Chile's Siderurgica Huachipato commissions German SMS to improve energy efficiency in its steel mill
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Update time : 2022-09-27 21:02:00
To optimize efficiency while reducing production costs and operational risks, Chilean steel producer Siderurgica Huachipato has announced that it would commission the German SMS digital, a Center of Excellence of the SMS group, to implement a package of digital services.
It was understood that German SMS would implement four applications in Siderurgica Huachipato's steel mills, including BFXpert, Viridis Dispatch, Viridis Carbon, and Viridis Performance. Such applications would track energy through artificial intelligence to optimize airflow and reduce natural gas consumption.
Among them, the BFXpert blast furnace technology, developed by Paul Wurth, also part of SMS Group, could save up to 5 kg of coke per ton of molten iron and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 14,000 tons per year.
The service package would be commissioned in March 2023, and the quality of the steel produced would be improved and enhanced immediately.
