Tour of Stelco Lake Erie Works

Thursday 26 September 2024

8 a.m.

1. Chairs’ opening remarks—John Hill and Brian Black 
2. Appoint minute-taker
3. Antitrust guidelines

• IMTC—

• EUTC—

4. Membership and attendance

1. IMTC—6 May • Columbus, OH

2. EUTC—8 May • Columbus, OH

5. Review minutes of previous meeting
6. AIST Staff Announcements
7. Safety Discussion and review of AIST Steel Industry Fatalities

Main agenda items

• AISTech session development—Jesse Carreau, Husain Tapia, Russ Chapman

  • Selection of Abstracts (Due by 16 Sept)

  • Determine session structure (Due by 28 Oct) including session titles & session chairs

  • Review Papers Chair and Session Chair instructions

  • Solicit volunteers for Session Chairs

• IMTC—

• EUTC—

• Finalize AISTech call for papers for 2026 (next year)

  • IMTC—Blast furnace operations including startup & shutdown; campaign extension; furnace relines/rebuilds; environmental programs in ironmaking; maintenance programs for ensuring reliability; hearth and taphole design; monitoring and maintenance; blast furnace stoves, stove refractory and safe stove operation; ironmaking raw materials; waste oxides recycling; hydrogen-based ironmaking; blast furnace refractory and cooling systems; ironmaking equipment design and improvement including injection; ironmaking control and modeling. Incorporate decarbonization; an open discussion item to add any new topics for the changing landscape.
    EUTC— “Energy efficiency in the use of combustion and purchased utilities; practical application and innovative uses of byproduct gases, reducing carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions (low-carbon energy sources, renewable energy, carbon capture, carbon storage and decarbonization), water usage and reduction, steam, industrial gases, compressed air, electricity, lighting, heat recovery systems, boilers/furnaces, and power generation.

• Technology committee award planning—John Hill

  • EUTC—Energy Achievement Award

  • IMTC—Josef S. Kapitan Award, Thomas L. Joseph Award, J.E Johnson Award

• Finalize committee roundup—Stuart Street

  • IMTC Blast Furnace Roundup due Feb 12, 2025, for publication in the April Issue of IS&T

• Technology Training conference—Tina Wolff, Larry Fabina

  • Review of Energy Reduction Fundamentals in the Steel Industry—Nashville, TN 12-14 March 2024

  • Review planning of Thermal Combustion seminar March 2025

• Study Tour planning Ironmaking

• Liaison Reports (Digital and Decarbonization)

10 a.m.

Break

“Decarbonization Pathway [IMTC] Initiative” an Update & Discussion from IMTC Subcommittee work on identifying two branches of the pathway and highlighting progress made—Joe Morey & Brian Black

11:30 a.m.

Lunch

Discussion items and Joint Presentations

De-carbonization look forward at Stelco – High level overview

1. Safety at Stelco by Debasish Kakoty-Stelco

   1. Technology Based Safety Projects”

   2. “New Safety Training Programs”

2. “Carbon Capture, Past, Present and Future with gas cleaning by Mark Puett- Elessent Clean Technologies

3. “Large Scale Hydrogen Production and Distribution” by Air Products

4. Roundtable discussion “Energy Use, Reuse and Efficiency”, David Marshall moderator

Next Meeting

• IMTC—February 2025 with Eastern States Blast Furnace and Coke Oven Association meeting Pittsburgh, PA

• EUTC—T.B.D. combined with Thermal Combustion seminar March 2025

Chair conclusion

4 p.m.

Adjourn

5:30 pm.

Northern Chapter Reception

Please register separately for the chapter dinner.

Friday 27 September 2024

9 a.m.

Tour of Stelco Lake Erie Works
Address: 2330 Regional Road #3
Nanticoke ON Canada N0A 1L0
Meet at hotel lobby 8am to carpool with roughly 1hr to tour site
Carpooling is encouraged (30 maximum tour attendees)
Safety Video and guest registration
Participants:  Bringing your own safety boots and/or other PPEs are highly encouraged. Note:  when leaving the designated walkways, Class 2+ high visibility apparel and approved safety boots with metatarsals are required. See AIST for a complete list of STELCO-approved PPE.
Suggested:  Long-sleeved shirts, long pants, eye and hearing protection, gloves and footwear.  Suggested Footwear:  Closed toe, no sandals. Heels should be full width flat soled. Stelco-LEW will provide PPE for those who aren’t able to travel with their own equipment.
Tour will include:

1. Blast Furnace

2. Pig caster

3. Wergen

4. CPS Building (Boiler upgrade)

Noon

Adjourn