Burner Technology Enhances thyssenkrupp’s Annealing Plant

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Dr.-Ing. Joachim G. Wünning
President
WS Wärmeprozesstechnik GmbH

thyssenkrupp Steel, a steel manufacturer with North American locations, recently inaugurated its newest hot-dip galvanizing line 10 (FBA 10) in Dortmund, Germany. The plant has a total of three vertical strip-processing lines and is a location for annealing and surface finishing of steel strip.

thyssenkrupp Steel, by using modern regenerative burners from WS Wärmeprozesstechnik GmbH (with Ohio, U.S., and Renningen, Germany locations) in double-P radiant tubes, will save between 15% and 30% fuel as compared with conventionally heated furnaces. The patented FLOX® combustion process helps achieve low NOx emission values. The heating system is set for a later switch to green fuels such as hydrogen.

"All continuously operated strip lines are . . . suited for a future with green combustion gases," says Dr.-Ing. Wünning, President of WS Wärmeprozesstechnik GmbH.


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