Page 46 - Steel Tech India eMagazine Volume April 2022

VOL. 16 • NO. 3 • April 2022

Technology, Product Development and Application

Different Methods in the Steel Industry of metal in the liquid state from oxide raw material.
It promises considerable simplification of the whole
Jet Process process and essential energy need minimization. Molten
Particularly equipment and robotization have been Oxide Electrolysis has been proved to utilize anode
improved and optimized within the most recent years materials which are graphite for use with ferro-alloys
to completely consent to real standards. One of the and titanium and iridium for use with iron. It is needed
latest advancements for exceptional converters is the to overcome several challenges to produce metal
Jet Process. General proficiency of over half is come without process carbon such as process temperature,
to and a wide scope of scrap rates can be handled in corrosion of metals considering electrolysis conditions,
an exceedingly profitable way. An innovative way to and abrasion of refractory materials.
amplify scrap and hBI (hot Briquetted Direct Reduced
Iron) rates in converter steelmaking.

the internal energy of the hot metal is discharged
during the oxygen-blowing step make it conceivable to
feed around 20% scrap converters. Providing external
power allows to make the rate up to around 30%. this
additional power usually can be given by electricity or
coal.

the Jet Process is designed to take advantage of
the chemical energy of coal more efficiently and cost-
effectively in the converter. Scrap metal additions can
be higher without external energy in this way. Also,
the high adaptability of the system makes it easier to Still, it offers exceptional properties in terms of
implement. hypothetically, scrap charge rates from 0 to applicability to multiple metals as well as high-
100% are conceivable with this adaptable procedure. temperature operations to produce liquid metal. A
No coal addition is necessary up to 30% scrap review of the transport properties of molten oxides
charges. to increase the adaptability it is designed a shows that an unprecedented yield can be predicted as
modular converter which enables the fast installation a promising feature for tonnage production in the steel
of a conventional BOF converter base and an oxygen industry.
blowpipe, thereby enabling the converter to be quickly Molten Oxide electrolysis advancements created at
installed to operate as a typical BOF converter.
the Massachusetts Institute of technology. Professor
Molten Oxide Electrolysis Donald R. Sadoway’s lab proved that it could be
possible to produce emission-free steel by producing
Molten Oxide electrolysis is an unconventional
electrometallurgical system that allows quick production low-cost inert anode at the lab scale with help from

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