New steel production technology with microwave and electric arc heating

2006 TMS Fall Extraction and Processing Division: Sohn International Symposium

Volumn 5, Issue , 2006, Pages 251-261

  Hwang, Jiann Yang ^a   Huang, Xiaodi ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coal; Electric arc; Iron; Microwave; Reduction; Steel

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC GROWTH; ELECTRIC ARC HEATING; STEEL PRODUCTION; STEELMAKING TECHNOLOGY;

COAL; ELECTRIC ARCS; HEAT TRANSFER; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MICROWAVE HEATING; REDUCTION;

STEELMAKING;

EID: 33846061270     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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