INFRASTRUCTURE

 

Blast Furnace

Iron is made in the Blast Furnaces by smelting iron bearing materials with the help of coke and air. The solid charge materials like sinter, sized iron ore, coke etc. are charged in the vertical shaft of the Blast Furnace at top and hot air blast is blown through the tuyeres located at the bottom. The oxygen from the hot air combines with the carbon of the coke and generates heat and carbon monoxide. The gases, while ascending upwards react with the descending charge materials. Eventually the charge melts and hot metal and slag are produced and tapped out. The cooled gas is also used as fuel in the plant. The Paul-Wurth, bell less top system is installed for furnace charging.

Facilities

  • Two Blast Furnaces of 3200 cum. useful volume each.
  • One Blast Furnace of 3800 cum. useful volume.

Salient Features

BF-1&2
  • Conveyorised charging of Blast Furnaces.
  • Paul-Wurth “Bell-less” top charging system for Blast Furnace.
  • On-line correction of coke moisture and batch weights.
  • Circular cast house with four tap holes and no slag notch.
  • Cast house slag granulation plant.
  • Tuyere leakage detection system
  • Gas Expansion turbines for power generation by utilizing the blast furnace gas top pressure.
  • Automation with Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC)
BF- 3
  • New Generation Parallel Hopper Bell Less Top
  • BF Cooling elements (Cast Iron Staves & Copper Staves)
  • Flat Cast house Equipment (by TMT)
  • INBA Slag Granulation system
  • Annular Gap Scrubber
  • Pulverized Coal Injection system
  • Hot Stoves (internal combustion chamber)
  • Automation

Capacity

  • Production Capacity – 3.4 MT of Hot Metal per annum for BF-1&2
                                      – 2.5 MT of Hot Metal per annum for BF-3