MANAGEMENT OF MATERIAL FLOWS IN THE STEEL INDUSTRY. CASE STUDY: ELABORATION OF STEEL IN AN ELECTRIC ARC FURNACE

Ioana FARCEAN, Gabriela PROŞTEAN, Erika ARDELEAN

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Worldwide, the activity of all steel companies must comply with the recommendations set out in the Best Available Techniques Reference (BREF), documents related to the Best Available Techniques (BAT) specifications issued for iron and steel production. For this reason, the main BAT specifications for the management of raw materials and production residues/waste, applied to companies producing steel in electric arc furnace, have been identified in this paper. The case study was carried out for a steel mill equipped with an electric arc furnace to present the management of production material and waste streams, also with the objective of identifying the degree of compliance with specific BAT techniques. Based on the findings, the authors developed a series of proposals to improve material management within the steel company for which the case study was conducted.

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