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An economic evaluation of the FOS process

A new approach to steelmaking from a cold charge

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Detailed analyses of capital and operating costs for Fuel-Oxygen-Scrap (FOS) furnaces and electric-arc furnaces (EAF) ranging in productive capacity from 14,000 to 170,000 tons per year are presented. A discussion of the influence of oxygen requirements on costs and how this affects the economics of the FOS process is included. Cost estimates for the FOS installation are based on British economic conditions and results from a 5-ton experimental furnace.

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  1. John Pearson: Journal of Metals, 1963, vol. 15, p. 818.

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  2. Journal of Metals, 1964, vol. 16, p. 143.

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  1. Research and Development Div., Head Wrightson & Co. Ltd., Thornaby-on-Tees, Yorkshire, England

    J. W. D. Pictor (Member of AIME, senior process engineer (development dept.) & P. A. Young (Director of research)

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  1. J. W. D. Pictor
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Pictor, J.W.D., Young, P.A. An economic evaluation of the FOS process. JOM 16, 516–519 (1964). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03378285

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