Work is continuing on heat transfer, post-combustion and scrap melting in projects in the Steel Research Centre . This work is being extended to carbon injection into slags, which is important for EAF steelmaking, and slag cleaning in non-ferrous smelting operations. This project is supported by the Steel Research Centre . Another project on tin removal from steel by calcium injection follows on from previous work on calcium treatment of steel. This work is funded by the American Iron and Steel Institute to improve the recyclability of tin plate.
Work is also underway on mathematical modelling of electric smelting furnaces.
The electric furnace section of Cominco's Kivcet furnace is being modelled. ISS, Jan, pp. Numerical Simulation, Metall. Feel free to contact us .