A process model for EAF steelmaking

AISTech - Iron and Steel Technology Conference Proceedings

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages 435-443

  Wendelstorf, Jens ^a   Spitzer, Karl Heinz ^a  

^a CLAUSTHAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DRI; EAF; Electric arc furnace; Melting; Modelling; Process automation; Simulation; Steel making

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846147955     PISSN: 15516997     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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