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Steel plant energy recovery: Overview

Why a steelworks is industry's richest mine of waste energy

Why a steelworks is industry's richest mine of waste energy What this tile covers Recovering heat, pressure and gas in steelworks.

Key facts

Heat gradeHigh

Included from the reference tables

  • Coke dry quenching (CDQ)
  • Sinter cooler and slag heat recovery
  • Top-pressure recovery turbines (TRT)
  • Blast furnace, coke oven and converter gas

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Also in Heat to power and cogeneration

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