Siemens' Jet Process addresses raw material crunch in steel making

摘要

Siemens Metals Technologies offers a solution for operating converters with up to 100 per cent scrap and sponge iron with its Jet process. It enables operators of melt shops to respond to raw material supply bottlenecks and exploit short-term price fluctuations. The solution consists of a bottom-blowing converter that makes it possible to blow in oxygen, lime and coal through bottom tuyere and of a hot blast top lance for feeding additionarenergy into the steel bath. The Jet Process can either be implemented as a new installation or retrofitted in existing plants in a modular fashion.