Open AccessBlast Furnace Granular Coal Injection Projection. Annual Report, Jan 1 - Dec 31, 1997
Author(s) -
Not Given Author
Publication year - 1998
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1818
Subject(s) - coal , grind , grinding , engineering , blast furnace , waste management , metallurgy , phase (matter) , environmental science , mining engineering , materials science , chemistry , mechanical engineering , organic chemistry
This 1997 annual report describes the Blast Furnace Granular Coal Injection project being implemented at the Burns Harbor Plant of Bethlehem Steel Corporation. The project is receiving cost-sharing from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), and is being administrated by the Morgantown Energy Technology Center in accordance with the DOE Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FC21-91MC27362. This installation is the first in the United States to use British Steel technology1*2 that uses granular coal to provide a portion of the fuel requirements of blast furnaces. The project will demonstrate/assess a broad range of technical and economic issues associated with the use of coal for injection into blast furnaces. To achieve the progmm objectives, the demonstration project is divided into the following three Phases: Phase I - Design Phase II - Construction Phase III - Operation Preliminary Design (Phase 1) began in 1991 with detailed design commencing in 1993. Construction at the Burns Harbor Plant (Phase II) began in August 1993 and was completed at the end of 1994. The demonstration test program (Phase III) started in the fourth quarter of 1995