Energy saving dual spray nozzles in Continuous Casting Machine
The outlook of the steel industry
The steel industry in Europe accounts for around 5% of the CO2 emissions and steel companies are putting a lot of effort into decarbonizing this energy intensive process. While most change is expected to come from a green hydrogen powered process, the steel companies are prompted to look into several kinds of ways to conserve more energy.
Benefits of dual spraying solution
- Cost reduction
- Air reduction
- Co2 reduction
- Cooling
The problems the customer was facing
A large European steelmaker was looking for ways to reduce its energy use on the production site. The production team realized that by replacing the spray nozzles on the continuous casting machines with ones that use less compressed air, they could save thousands on energy costs annually.
System used for this application
Dual spray nozzles
Our dual spray nozzles give you the best of both worlds. It only injects air during low pressure, which reduces the energy costs significantly.
The solution
The customer tested Ikeuchi’s VV+AS dual spray nozzles which is a dual hydraulic and pneumatic solution. This dual nozzle injects assist air at low pressure, which maintains the spray angle equivalent to when used as a hydraulic nozzle, thereby creating a stable and uniform cooling effect.
This way, the steelmaker would only use compressed air when necessary instead of constantly and thereby save tons of energy. The steelmaker could maintain the same cooling ability on the CMM while using 80% less air.
The result
After a succesfull testing period, the customer decided to exchange all of their pneumatic nozzles on the continous casting machines to this dual solution. This led to a cost reduction of 480.000 Euros per year, as well as a great contribution to CO2 reduction. While making this seemingly small change in the production, a lot of profit was gained.
On the photo to the right can be seen: VV+AS dual spray nozzle setup on Continuous Casting Machine at steel making facility
How did the steel maker benefit from dual spray nozzles?
- 480.000€ cost reduction per year
- 80% less air consumption
- Great cooling ability
- Co2 reduction
- High wear resistance
- Customized solution
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