Linde works with its blast furnace operators to create customized solutions, often with an eye to:
· Increasing production capacity and flexibility
· Decreasing coke consumption
· Using lower-cost fuels
· Reducing fuel consumption
A blast furnace is used to convert iron ore, metallurgical coke and fluxes into hot, liquid metal, to feed adjacent steelmaking converters; alternatively, it can produce pig iron used in steelmaking at another site. Linde offers stove oxygen enrichment technology that can reduce the amount of purchased fuel consumed during these processes; it can also maximize the use of low-calorie by-product fuels such as blast furnace off-gas and coke oven gas.
An investment in Linde stove oxygen enrichment technology quickly pays for itself, in the form of coke savings (i.e., higher blast temperature), reduced natural gas use, and higher stove firing rates.
To learn how Linde can help optimize your company’s blast furnace operations while reducing operating costs, please Contact Us. |
