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Dripax - Process Optimization For Direct Reduction Plants
Dripax - Process Optimization For Direct Reduction Plants
Dripax - Process Optimization For Direct Reduction Plants
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DRIpax DR Optimizer supports increased DR plant performance
STANDARDIZED OPERATION
The diagnoses, corrective actions, and explanations given MAIN BENEFITS
by the Expert System are based on the logic defined in the
• Quality improvement: typical reduction
knowledge base. An adaptive system design makes it easy
of standard deviation of product analysis
to expand and adapt the Expert System to each individual
by ~30 % both for
type of Midrex DR plant. If required, diagnoses or corrective
- product carbon content
actions can easily be adjusted or added depending on the
- product metallization
particular plant situation.
In conjunction with the full scope of the DRIpax DR • These improvements lead to significant
Optimizer, the Expert System represents a major step savings in the downstream plants using the
toward fully automated quality control in DR ironmaking DRI
that is uniform across all operators and allows for shift- • Typical pay-back time of less than one year
independent “best practice” plant operation.
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