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INDUSTRIAL PROCESS PROFILES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL USE: CHAPTER 24. THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY
Citation:
Parsons, T., V. Katari, AND R. Gerstle. INDUSTRIAL PROCESS PROFILES FOR ENVIRONMENTAL USE: CHAPTER 24. THE IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/600/2-77/023x.
Description:
The catalog was developed to aid in defining the environmental impacts of U.S. industrial activity. Entries for each industry are in consistent format and form separate chapters of the catalog. The Iron and Steel Industry encompasses a variety of processes for transforming iron ore into fabricated iron and steel products: most large steel mills operate by-product coke plants that produce metallurgical coke and coke by-products. The industry is divided into five segments: ore preparation, coke production, coke by-products recovery, pig iron production, and steel manufacturing. Five process flow sheets and 30 process descriptions characterize the industry. For each process description, available data is presented on input materials, operating parameters, utility requirements, and waste streams. Related information presented as appendices, includes raw materials, company, and product data.