RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:RE:LKAB / SSAB -- > Monday, August 31 The pilot plant starts !!I do not agree that any client will/can forego modelling.<br /> First the study was not done to produce a model of an existing planet:<br /> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> "1.2 Aim</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> The aim of this project is to make an assessment of the possibilities for utilizing electricity</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> to supply the required energy for the heat treatment in the iron ore pelletization process</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> at LKAB. More specifically the work will focus on:</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> • Supplying the high-temperature heat requirement using plasma torches in the straightgrate</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> process</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> • Finding possible application areas where microwaves could provide low-temperature</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> heat input to the straight-grate process</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> • Evaluating how the implementation of electric heating affects process conditions,</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> energy efficiency, emissions (CO<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal;">2 </span>and NO<span style="font-stretch: normal; font-size: 10px; line-height: normal;">x</span>) and quality of the finished pellets</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> • Finding new potential for process optimization as a result of the implementation of</p> <p style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; font-family: Helvetica;"> electric heating"<br /> <br /> Second : All plants are different. Each has it's own process flow sheet and, as the study says, equipment will have to adapted to the new energy source, be resized or replaced for the new gas flows, and deal with NOx in some manner. Expect at least 6 months of detailed engineering before the necessary changes are known.</p>