| Murray Hill, New Jersey, U.S., May 1, 2008 –Linde and ArcelorMittal will describe the benefits of using flameless oxyfuel technology in a continuous steel reheat furnace at AISTech 2008, the premier steel industry technology event in North America.
The Linde Group is a leading global gases and engineering company. ArcelorMittal is the world's largest and most global steel company. Mike Lantz and Doug Hassenzahl of ArcelorMittal will present a paper on how the Linde REBOX® flameless oxyfuel solutions increased reheating throughput and reduced fuel consumption at ArcelorMittal Shelby – Tubular Products in Shelby, Ohio. The paper was co-authored with Anders Lugnet, Grzegorz Moroz and Anders Carlsson of Linde.
AISTech 2008 begins May 5 at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. The Linde REBOX technologies will also be featured in booth #1552.
In their presentation on May 7, the authors will describe how, in 2007, Linde North America led a four-month, turnkey project to implement the REBOX® flameless oxyfuel technology at the seamless tube mill. The result was a 25 percent increase in reheating capacity and a decrease in fuel consumption of 50 percent versus oxy-enrichment and 65 percent versus airfuel. The implementation also delivered improved temperature uniformity for better piercing results, a 50 percent reduction of scale formation and minimized nitrogen oxide (NOX) and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions.
Tony Palermo, metals market segment manager, Linde North America, said, "Linde’s portfolio of unique REBOX® oxyfuel solutions gives the steel industry a range of options for improving productivity and operating flexibility, reducing costs and cutting greenhouse gas emissions on reheating and annealing furnaces, often as turnkey projects with guaranteed performance. The REBOX solutions have been very successful in improving the performance of existing equipment without a large capital investment.”
Linde’s in-house furnace and process engineering experts have converted over 110 furnaces worldwide to REBOX oxyfuel combustion. REBOX oxyfuel solutions enable rolling mills, forge shops, annealing operations and hot-dip galvanizing lines to increase furnace throughput by as much as 50 percent and improve operational flexibility, heating performance and temperature uniformity while reducing scale formation and cutting fuel consumption.
About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal has 310,000 employees in more than 60 countries. The company brings together the world's number one and number two steel companies, Arcelor and Mittal Steel. ArcelorMittal is the leader in all major global markets, including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with leading R&D and technology, as well as sizeable captive supplies of raw materials and outstanding distribution networks. An industrial presence in 28 European, Asian, African and American countries exposes the company to all the key steel markets, from emerging to mature, positions it will be looking to develop in the high-growth Chinese and Indian markets.
About The Linde Group
The Linde Group is a world leading gases and engineering company with more than 50,000 employees working in around 100 countries worldwide. In the 2007 financial year it achieved sales of EUR 12.3 billion (USD$18.7 billion). The strategy of The Linde Group is geared towards earnings-based and sustainable growth and focuses on the expansion of its international business with forward-looking products and services.
Linde acts responsibly towards its shareholders, business partners, employees, society and the environment – in every one of its business areas, regions and locations across the globe. Linde is committed to technologies and products that unite the goals of customer value and sustainable development.
For more information, see The Linde Group web site at http://www. linde.com
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Peter Gavigan
Linde corporate communications
908-771-1512
Peter.gavigan@linde.com |
