USE OF NOVEL REFRACTORY DESIGN AND INSTALLATION TECHNIQUES FOR IMPROVED ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN IRON AND STEEL AND OTHER ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES

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Abstract

This paper describes the planned work to be performed under a United States Department of Energy funded project to bring together partners necessary to develop and deploy new technologies which could increase the thermal efficiency of the steel and other energy intensive industries. It is anticipated that such improvements in energy efficiency will reduce the overall energy and environmental footprint of heavy industry, as well as provide economic benefit to the individual companies. The described project brings together a vertically integrated collaborative team consisting of the end user (U.S. Steel), material producers/suppliers (Allied Mineral Products and Reno Refractories), raw material suppliers (American Metallurgical Services, Minerals Manufacturing), and research organizations (Oak Ridge National Laboratory, National Energy Technology Laboratory and University of Alabama-Birmingham) with the objective of designing and producing new refractory materials based on novel aggregates, improved particle packing, and engineered surface texture. In addition, the recycling and use of spent refractory materials will be investigated and a novel installation technique will be developed taking advantage of new additive manufacturing technology and existing refractory shotcrete technology. It is expected that the combination of these new technologies will enable improvements in the energy and economic efficiency of the steel industry while also contributing to the decarbonization of the refractory and steel industries. Additionally, the developed technology is expected to be applicable to other energy intensive industries such as cement, glass, pulp and paper, and nonferrous metals processing.

Original languageEnglish
StatePublished - 2022
Event17th Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories, UNITECR 2022 - Chicago, United States
Duration: Mar 15 2022Mar 18 2022

Conference

Conference17th Unified International Technical Conference on Refractories, UNITECR 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityChicago
Period03/15/2203/18/22

Funding

The author would like to thank Beth Armstrong, Andrew Wereszczak and YYY for their review of this manuscript and constructive suggestions. Funding for this work was provided by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO). This document has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). This document has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The author would like to thank Beth Armstrong, Andrew Wereszczak and YYY for their review of this manuscript and constructive suggestions. Funding for this work was provided by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Advanced Manufacturing Office (AMO).

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