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Siemens to Modernize Baosteel EAF with RCB System
05/26/2009 - Siemens VAI Metals Technologies will equip an electric arc furnace in Baosteel’s Shanghai factory with a Refining Combined Burner system.
Baoshan Iron & Steel Co. Ltd. (Baosteel), China, has placed an order with Siemens VAI Metals Technologies to equip an electric arc furnace in its Shanghai factory with a Refining Combined Burner (RCB) system. The order volume is in the single-digit million euro range.
Baosteel group’s aim of this modernization project is to increase furnace productivity while also reducing its energy consumption. According to Siemens, installation of its RCB system will help to reduce electrical energy consumption per tonne of steel by up to 10%. The system is also said to help reduce tapping times sufficiently that EAF productivity can be increased by more than 6%.
Siemens’ scope of supply for the project includes RC-Burners, modular front plates, and valve stands for gas, oxygen and nitrogen. Siemens will also provide the associated automation technology.
Siemens’ scope of supply for the project includes RC-Burners, modular front plates, and valve stands for gas, oxygen and nitrogen. Siemens will also provide the associated automation technology.
The modernized electric arc furnace will resume production with the new RCB System after a short down time in 2010.
Baosteel Group is the largest steel producer in China.
The Siemens Industry Sector (Erlangen, Germany) is a leading international supplier of production, transportation, building and lighting technologies. The Sector consists of six Divisions: Building Technologies, Drive Technologies, Industry Automation, Industry Solutions, Mobility and Osram. With around 222,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry posted in fiscal year 2008 a profit of EUR3.86 billion with revenues totaling EUR38 billion.
With the business activities of Siemens VAI Metal Technologies (Linz, Austria), Siemens Water Technologies (Warrendale, Pa.), and Industrial Technologies (Erlangen, Germany), the Siemens Industry Solutions Division (Erlangen, Germany) is one of the world's leading solution and service providers for industrial and infrastructure facilities. Using its own products, systems and process technologies, Industry Solutions develops and builds plants for end customers, commissions them and provides support during their entire life cycle. With around 31,000 employees worldwide Siemens Industry Solutions achieved an order intake of EUR 8.415 billon in fiscal year 2008.
