CUSTOMER

Bus Valera  SAS

PLANT LOCATION

Gravelines, France

PLANT START UP

August 2007

SCOPE OF WORK

Redesign of furnace to handle increased power.

HIGHLIGHTS

Designed by Tenova Pyromet, the furnace shell is fitted with copper coolers to provide a freeze lining. The coolers cool the slag, which then freezes onto the inside of the furnace, thereby creating protection for the refractory lining.
Tenova Pyromet's biggest challenge was to fit the new equipment into the existing space.
Bus Valera required the rebuilt furnace for the treatment of steel plant dusts. Tenova Pyromet also designed the furnace roof, the furnace control system and supplied its patented electrode holders.
The fabrication of the roof for the furnace was undertaken in Tenova’s new workshop in China in November 2006.

PROJECT FIGURES

Plant capacity: 12 MW
Steel structures: Existing modified by client
Plate work: Supplied by client
Electric cabling: Supplied by client
Pyromet project team: 6 People
Project site team: Technical support of 4 people