell, F Jr ^[1]; Meinzinger, A D; Faust, C H ^[2]

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1. Steel Service Engineering, Inc., Bridgeville, PA (United States)
2. Rouge Steel Co., Dearborn, MI (United States)

Rouge Steel's 68-in. hot strip mill is served by three walking beam slab reheat furnaces. The first two were commissioned in 1974 and the third was installed in 1980. During the period 1979 to 1981, an intensive plant-wide energy management program to reduce energy consumption was undertaken. A major part of that program involved a comprehensive upgrading of refractory and insulation systems utilized in the walking beam reheat furnaces. A durable system for reducing heat losses through the well-way floor openings associated with walking beam slab reheat furnaces has, in addition to 4 to 5% savings in fuel consumption, reduced maintenance costs. Payback is achieved in four to five months.

• OSTI ID: 6241938
• Journal Information: Iron and Steel Engineer; (United States), Vol. 70:7; ISSN 0021-1559
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
FURNACES
ENERGY CONSERVATION
MATERIALS HANDLING EQUIPMENT
METAL INDUSTRY
CERAMICS
FUEL CONSUMPTION
HEAT LOSSES
MAINTENANCE
MITIGATION
MODIFICATIONS
OPERATING COST
PAYBACK PERIOD
PRODUCTION
REFRACTORIES
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STEELS
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ENERGY LOSSES
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