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ORGANIZER;CN=ESTAD 2023:mailto:info@metec-estad.com
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SUMMARY:Digital strategies to tackle the CO2 and raw material crisis in steelmaking
DESCRIPTION:Steelmakers across the globe are increasingly facing a decarbonization challenge. Recent developments in raw material and energy cost, supply chain volatility and CO2 regulations have put a lot of pressure on steelmakers which underlines the need for highly efficient and sustainable production processes. The switch to electric and hydrogen-based steelmaking in Europe brings additional challenges and requires the use of new raw materials (such as DRI), operation practices and adapted secondary metallurgical processes. This is partly a journey into the unknown and must be carefully navigated for successful implementation. 

The present paper presents a new digital solution for the optimization of existing electrical steelmaking processes and to answer the following questions:
- How will new raw materials change my processes?
- How can I predict the behaviour of new metallurgical processes?
- How can I adapt to new equipment and technology?
- How to define new operating practices?

Metallurgical intelligence, cross-process optimization and sophisticated mathematical algorithms are at the core of this new application, which allows substantial cost savings, optimized production as well as reduced CO2 emissions. The influence of varying scrap composition, different types and amount of DRI, melting strategy, secondary metallurgical treatment and alloying strategies can be analysed and optimized in real-time. The presentation provides various practical examples, and the resulting cost and CO2 reduction is discussed.

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