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Use of industrial gases in blast-furnace operation

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Industrial gases are used in blast-furnace operation to increase the productivity of the furnaces, optimize their gasdynamic and thermal operating conditions, and alleviate adverse environmental effects. The following technologies are examined: enrichment of the blast with oxygen when pulverized coal and other fuels are injected into the furnace; oxygen enrichment of the combustion air in the stoves; the suppression of fume formation during taps and transfers of pig iron; oxygen-assisted blast-furnace smelting with recirculation of the top gas after it has been washed to remove CO2 (the technology ULCOS – ultra-low CO2 steelmaking).

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The ULCOS program is being supported by the European Community (Research Fund for Coal and Steel).

The authors thank their colleagues at the company Air Liquide for supplying several of the materials used for this article: Benjamin Bugeat, Laurent Coudurier, Artur Klepek, Christian Windhövel, Harald Winter.

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  1. Air Liquide, Paris, France

    Ph. Blostein, M. Devaux & M. Grant

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Translated from Metallurg, No. 8, pp. 39–43, August, 2011.

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Blostein, P., Devaux, M. & Grant, M. Use of industrial gases in blast-furnace operation. Metallurgist 55, 552–557 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11015-011-9467-6

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