SUSTAINTAP – Blast furnace sustained tapping practice

Blast furnace sustained tapping practice

Initial situation:

  • Unknown position and voidage of the dead man.
  • Uncertainty concerning liquid levels of iron and slag.
  • Hearth wear calculated only in 2D sections.
  • Influence of hearth flow on wear calculations.

Work topics in the project:

  • Estimation of position and voidage of the dead man from operational data.
  • Estimation of liquid levels from EMF data.
  • Calculation of the hearth wear under consideration of the hearth flow and dead man properties.

Expected results

  • Online models for liquid levels and dead man state.
  • 3D hearth wear model.
  • 3D hearth flow model as well as models of the iron – slag interface tilting and tap hole flow.

This project is funded by the European Union. Views and opinions expressed are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.

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