Reducing the energy consumption and CO2 emissions of energy intensive industries through decision support systems – An example of application to the steel industry

Comparison of multi-objective optimization techniques applied to off-gas management within an integrated steelwork

“…Such data have been used for the realization of the case studies presented in Section 4, and to validate optimization results. The structure of the database, as well as the software framework for the realization of a decision support system in the iron and steel industry are described in a previous work [31]. Source data are acquired through sensors installed on the different sub-plants.…”

Process integration analysis and some economic-environmental implications for an innovative environmentally friendly recovery and pre-treatment of steel scrap

“…1) in order to carry out simulations that enable to evaluate the processes in its completeness. The applicability of the software Aspen Plus Ò to the simulation of ironmaking and steelmaking processes have been demonstrated in previous literature: Schultmann et al [41] demonstrated that flowsheeting-based simulation can support in decisions related to the recycling concepts in metal industry; Fröhling et al [42] examined which recycling rate is optimal considering transportation planning measures and recycling rates; Porzio et al [43] presented an approach to the realization of a software system capable to generate internal report and simulate the process plants behavior in different conditions. The software has been used also for the simulation of water treatment and biomass processes [44] and as an opportunity to evaluate different PI-based solutions and scale-up potential [45].…”

Study of biomass applied to a cogeneration system: A steelmaking industry case

“…In particular, the blast furnace/basic oxygen furnace route, which uses 13e14 GJ per ton of iron produced, is much more energy intensive than the scrap/electric arc furnace route, which uses 4e6 GJ per ton of iron produced when using 100% scrap. The emissions of about 1.9 tons of CO 2 per ton of steel produced are attributed to this sector [41].…”