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Metallurgical Characteristics and Effectiveness of Metallic Charges in Electric Arc Furnace
Author(s) -
Du ChengWu,
Zhu MiaoYong,
Sun LiNa,
Dong ShiZe
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
developments in chemical engineering and mineral processing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1932-2143
pISSN - 0969-1855
DOI - 10.1002/apj.5500140303
Subject(s) - scrap , electric arc furnace , pig iron , metallurgy , raw material , electric arc , materials science , steelmaking , metal , electrode , chemistry , organic chemistry
The use of direct reduced iron (DRI), hot metal, cold pig iron, decarburized granular iron, iron carbide, and complex metal charges to replace scrap metal as the feedstock to an electric arc furnace not only resolves the lack of scrap supply, but is also very helpful in diluting the residual elements in the scrap, thus improving the quality of the steel. It has now become possible to produce high‐quality steel in an electric arc furnace. In this paper, the characteristics and effectiveness of various metallic charges for use in an electric arc furnace (EAF) are discussed.