Review of Progress in Developing Continuous Steelmaking

Abstract

Continuous steelmaking has been a topic of extensive research during the last one hundred fifty years. At least 80 different continuous steelmaking processes have been proposed worldwide with several progressing to the experimental and pilot plant stage. However, up to this point in time, there has been no success in designing a fully continuous steelmaking process that is commercially viable. This paper evaluates historic developments in continuous steelmaking and explores the possibilities of developing a new process for continuous steelmaking that could become commercially acceptable in the future.

Meeting Name

AISTech 2004 Iron and Steel Technology Conference (2004: Sep. 15-17, Nashville, TN)

Department(s)

Materials Science and Engineering

Research Center/Lab(s)

Peaslee Steel Manufacturing Research Center

Keywords and Phrases

Completely stirred tank reactor (CSTR); Continuous steelmaking; Historic developments; Plug flow reactor (PFR); Furnaces; History; Metal refining; Optimization; Raw materials; Reaction kinetics; Reliability; Research; Steel scrap

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1551-6997

Document Type

Article - Conference proceedings

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2004 Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

17 Sep 2004

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