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PROCESSES
- Agglomeration
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Coking
- Blast
Furnace
- Direct Reduction
- Basic Oxygen Furnace
- Electric Arc Furnace
- Heat Treating
- Ladle Metallurgy
- Continuous Casting
- Ingot Casting
- Ladle Preheating
- Secondary Finishing
- Surface
Coating
PROCESSES
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Combustion Technology
Energy Consumption
Process Description
R&D Trends
Energy consumption varies from 350-700 kWh/ton of steel produced. The "typical" EAF without oxyfuel burners uses 475 kWh/ton. As shown, the use of oxyfuel burners reduces electric consumption to 425 kWh/ton.