Experience of Using Volumetric-Regenerative Method of Fuel Combustion in Soaking-Pit Furnaces  Full text

V. I. Gubinskiy¹, A. O. Yeremin¹, M. G. Tryapichkin²

¹ National Metallurgical Academy of Ukraine
4 Gagarin Ave., Dnipropetrovsk, 49005, Ukraine
² JSC “ArselorMittal Kryvyy Rih”
1 Ordzhonikidze St., Kryviy Rih, Dnepropetrovsk region 50095, Ukraine

UDC 658.567.1: 662.613.125: 662.661.25

Metall. Min. Ind.,  2010, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 164-167

Abstract

An example of implementation of volumetric-regenerative method of fuel combustion in a soaking-pit furnace is presented. The principles of overhaul and creation of new fuel combustion method are considered. Results of five-year-operation of overhauled soaking-pit furnace are shown.

Keywords: VOLUMETRIC-REGENERATIVE METHOD OF FUEL COMBUSTION, SOAKING-PIT FURNACE, FUEL ECONOMY, BURNING LOSS, AIR HEATING, OPERATION