New Partnership to Introduce Calcium-Carbide Based EAF Slag Technology
04/13/2009 - New partnership’s calcium-carbide based technology is said to help boost steelmaking productivity while lowering the EAF’s carbon footprint.
Carbide Industries LLC and NuFlux, LLC have formed a technical partnership for commercial implementation of a new advanced slag optimization technology for electric arc furnace steel production.
The technology involves making timed additions of calcium carbide together with optimally proportioned slag-making and slag-foaming additives, into the EAF during the steel melting and refining operation, according to Frank Kemeny, Vice President of Technology for NuFlux, LLC. Using calcium carbide as an alternative energy source helps to boost furnace efficiency, increase productivity, and reduce costs while helping to lower the carbon footprint of the EAF process.
“This technology has been under development for several years and is now ready for commercial implementation,” said John Gant, General Manager of Carbide Industries LLC. “Our announcement comes at a time when the U.S. steel sector is under pressure and is actively seeking ways to maximize process efficiency and reduce its costs.”
