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Pathways to decarbonization of steel industry – Optimization stage (Part 2)
It is believed that the steel industry goes through three stages in reduction of carbon emissions before the near-zero stage is reached. These stages are optimization stage, transition stage and...
Pathways to decarbonization of steel industry (Part 1)
Steel is of great importance in today’s society. Being one of the most important engineering and construction materials, it can be found almost everywhere we go. The steel industry is under great...
Interview with Mikko Jokinen, CEO of Luxmet
How has Luxmet changed in the past year? At the end of 2019, we completed ArcSpec’s years of product development and were able to start aggressively marketing ArcSpec globally. Helped by the...
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Light emissions in the Electric Arc Furnace [Summary]
The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process is extremely energy-intensive and emits massive amounts of light. These light emissions provide a lot of information about the EAF process and can therefore be...
Online slag analysis in EAF
Doctoral candidate Henri Pauna successfully defended his dissertation on the topic of ”Electric arc characterization and furnace process monitoring with optical emission spectroscopy and image...
Reducing electrode wear in EAF steelmaking
Electrode consumption forms a large part of the costs of EAF steelmaking and electrode prices have been very volatile during recent years. Therefore, it is...
How to optimize EAF process to achieve significant cost reductions and productivity improvements
Requirements of producing steel with lower CO2 emissions are increasing all the time. The Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) process is an effective way of making steel, but it is still a very...
Biochar enables more environmentally friendly steel making
The application of fossil fuels, such as coal and coal derived coke in iron ore processing and steelmaking, contributes to 20 % of total global industrial fossil fuel consumption (Abdelazis et al....
Dimitar Valev PhD has joined the Luxmet team
Dimitar Valev PhD has joined the Luxmet team in September and will play an important role in the investigation of future applications of our technology. Even though, Dimitar comes from a...
Tytti Piippo joined Luxmet as a Project Coordinator
Tytti Piippo joined Luxmet in July as a Project Coordinator. Tytti’s work tasks include various sales and marketing projects and connecting with customers. Tytti will also be visiting our customers...