Analysis of the Theoretical and Practical Energy Requirements to ...
This paper derives from first principles simple relationships that can be used to compute energy requirements for the production of hot metal (pig iron) in a blast furnace (BF) or direct reduced iron (DRI) in a direct reduction furnace (DRF), and the transformation of hot metal and DRI into crude steel in a basic oxygen furnace (BOF) or electric arc furnace (EAF) with the addition of scrap ...