Voestalpine (Austria)

Mastering Operational Challenges in the Iron and Steel Industries by First-Principles Process Simulation with Hybrid Models

Abstract During the last decades, significant challenges for steel plant operators have emerged, embracing decreasing raw material qualities, increasing demands in product quality and variety, stricter environmental regulations, as well as supply-chain transformations. Consequent...

Evaluation of oxygen partial pressure, absolute pressure, and heating rate effects on the thermochemical conversion of a low volatile coal

Understanding the thermochemical conversion of pulverized coal (PC) in the blast furnace raceway zone is essential for improving coal utilization and process efficiency. However, determining kinetic parameters under raceway conditions remains challenging because direct measuremen...