Wuhan Iron and Steel Company Modern Blast Furnace Group
Wuhan Iron and Steel Company (WISCO), a subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group, has built a modern blast furnace group with a total capacity of 8.5 million tons. The blast furnace technology adopted here is the most advanced in the world. It is thermally efficient and environmentally friendly. The use of advanced technologies and processes ensures that this blast furnace produces high quality steel products, and is an important contributor to the industrys success in modernizing and promoting the supply side structural reform.
The technology of this blast furnace groups consists of three parts: blast furnace, hot metal mixer and electric furnace. The blast furnace is equipped with two 1,250 meters cubic meters high-capacity blast furnaces, two off-blast mixers, one decarbonization and dephosphorization unit, one molten iron cooler and two hot blast stoves. As one of the most advanced blast furnace technologies, the hot metal mixer not only significantly improves the refining process, but also boosts the refining ratio of steel by 10%. The electric furnace provided by the company is based on the current most advanced equipment, and its maximum power can reach 250 megawatts. The power is converted and stored in the electric furnace furnace, which then provides energy to the entire production process, thus achieving an efficient and energy-saving production technology.
The construction of the WISCO modern blast furnace group marks a great achievement in the digitization, automation and intelligentsification of Chinas steel industry. The implementation of new technologies and processes in this furnace will help to increase the production capacity, as well as the quality and efficiency of the steel products that are produced here. This is a great step towards making Wuhan Iron and Steel Company a global leader in advanced blast furnace technology.
Furthermore, the adoption of this blast furnace group at WISCO is also a great way of mitigating environmental concerns. The adoption of this technology has improved air quality and energy-efficiency, while also reducing emissions of polluting compounds. In addition, the use of technologies such as positive pressure combustion and oxy-fuel combustion helps to reduce smoke, dust, sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides in the production process. This makes the finished steel products both safe and eco-friendly.
Overall, Wuhan Iron and Steel Companys modern blast furnace group will not only improve steel production efficiency and quality, but it will also reduce air pollution and energy consumption. This is an important step in the modernizing and upgrading of the Chinese steel industry, and it is part of the countrys efforts to become a leader in the global steel industry.
