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NLMK Group signs agreement with Paul Wurth for new gas cleaning system for blast furnance 6
NLMK Group, the largest steel producer in Russia and one of the most efficient steel companies in the world, has signed an agreement with Luxemburg-based engineering company Paul Wurth S.A. for the engineering and supply of equipment for a new gas cleaning unit at Blast Furnace 6 of NLMK’s Lipetsk production site.
It is planned that the construction of the gas cleaning unit for Blast Furnace 6, which has an output of 3.2 million tonnes per year, will begin in Q4 2015 and be completed in Q1/Q2 2016. In parallel, NLMK will begin testing of the top-pressure recovery turbine (TRT) which is currently under construction that will utilize excess blast furnace gas pressure.
Capex for the gas cleaning unit project is in excess of RUB 780 million.
Konstantin Lagutin, Vice President for Investment Projects, said: “The gas cleaning project, implemented as part of Strategy 2017, is aimed to further enhance production efficiency and to further develop the company’s inherent potential. The new unit will provide a fivefold improvement in Blast Furnace gas cleaning efficiency and channel it to the green energy facility, the top-pressure recovery turbine designed for electric energy generation through utilization of excess gas pressure that is currently under construction.”
The TRT under construction behind Blast Furnace 6 will be the second in the new TRT station complex. The already-installed TRT-1 utilizes gasses from Blast Furnace 7 and is currently undergoing hot testing. The two turbines are designed to have a combined output of 28 MW, increasing the company’s electric power self-sufficiency from 54% to 56% and reducing its dependence on external suppliers of electric power by 200 million kWh per year, which is around 6% of the current purchase volume.Subscribe for updates
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