Steel production with microwave assisted electric arc furnace technology

TMS Annual Meeting

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 225-234

  Hwang, Jiann Yang ^a   Huang, Xiaodi ^a   Shi, Shangzhao ^a  

^a MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL MEETINGS; BASIC OXYGEN FURNACE; CAPITAL COSTS; CHEMICAL-; COAL; CURRENT TECHNOLOGIES; ELECTRIC ARC; ELECTRIC-ARC FURNACE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; EXTERNAL FIELDS; FLUXING AGENTS; HIGH ENERGY EFFICIENCIES; IRON-MAKING; MATERIALS PROCESSING; MICHIGAN TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY; MICROWAVE; MICROWAVE ABSORBERS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED; MOLTEN STEELS; PRODUCTION COSTS; REACTION ACCELERATION; REDUCTION; STEEL PRODUCTION; VOLUMETRIC HEATING;

ARC LAMPS; BASIC OXYGEN CONVERTERS; BLAST FURNACES; CAVITY RESONATORS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; COKING; CONSERVATION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTRIC ARCS; ELECTRIC FURNACE PROCESS; ELECTRIC FURNACES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FURNACES; HEATING; IRON; IRON ORE TREATMENT; IRON ORES; IRON OXIDES; METAL REFINERIES; METALLURGICAL FURNACES; MICROWAVES; NONMETALS; ORES; OXYGEN; SINTERING; STEEL; STEEL FOUNDRY PRACTICE; STEEL METALLURGY; STEELMAKING; STEELMAKING FURNACES; TECHNOLOGY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 51649086396     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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