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    The Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) is a primary steelmaking process that converts molten pig iron into steel. It involves blowing oxygen at supersonic speeds through nozzles into a refractory-lined vessel containing molten pig iron and fluxes. This process oxidizes impurities in the iron and produces steel in less than 40 minutes, making it faster than open hearth furnaces. While the BOF process is highly efficient and cost-effective for mass production, it also produces more polluting gases than alternatives and requires costly pollution control systems. Overall, the BOF has largely replaced other furnaces due to its increased productivity and lower production costs.

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    The Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) is a primary steelmaking process that converts molten pig iron into steel. It involves blowing oxygen at supersonic speeds through nozzles into a refractory-lined vessel containing molten pig iron and fluxes. This process oxidizes impurities in the iron and produces steel in less than 40 minutes, making it faster than open hearth furnaces. While the BOF process is highly efficient and cost-effective for mass production, it also produces more polluting gases than alternatives and requires costly pollution control systems. Overall, the BOF has largely replaced other furnaces due to its increased productivity and lower production costs.

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    The Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) is a primary steelmaking process that converts molten pig iron into steel. It involves blowing oxygen at supersonic speeds through nozzles into a refractory-lined vessel containing molten pig iron and fluxes. This process oxidizes impurities in the iron and produces steel in less than 40 minutes, making it faster than open hearth furnaces. While the BOF process is highly efficient and cost-effective for mass production, it also produces more polluting gases than alternatives and requires costly pollution control systems. Overall, the BOF has largely replaced other furnaces due to its increased productivity and lower production costs.

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    BASIC OXIGEN FURNACE

    1.Ferly Husein P.
    2.Wahyu Rifqi
    3.Agus Indra L.
     
    INTRODUCTION

    HISTORY OF STEEL MAKING FROM BOF

    RAW MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THE PROCESS

    PROCESS/WORKING
    CONTENTS TOP STEEL PRODUCERS OF INDONESIA

    ADVANTAGES

    DISADVANTAGES

    CONCLUSION
    INTRODUCTION
    From your personal vehicle to world’s tallest building Burj Khalifa
    everything is made of steel. According to World Steel Association
    Data in the year 2016 an average Indian use 63 kg of steel.

    WHAT IS STEEL & WHY IT IS SO USED?


    Steel is an alloy of iron and other elements like Carbon,
    Nickel, Manganese , Chromium etc. Because of its high
    tensile strength , toughness, durability and low cost , it is a
    components in buildings, tools , automobiles etc. Steel is
    manufactured from various furnaces like IF, EAF, BOF etc.
    History of
    Steel Making
    from Basic • Basic oxygen steelmaking (BOS, BOP, BOF, and OSM), also
    known as Linz–Donawitz-(LD process)steelmaking or the
    Oxygen oxygen converter process[ is a method of primary steelmaking
    in which carbon-rich molten pig iron is made into steel.
    Furnace(BOF) • The process was developed in 1948 by Robert Durrer and
    commercialized in 1952–1953 by Austrians. But it took many
    decades to commercial this process in India.
    • The LD converter, named after the Austrian towns Linz and
    Donawitz (a district of Leoben) is a refined version of the
    Bessemer converter where blowing of air is replaced with
    blowing oxygen.
    RAW MATERIALS REQUIRED FOR THE
    PROCESS

    • Hot metal:- It is about 90% which is produced from Blast Furnace(BF).


    • Cold pig-iron:- It is about 2-3 % used to consume excess of pig iron
    produced in plant.
    • Scrap:-It is about 3-4 % of the charge weight .
    • Fluxes:- Basically lime is directly used for fluxing and formation of slag.
    • Oxygen:-Consumption of oxygen per tonne of steel varies with proportion
    of scrap and ore added as coolant and also with design of lance.
    PROCESS/WORKING

    • Molten pig iron (sometimes referred to


    as "hot metal") from a blast furnace is
    poured into a large refractory-lined
    container called a ladle.
    • The metal in the ladle is sent directly for
    basic oxygen steelmaking or to a
    pretreatment stage.
    Proccesing in BOF
    • Filling the furnace with the ingredients is called charging. The BOS process is
    autogenous, i.e. the required thermal energy is produced during the oxidation
    process.
    • The vessel is then set upright and a water-cooled, copper tipped lance with 3-7
    nozzles is lowered down into it and high purity oxygen is delivered at supersonic
    speeds.
    • Fluxes (burnt lime or dolomite) are fed into the vessel to form slag, to maintain
    basicity above 3 and absorb impurities during the steelmaking process.
    • The BOF vessel is tilted towards the slagging side and the steel is poured through
    a tap hole into a steel ladle with basic refractory lining. This process is called
    tapping the steel.
    • The steel is further refined in the ladle furnace, by adding alloying materials to
    give it special properties required by the customer.
    • After the steel is poured off from the BOS vessel, the slag is poured into the slag
    pots through the BOS vessel mouth and dumped.
    TOP STEEL PRODUCING COMPANIES
    IN INDONESIA
    ADVANTAGES

    • The Basic Oxygen Furnace(BOF) doesn't burn fuel, so it is cost


    efficient.
    • BOF uses the inherent heat of molten iron as an energy source, so
    no extra energy source required.
    • Production cost of steel as compared to other furnaces is less for
    large scale production.
    • It is a faster process for mass production.
    • Extra low phosphorus carbon steel can be produced.
    DISADVANTAGES

    • Initial cost for BOF setup is very high as it needs a Blast


    Furnace(BF).
    • BOF produces high amount of polluting gases as
    compared to other furnaces.
    • For treatment of polluting gases separate systems like air
    scrubbers, electrostatic precipitators and filters are
    required.
    • Costly for small productions.
    • Solid charge can’t be taken for refining.
    CONCLUSIONS
    • It has been seen that modern basic oxygen furnaces will take a
    charge of iron of up to 400 tons and convert it into steel in less than
    40 minutes, compared to 10–12 hours in an open hearth furnace.
    • It reduced capital cost of the plants, time of smelting, and increased
    labor productivity.
    • Between 1920 and 2000, labor requirements in the industry
    decreased by a factor of 1,000, from more than 3 man-hours per
    metric ton to just 0.003.
    • The majority of steel manufactured in the world is produced using
    the basic oxygen furnace; in 2000, it accounted for 60% of global
    steel output.
    • So efficiency of production of steel through BOF process is high.
    Therefore it should be implemented over other furnaces
    THANKYOU

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