Linde and ArcelorMittal are to describe the benefits of using flameless oxyfuel technology in a continuous steel reheat furnace at AISTech 2008, the premier steel industry technology event in North America.
ArcelorMittal is the world’s largest and most global steel company and the company’s Mike Lantz and Doug Hassenzahl will present a paper on how the Linde REBOX® flameless oxyfuel solutions increased reheating throughput and reduced fuel consumption at ArcelorMittal Shelby – Tubular Products in Ohio.
The paper was co-authored with Anders Lugnet, Grzegorz Moroz and Anders Carlsson of Linde. In their presentation on 7th May, the authors will describe how in 2007, Linde North America led a four-month, turnkey project to implement the REBOX® flameless oxyfuel technology at the seamless tube mill. This resulted in a 25% increase in reheating capacity and a decrease in fuel consumption of 50% versus oxy-enrichment and 65% versus airfuel.
The implementation also delivered improved temperature uniformity for better piercing results, a 50% reduction of scale formation and minimized nitrogen oxide (NOX) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
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