Defossilization of Integrated Plants — Benefits and Challenges of Different EAF Designs

The global steel industry is increasing its efforts to defossilize and reduce its specific CO2 footprint. Using green electrical energy to melt iron units of scrap, pig iron, DRI and HBI of various mixtures and origins is beneficial to reduce the CO2 footprint, but leads to new challenges. Different EAF designs and process variants have been proven in the past and help to develop the EAFs of the future for higher input of DRI and HBI according to the steel quality demands. The present paper describes and discusses the proven technology options and their process realities for integrated plants.

Dr. Felix Firsbach | Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH
 

Per Lueckhoff | Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH
 

Ralf Schweikle | Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH
 

Andrea Pezza | Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH
 

Patrick Hansert | Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH
 

Peter van der Velden | Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH
 

Marcus Krause | Badische Stahl-Engineering GmbH