Innovative Descaling Solutions for Steel Plants: The Promise of Submerged Flight Conveyor Technology

Steel plants face descaling challenges due to the inefficiency and large footprint of existing scale pits. UCC Environmental (UCC) has developed submerged flight conveyor (SFC) technology to address these issues. Proven successful in dewatering bottom ash in over 100 installations worldwide, this technology shows promise for steel mill scale materials. UCC validated this by characterizing scale sampled from a steel plant in the central U.S., finding significant similarities between steel mill scale and bottom ash. SFC technology offers benefits like continuous automated operation, reduced footprint, cost savings and improved dewatering efficiency.

Authors:

Jack Ma | UCC Environmental
 

Kevin Matyas | UCC Environmental
 

Keith Johnson | UCC Environmental
 

Kevin Grooms | UCC Environmental
 

Peter Jarrett | UCC Environmental
 

Caleb Thornburg | UCC Environmental
 

Session Chairs:

Adam Pace | Monroe Environmental Corp.
 

Justin Gould | NALCO Water, An Ecolab Company