SUSTAINTAP – 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