Blast Furnace



ROOM E TUESDAY, 23rd October 2018
Time Title Authors
8.00 a.m. Reduction of coke moisture measure deviation in the Ternium Brazil blast furnaces by DMAIC methodology. R. Kubrusly, A. Hirano, D. de Oliveira Souza, E. Ribeiro, M. Landim, G. Viturino da Silva (Ternium, Brazil)
8.30 a.m. Use of green petroleum coke in the Ternium Brazil batteries. A. Andrade Jaccard, A. Pitard Lima, L. de Andrade, V. Cardoso Pereira (Ternium, Brazil)
9.00 a.m. Operational return of Usiminas BF#1. F. Caracoche, H. Muzzi Martins, W. Gomes de Albuquerque, G. Viana Cardoso (Usiminas, Brazil)
9.30 a.m. Innovations in natural resource utilization: Recent advances in sinter mix preparations at Tata Steel India. D. Prasad, S. Sinha, S. Bhuyan, A. Chatterjee, V. Nand, S. Ojha (Tata Steel Limited, India)
10.30 a.m. Blow-in of Usiminas Ipatinga blast furnace#1 (8th Campaign). M. Vivaldino Fernandes, M. Garcia de Oliveira, L. Gonçalves Generoso, A. Carvalhido, H. Muzzi Martins (Usiminas, Brazil)
11.00 a.m. Mathematical modelling of desulphurisation of raw iron by powder injection in a ladle. R. Safavi Nick, M. Brämming, J. Alexis (Swerea MEFOS, Sweden); L. Gustavsson (SSAB, Sweden)
2.00 p.m. Productivity improvement by optimizing bed height at sinter plant#4 Tata Steel Jamshedpur. B. Chatterjee, S. Sinha, G. Bose, M. Kannan (Tata Steel, India)
2.30 p.m. Change of technology in Ternium Argentina byproduct plant: Removal of H2S and NH3 from COG (coke oven gas). N. Boggiano, L. Pascual, A. Aused, J. Ingaramo (Ternium, Argentina)
3.00 p.m. Influence of the drying and heating-up cycle on the properties of high-alumina castables used in torpedo car’s mouth. S. Camelli, M. Rimoldi, N. Marsiglia (Instituto Argentina de Siderurgia, Argentina); P. Marinelli, P. Llop (Ternium, Argentina)
4.00 p.m. The application of silica sol combining refractory castable in ironmaking system. R. Zhang, S. Sun, G. Liu, D. Eurin (Beijing Allied Rongda Engineering Material, China)
4.30 p.m. Degradation mechanisms of SI3N4-bonded SiC bricks installed in blast furnace’s shaft. S. Camelli, M. Rimoldi, A. Vázquez (Instituto Argentino de Siderurgia, Argentina); P. Marinelli, J. Mirabelli (Ternium, Argentina)
5.00 p.m. Development of a SiC-based shotcrete refractory for blast furnace’s lower shaft: Sticking behavior and industrial experience. B. Kesselheim, P. Tassot, C. Pilz, C. Feliciano (Refratechnik Steel, Germany)

ROOM F THURSDAY, 25th October 2018
Time Title Authors
8.30 a.m. Development of no-cement castables for Iromaking. M. J. Rimoldi, N. Marsiglia, S. Camelli (Instituto Argentina de Siderurgia, Argentina); D. Lavarra, J. L. Martins (Carbo San Luis, Argentina)
9.00 a.m. Ternium Argentina BF2 current campaign performance and staves control. S. Margot, R. Musante, O. Lingiardi (Ternium, Argentina)
9.30 a.m. Actions of the Ternium Brazil sinter plant for increased productivity and improved the physical quality of the sinter product. M. Pereira Cangani, R. Oliveira Silva, W. Garcia Silveira, V. Viana Silva (Ternium, Brazil)
10.00 a.m. Maintenance strategies on non redundant equipment of a coke battery. L. Lillo, C. Larena, J. Concha, F. Orellana, O. Arroqui (CAP Acero – Huachipato, Chile)
11.00 a.m. Influence of sinter chemical composition on metallurgical properties of Ternium Argentina BF2 ore burden. S. Margot, P. Etchevarne, R. Musante (Ternium, Argentina); S. Oreggioni, O. Baglivo (Instituto Argentino de Siderurgia, Argentina)
11.30 a.m. Reducing natural gas consumption in hot stoves of Ternium Brazil blast furnaces. R. Kubrusly, A. Hirano, G. Viturino, K. Lovati, M. Muniz, M. Teodoro, M. Macedo (Ternium, Brazil)