Don't Let Your Money Go Up The Chimney

摘要

Much can be done currently to optimize stove performance with respect to stove performance, energy consumption, emissions and the overall blast furnace economic and environmental performance. Much of this benefit can be achieved by maximizing the performance of the existing stoves without erecting new stoves. There are various economic benefits, capital implications and operating practice trade offs for each of the items discussed in this paper. The potential benefits are also dependent on the operation, stove capabilities, plant energy balances and other economic impacts. A thorough study of these options, including stove modeling, is required to determine the optimum solution for each location.