Electric arc furnace steelmaking. (2021)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Mirosław Karbowniczek.
• Authors: Karbowniczek, Mirosław
• Contents: 1. Introduction 1.1. Characteristics of steel electrometallurgy 1.2. Historical development of electric furnace design 1.3. Development of the design of modern electric arc furnaces 1.4. Development of electric arc furnace practice 2. Layout of an electric furnace shop 3. Construction of electric arc furnaces 3.1. Shape and dimensions of the reaction chamber 3.2. Furnace shell 3.3. Furnace refractory lining 3.4. Water-cooled wall design 3.5. Design and structure of the roof; 3.6. Mechanical equipment 4. Electric equipment of electric arc furnaces ; 4.1. Power supply system 4.2. Disconnect switch and furnace operating switch; 4.3. Furnace transformer 4.4. Secondary circuit 4.5. Instrument transformers 4.6. Induction stirrer 4.7. Optimal operating conditions of the EAF power supply system 4.8. Impact of electric arc furnace operation on the electrical energy quality 5. Auxiliary equipment 5.1. Oxy-fuel burners; 5.2. Manipulator 5.3. Post-combustion lances 6. Graphite electrodes 6.1. Production of electrodes and their properties 6.2. Electrode consumption 6.3. Influence of the operating parameters and steelmaking conditions on electrode consumption 7. Environmental protection systems 7.1. Protection against gases and dusts 7.2. Gas capture system 7.3. Modeling of the system of off-gas capture from the electric arc furnace; 7.4. Comprehensive furnace housing system; 7.5. Use of waste gas thermal energy to heat up scrap 8. Charge materials applied in the steelmaking process 8.1. Steel scrap 8.2. Direct reduced iron (DRI) 8.3. Crude iron 8.4. Ferroalloys and technical metals 8.5. Slag-forming materials 8.6. Oxidizing and carburizing materials 9. Steel production technique in arc furnaces 9.1. Fettling 9.2. Charge composition principles 9.3. Charge loading 9.4. Meltdown period 9.5. Oxidation period 9.6. Refining period 9.7. Tapping 9.8. Role of slag 10. Mass and heat balances of the steelmaking process 10.1. Mass balance; 10.2. Example of a mass balance of an electric arc furnace steelmaking process; 10.3. Heat balance; 10.4. Example of a heat balance of an electric arc furnace steelmaking process;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2021
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 669.1424; Steel -- Electrometallurgy; Electric furnaces; Electric arc
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781000450040; 9781000450002; 9781003130949
• Related ISBNs: 9780367673475
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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