Effective management of energy in steel plant

In recent years, the need for a more rational and efficient management of energy has emerged as a strategic and urgent issue for an integrated iron and steel plant. Today energy plays an important role in the operation of the steel plant and inefficient use of energy has severe adverse effect on the plant bottom line. In fact, energy costs make up a large percentage of total operating costs. This has made the management of the steel plant to focus its attention on the use of energy in the plant and the efficient management of energy usage has become one of the prime objectives for the management of every steel plant. Active and efficient management of the energy not only helps in the energy conservation and minimization of environmental impact but it is also crucial in ensuring the competitiveness of the steel plant.

Effective management of the energy results into the following.

1. It provides opportunities to decrease the energy intensity/ton of crude steel.

2. It provides best or good practices to utilize energy sources more effectively

3. It provides best or good practices to recover energy (heat, and gas etc.) wherever practical

4. It enables the steel plant to develop plans for plant energy intensity reduction.

5. It helps prioritization of the capital investments for improving the energy efficiency with the biggest impact.

6. It optimizes purchase and consumption of all fuel types and energy inputs.

7. It provides opportunities to reduce carbon di oxide (CO2) and other emissions.

Types of energy used in the steel plant:

Purchased energies: Fuel energies, electricity

Generated energies: Byproduct fuels, electricity

Other energies: Chemical, pressure, steam and hot air

The management of energy in the steel plant has several components which need serious attention. These components are described below.

Quality of energy Quality of raw materialsProcess stabilityInefficient and inadequate maintenance Line losses, leakages and flaringHandling of solid wastesSize of the equipment, etc
Effective management of the energy cannot be done alone either by the energy department or by the individual production shop. It has to be  team effort with the participation of every one.

Fujian Putian Geili Machinery manufacturing Co., Ltd was founded in 2006, the registered capital of 20,000,000 yuan. The company is located in one of the city center onn the west side of the Straits Economic Zone, Xianyou Putian. As a professional and experience manufacturer in China, we can supply designing, manufacturing, installation and commissioning of the equipment with "turn-key" service.

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