Monitoring the wear of the refractory lining in the blast-furnace hearth

The Razgar Gorna computer program is developed for calculating two-dimensional temperature fields in any vertical and horizontal cross section of the blast-furnace hearth. In the calculations, the heat-conduction equations are solved by means of readings from many temperature sensors (up to 1000, depending on the volume) installed within the furnace lining between the refractory modules. Continuous temperature monitoring at each point permits the determination of the remaining lining thickness and prediction of the onset of lining wear, as necessary. A mathematical model is employed in continuous temperature monitoring of the lining. The database of the Razgar Gorna program relies on the collection, analysis, and transmission of information from the temperature or heat-flux sensors. The program is in use at blast furnaces in Chinese steelworks at Jinan (two furnaces), Jiyuan, and Liuzhou. © 2013 Allerton Press, Inc

The measurement results of carbon ion beam structure extracted by bent crystal from U-70 accelerator

The carbon ion +6C beam with energy 25 GeV/nucleon was extracted by bent crystal from the U-70 ring. The bent angle of silicon crystal was 85 mrad. About 2*105 particles for 109 circulated ions in the ring were observed in beam line 4a after bent crystal. Geometrical parameters, time structure and ion beam structure were measure

Application of bent crystals at IHEP 70-GeV accelerator to enhance the efficiency of its usage

Bent crystal was extracting 70-GeV protons with average intensity 4*10^11 (as measured in external beamline) per spill of 1.6 s duration, in parallel to the simultaneous work of two internal targets in the accelerator ring. An additional crystal, placed in the external beamline, was deflecting a small part of the extracted beam with intensity 10^7 protons toward another physics experiment. Crystal-extracted beam had a typical size of 4 mm by 4 mm fwhm at the end of the external beamline. Measurements for the extraction efficiency and other characteristics at the simultaneous work of four experimental set-ups are presented. With crystal working in the above-said regime during one month, no degradation of channeling was observed. The studies of extraction efficiency have been continued with new crystals.Comment: 6pp. Presented at EPAC 200

Channeling and Volume Reflection Based Crystal Collimation of Tevatron Circulating Beam Halo (T-980)

The T980 crystal collimation experiment is underway at the Tevatron to determine if this technique could increase 980 GeV beam-halo collimation efficiency at high-energy hadron colliders such as the Tevatron and the LHC. T980 also studies various crystal types and parameters. The setup has been substantially enhanced during the Summer 2009 shutdown by installing a new O-shaped crystal in the horizontal goniometer, as well as adding a vertical goniometer with two alternating crystals (O-shaped and multi-strip) and additional beam diagnostics. First measurements with the new system are quite encouraging, with channeled and volume-reflected beams observed on the secondary collimators as predicted. Investigation of crystal collimation efficiencies with crystals in volume reflection and channeling modes are described in comparison with an amorphous primary collimator. Results on the system performance are presented for the end-of-store studies and for entire collider stores. The first investigation of colliding beam collimation simultaneously using crystals in both the vertical and horizontal plane has been made in the regime with horizontally channeled and vertically volume-reflected beams. Planning is underway for significant hardware improvements during the FY10 summer shutdown and for dedicated studies during the final year of Tevatron operation and also for a "post-collider beam physics running" period.Comment: 3 pp. 1st International Particle Accelerator Conference: IPAC'10, 23-28 May 2010: Kyoto, Japa

The Investigations Of Beam Extraction And Collimation At U-70 Proton Synchrotron Of IHEP By Using Short Silicon Crystals

The new results of using short (2-4mm) bent crystals for extraction and collimation of proton beam at IHEP 70 Gev proton synchrotron are reported. A broad range of energies from 6 to 65 GeV has been studied in the same crystal collimation set-up. The efficiency of extraction more than 85% and intensity more than 10E12 were obtained by using crystal with the length 2-mm and the angle 1 mrad. The new regime of extraction is applied now at the accelerator to deliver the beam for different experimental setups within the range of intensity 10E7-10E12ppp.Comment: Presented at EPAC 2002 (Paris, June 3-7), 3p

Calculation of power consumption and issue of CO2 at various processes by the production of steel

Проведены сравнительные расчеты эмиссии диоксида углерода – парникового газа – при различных сочетаниях коксовых (доменная печь + конвертер, доменная печь + электродуговая печь или ЭДП) и бескоксовых (HyL-3 + ЭДП, MIDREX + ЭДП, ROMELT + ЭДП, COREX + ЭДП, ЭДП на ломе) процессов производства стали. Для сравнительной оценки технологических процессов приведено ранжирование по значению сквозной интегральной эмиссии парникового газа CO2. При производстве стали выявлены преимущества по значению эмиссии CO2 для процессов HyL-3 + ЭДП, Midrex + ЭДП.Comparative calculations of carbon dioxide emission - greenhouse gas at various combinations coke oven (a blast furnace – the converter, a blast furnace - the electric arc furnace or EAF) and the coke-free (HyL-3-EAF, MIDREX-EAF, ROMELT-EAF, COREX-EAF, EAF on scrap) processes for the production of steel are carried out. For comparative assessment of technological processes in the framework of the power-ecological analysis it is considered parameter of emission of CO2 greenhouse gas. Steel production advantages CO2 emissions when using processes of HyL-3 + EAF, Midrex + EAF are revealed

Monitoring System of Firebrick Lining Erosion of Blast Furnace Hearth

It is possible to increase the efficiency of the computer-based system of diagnostics of the elements state of the firebrick lining by means of use in their structure of the module, in real time revealing the structural changes of non-stationary controlled signals These changes as a rule testify the occurred deviations in the technical condition of the controlled object The received information about the revealed structural features in analyzed signals it is expedient to use for forecasting of further dynamics of controlled parameters The mathematical description and the computer program Hearth Erosion of calculation the two-dimensional temperature fields in any vertical and horizontal section of the blast furnace hearth are developed Calculation is carry out the decision of the equations of heat conductivity with use of indications of the big number of sensing transducers of temperature (to 1000), built in the furnaces firebrick lining between the firebrick blocks The continuous control of the temperature change in each point allows to define the remained thickness the firebrick lining and to warn, in case of need, the furnace personnel about the beginning of the firebrick lining erosion The continuous control of change of temperature in the firebrick lining is made on the basis of mathematical model The system of collecting, processing and transfer information from sensing transducers of temperature or thermal streams in a program database Hearth Erosion is used Programs are installed on blast furnaces of Chinese National Republic: Jinan, Jiyuan and Liuzhou Iron and Steel Works together with Russian- Chinese company SKKONT Copyright © 2013 IFAC.Work is carried out with supp ort and direct participation of Russian firm SKKONT (Limited liability co mpany “Research-and-production e nterprise "Northern c ompany of the completing equipment and new technologies ”)

Synthesis, Characterization and Luminescent Properties of Mg- and Cr-Doped Alumina Ceramics

The reported study was funded by RFBR according to the research project No 18-33-00085