Energy saving plan for metal industries

The following table shows the energy saving technology for each facility in a steel plant
Plan Equipment Mechanical equipment and system technology
Manufacture of Pig iron Combustion equipment

• Coke oven combustion equipment
• Air heating furnace combustion equipment

Collection of waste heat

• Coke dry quenching (CDQ)
• Collection of exhaust gas heat in coke oven
• Collection of coke oven furnace gas heat
• Collection of heat from sinter cooler
• Blast Furnace dry-type TRT
• Heat collection of air heating furnace
• Material drying preheating equipment

Other Processes

• Pulverized coal injection (PCI)
• Coal moisture control equipment
• Dust collector speed control, or combustion blower

Steel making Heat utilization equipment

• Arc furnace optimum electrical control system
• Arc furnace electric pole variable speed drive hoisting equipment
• Ladle refining optimum operation control system
• Larger arc furnace transformer capacity

Collection of waste heat

• Material preheating equipment for electric furnace

Electrical Energy Saving

• Speed control of dust blower
• High-speed electric hoisting control, furnace cover control

Rolling/ surface treatment Collection of waste heat

• Boiler for waste heat utilization
• Heat accumulation type regenerator

Electrical Energy Saving

• Speed control of auxiliary motor on main motor
• Speed control of roll cooling water pump
• Pressure control of de-scaling pump

Rod/ Shaping/ Fabrication Heat utilization equipment

• Speed control of furnace blower

Collection of waste heat

• Waste heat utilization
• Collection of annealing exhaust gas heat

Electrical Energy Saving

• Speed control of cooling fan motor for main motor
• Speed control of roll cooling water pump
• Change motor from DC to variable-speed AC

Other energy consumption plant Cogeneration equipment

• Multiple-stage extraction steam turbine
• Back pressure turbine

Electric power use equipment

• Speed control of Fan or Pump
• Power factor improvement equipment
• High efficiency motor/ electric transformer

Lighting system

• High efficiency lighting system
* High frequency fluorescent lamp lighting

★Abstract from 「"Type 1 specified Business Operator" the guide for mid and long term scenario- (4) Steel plant」 - publication in Japan by ECCJ, Japan 1999 with TMEIC's amendments from electrical point of view.

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