

The purpose of this research was to develop a better understanding of the post-combustion process and evaluate the effects of heat transfer and fluid flow phenomena that take place in the EAF. This reaction being highly exothermic results in large quantities of energy which can be utilized within the furnace. Post combustion is the injection of secondary oxygen into steelmaking vessels in order to convert the generated CO to CO 2. This energy is the target of post-combustion studies. "There have been a lot of technical advances in electric arc furnace (EAF) steelmaking over the last 30 years, but there is still a significant amount of energy that might be recovered and utilized within the EAF to improve the productivity and reduce the carbon monoxide content of the offgas.Ībout 20% of the energy in a typical EAF is lost as sensible heat or unutilized chemical energy in the offgas.
