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Tenova Goodfellow to Install EFSOP Technology on Wheeling Pittsburgh EAF
10/30/2007 - Tenova Goodfellow will install Goodfellow EFSOP process control technology on Wheeling-Pittsburgh’s 270-ton Consteel EAF installation at the company’s Steubenville/Mingo Junction Plant.
Tenova Goodfellow has finalized contract negotiations to apply the Goodfellow EFSOP® process control technology as part of Wheeling-Pittsburgh’s 270-ton Consteel® EAF installation at the company’s Steubenville/Mingo Junction Plant. This EAF is unique in its capacity to charge hot metal and scrap simultaneously.
Tenova Goodfellow’s scope of work for the project will include providing process technology and equipment to sample and analyze EAF off-gases continuously at the fourth hole for CO, CO2, O2 and H2. This technology will help to provide real-time closed-loop process control of steelmaking, resulting in improved operations, energy savings, lower conversion costs and safety benefits.
Specific benefits to be realized with the installation include increased safety resulting from maximized post combustion plus CO and H2 measurements in the off-gas; and improved energy efficiency. Energy improvements will result from the use of the new technology to identify periods of low energy transfer (energy waste) in the EAF; track the efficiency of oxygen injection operations to aid in adjustment of lancing profiles; and monitor carbon recovery to aid in adjustment of carbon injection profiles.
Wheeling-Pittsburgh will also employ Tenova Goodfellow’s EFSOP technology to recognize and track changes in the scrap quality.
Headquartered in Wheeling, W.Va., Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Corp. is a producer of carbon flat rolled products for the construction, container, appliance, converter/processor, steel service center, automotive and other markets. The company's products include various sheet products such as hot rolled, cold rolled, hot dipped galvanized, electro-galvanized, black plate and electrolytic tinplate.
Based in Mississauga, Ont., Canada, Tenova Goodfellow Inc. (TGI) is a Canadian company and an integrated member of Tenova. Tenova, formerly Techint Technologies, designs and supplies advanced technologies, products and services for the metal and mining industries. Tenova is part of the Techint Group, whichalso manages Tenaris and Ternium.
