Most cogeneration operations in the steel industry use
conventional systems (steam boiler and steam turbines). Integrated steel plants produce
significant levels of off-gases (coke oven gas, blast furnace gas, and basic oxygen
furnace gas). Specially adapted turbines have been developed that can burn these
low-calorific-value gases. Electric arc furnace steelmaking facilities have low demand for
steam; about 90% of cogeneration occurs in integrated facilities. The chart below
illustrates the energy consumed by establishments using a particular type of cogeneration
technology.
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