AISTech 2022

Operational Results of Lumar Metals Chemical Energy Package Revamp at JSPL Angul, India, in 250-Ton-Capacity EAF Charging Hot Metal and DRI (Room 406)

16 May 22
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM

Tracks: Electric Steelmaking

Speaker(s): Raju PSJKK, Director of India, Lumar Metals; Paulo Hopperdizel, Director, Lumar Metals Ltda.; Thiago Pinto Wandekoken, Master, Lumar Metals North America; Atul Dubey, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.; Rakesh Sinha, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.; P. V. Rammurthy, Jindal Steel & Power Ltd.

JSPL Angul, India, a steel company with plant capacity of 6.0 millions tons per year, has a blast furnace and direct reduced iron plant, steel meltshop with one 250-ton-capacity basic oxygen furnace and one 250-ton-capacity electric arc furnace (EAF). During January 2019, JSPL planned to implement a chemical energy package revamp on the EAF to increase the productivity. This revamp consisted in a new EAF chemical package supplied by Lumar Metals. The paper shows the project development and operational results.