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Sessions (15)

Fast Track to Developing an Energy Management System (Room 320)

06 May 19
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Tari Emerson
Are you interested in saving utility costs? Find out how a steel mill developed an energy management system from scratch and in less than three yea... More...

Power Profile Optimization in Tenaris Tamsa's Electric Arc Furnace (Room 320)

06 May 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Francisco Raul Aguirre Ortiz ; Pablo Enoc Hernandez Paredes
Electrical profile configuration is well known to be designed in order to balance voltage, current and reactance. This paper presents the developme... More...

High-Performance Waterbox Stripper Nozzle Type W5 (Room 320)

06 May 19
3:00 PM - 3:30 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Nikhil Nafade ; Rafael Lazo
This paper will describe the design, implementation and improvements achieved with a new stripper nozzle that eliminates water carryover in high-sp... More...

Systematic Optimization Creates Higher Competitiveness (Room 320)

06 May 19
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Hong Dai ; Yewen Zhang ; Zhichun Hu
In line with global steel development trend and meeting challenges, energy systematic optimization has an irreplaceable role in improving steel wor... More...

Fuel Cost Cut by Installing Heat Transfer Enhancement Units for RT Recuperator (Room 320)

06 May 19
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Ei Okumura ; Koji Iwata ; Koki Sugiyama
A radiant tube (RT) is generally used for the heating of steel plate in a continuous annealing line (CAL). The aim of the radiant tubes is to trans... More...

Development and Application of Intelligent Optimal Scheduling System for the Byproduct Gas in Steel Plants (Room 320)

06 May 19
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Kun Hu
The comprehensive utilization of byproduct gases is significant for energy savings within the steel industry. In this paper, the short-term predict... More...

Routine Furnace Maintenance Drives Productivity, Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings (Room 320)

07 May 19
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): John Martin
Proper furnace maintenance is essential to ensure reliable and efficient steel plant performance. This paper will focus on the benefits of proper ... More...

Turn Industrial Facilities’ DERs Into Revenue Generating Assets (Room 320)

07 May 19
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Rob Windle
Distributed Energy Resources (DERs) like solar, battery storage, combined heat and power, backup generation, and fuel cells offer industrial organi... More...

Combustion applications for steel industry: A closer look from efficiency lens (Room 320)

07 May 19
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Anup Sane
Combustion processes are widely used in the steel industry for process heating and power generation. Right from producing iron in a blast furnace t... More...

U.S. Department of Energy’s Resources for Industrial Process Heating Systems (Room 320)

07 May 19
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Kiran Thirumaran
The Department of Energy’s (DOE) Better Plants Program aims to drive energy efficiency in the U.S by partnering and working with energy intensive i... More...

Achieving Optimal Energy Savings in Hot Strip Mills With Predictive Solutions (Room 320)

07 May 19
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Hiroyuki Imanari ; Shutaro Shinohara ; Yuka Osaka ; Zijun Lu
It is effective for the variable speed control with inverter drives to be properly applied to pumps and fans in the steel industries to save energy... More...

New Pathways Toward Safe and Effective Cooling Systems (Room 320)

07 May 19
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Andreas Filzwieser ; Hans-Joerg Krassnig ; Martina Hanel ; Rolf Degel
The aim of creating the new ionic liquid cooling technology ILTEC with the novel cooling medium IL-B2001 was the elimination of water in critical a... More...

Reheat Furnace Efficiency at Laverton Rod Mill (Room 320)

07 May 19
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Andrea Fontana ; Geoffrey Brooks ; Jacob Stanford ; Rudi Janse van Vuuren
Significant rises in natural gas prices and increased demand for Australian steel production have resulted in a renewed focus on reheat furnace eff... More...

Enhanced Performance of AOD Hoods in Steel Mills With Composite Tubes Technology (Room 320)

07 May 19
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Felipe Beluche Lima ; Katie Day
AOD furnaces have been widely used in steel mills, but many challenges remain to increase the heat exchange efficiency in the furnace hood. Due to ... More...

The Power of Hot Water: Electricity From Low-Temperature Waste Heat (Room 320)

07 May 19
4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Tracks: Energy & Utilities

Speaker(s): Carl Berglund ; Joachim Karthauser ; Rakshith Sachitanand
Around 10% of the primary energy input to a reheating furnace is lost to skid cooling water. The low temperatures usually observed in the cooling l... More...