SSAB Converts Mill Furnace to LNG
11/28/2017 - SSAB will begin burning liquefied natural gas (LNG) instead of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) in the walking beam furnace at its Raahe strip mill, the company said.
"Use of LNG will enable SSAB to replace the use of oil-based fuels and thus reduce present levels of particulate, nitrogen and sulfur oxide, and carbon dioxide emissions. LNG will replace roughly 90% of the LPG used earlier at the mill, although LPG is still required for flame cutting, for example," it said.
LNG will be shipped to the Finnish mill on tanker trucks originating from Manga LNG’s terminal in Tornio, Finland.
The company said its Borlänge mill in Sweden converted to liquefied natural gas several years ago.
