RT Journal Article
T1 Monitoring the environmental and energy impacts of electric arc furnace steelmaking
A1 Colla, Valentina
A1 Cirilli, Filippo
A1 Kleimt, Bernd
A1 Unamuno, Inigo
A1 Tosato, Silvia
A1 Baragiola, Stefano
A1 Klung, Jens Sebastian
A1 Quintero, Borja Peña
A1 De Miranda, Uggero
AB The problem of rating the environmental impact of industrial plants has been widely studied in recent years with a specific focus on CO2 emission and energy consumption. On the contrary, only limited attention has been paid to the evaluation of the resource efficiency and overall environmental impact of industrial plants. This paper presents the first results of the research project entitled "Environmental Impact Evaluation and Effective Management of Resources in the EAF Steelmaking" (EIRES), which aims at a plant-oriented approach with an internal reporting of environmental and energy issues. For this purpose, several Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) have been selected both from literature and operational practices, which can be easily interpreted by plant operators and managers. Furthermore a software tool has been implemented which allows to follow the evolution of these KPIs over time. The tool is not intended to compare the environmental performance of different companies, but to provide a practical support to the personnel of each single steelwork, in order to have an updated overview on the way the processes in the plant are operated from an environmental perspective and in order to identify measures and modifications of operational practices allowing to lower the environmental footprint of the production cycle.
SN 0032-6895
YR 2016
FD 2016
LK https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4086
UL https://hdl.handle.net/11556/4086
LA eng
NO Colla , V , Cirilli , F , Kleimt , B , Unamuno , I , Tosato , S , Baragiola , S , Klung , J S , Quintero , B P & De Miranda , U 2016 , ' Monitoring the environmental and energy impacts of electric arc furnace steelmaking ' , Materiaux et Techniques , vol. 104 , no. 1 , 104 . https://doi.org/10.1051/mattech/2015062
NO Publisher Copyright: © 2016 EDP Sciences.
NO The work described in the present paper was developed within the project entitled “EIRES – Environmental Impact Evaluation and Effective Management of Resources in the EAF Steelmaking” (Contract No. RFSR-CT-2013-00030) and has received funding from the Research Fund for Coal and Steel of the European Union, which is gratefully acknowledged. The sole responsibility of the issues treated in the present paper lies with the authors; the Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained therein.
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RD 30 jul 2024