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SUMMARY:Søderberg electrode technology in DRI smelting : An overview of the features and trends in similar pyrometallurgical processes
DESCRIPTION:A transition of the steelmaking industry towards the green steel making and the reduction of CO2 emissions includes the substitution of the blast furnace route of pig iron production by melting of the Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) in electric furnaces, typically employed in ferroalloy smelting. Two types of furnace designs are presently offered by engineering companies, which operate in either an immersed electrode or brush arc mode configuration, but all of them are based on the application of Søderberg electrodes. Elkem Carbon Solutions, as the inventor of the Søderberg electrode technology, has over a century of experience in the operation of Søderberg electrodes in various pyrometallurgical processes and diverse configurations of electric furnaces.
This paper provides an overview of the current features and latest trends in Søderberg electrodes, and their application within ferroalloy smelting, with a focus on the electrode operation under similar conditions to those envisaged for DRI smelters.

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