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The LD process is a steel refining process that takes place in an LD vessel. Hot metal, scrap, fluxes, and oxygen are charged into the vessel. Oxygen is then blown through a lance, raising the temperature to over 16000C and burning off impurities. Samples are taken and steel is tapped once analysis targets are met. The process is faster than open hearth and produces steel with low sulfur and phosphorus from ordinary raw materials without external heat sources. However, it requires molten pig iron and can result in steel wastage from splashing.

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Ldprocess 140223031300 Phpapp02 PDF

The LD process is a steel refining process that takes place in an LD vessel. Hot metal, scrap, fluxes, and oxygen are charged into the vessel. Oxygen is then blown through a lance, raising the temperature to over 16000C and burning off impurities. Samples are taken and steel is tapped once analysis targets are met. The process is faster than open hearth and produces steel with low sulfur and phosphorus from ordinary raw materials without external heat sources. However, it requires molten pig iron and can result in steel wastage from splashing.

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By

D.V.RAMACHARI
MGIT
 The name LD stands for Linz and Donawitz, these
were the two places in Austria where the process was
born.

 This process is also called as Basic Oxygen Process.

 LD process is a refining process which is carried out in


a LD vessel(or LD converter/BOF).
 LD converter is a welded construction of non-ageing
steel plates (8mm), the height of the vessel varies from
7-10m.

 L.D converter has a basic lining of magnesite bricks


(permanent lining) and Dolomite bricks (working
lining).

 Oxygen lance (8-10m & 20-25cm dia) is made of


concentric steel tubes and the tip of the lance is made
with Copper.
1. Charging
2. Blowing
3. Sampling
4. Tapping
5. Slag off
i) Scrap:
 Home scrap generated in the plant is charged.
 It acts as a coolant & utilizes the excess heat energy
generated during refining.
 LD process can take upto 25% of the metal charge as
scrap.
ii) Hot Metal (75-90%):
The analysis of iron required to use in LD process as
follows:

C 4.10 - 4.30%

Si 0.50 – 0.85%

Mn 0.50 – 0.80%

S 0.02 – 0.03%

P 0.10 – 0.25%
iii) Fluxes:
 Lime (95+%CaO) and dolomite (58%CaO, 39%MgO)
are the two primary fluxes.

iv) Coolants:
 Limestone, scrap, iron ore, and sponge iron are all
potential coolants that can be added to a heat that has
been overblown and is excessively hot.

v) Oxygen:
 99.5% of pure oxygen is used as refining agent.
 After charging, the vessel is rotated
to vertical position, lance is lowered
to blowing position and O2 is turned
on.
 Oxygen blows at a pressure of 9-11
atmos. which increases temperature
(16000C) and burns off impurities.
 The blow continues for nearly 15-25
minutes.
 Oxygen consumption: 50-60 Nm3/t
of steel.
 Slag and metal samples are taken out for analysis.
 Temperature of the bath is measured by immersion of
thermocouple.
 If the analysis & tapping temperature are in the required
range, then the molten steel is tapped in the laddle.
 Deoxidizers and alloying additions are made in the laddle.
 Tap-to-tap time is 40 – 50 min.
 De-oxidation is the final process in which dissolved
oxygen in the steel is removed.
 The de-oxidizers i.e. Al, Fe-Si and Fe-Mn are added to
the steel, which combines with dissolved oxygen and
forms their oxides.

FeO + Al Fe + Al2O3
FeO + Fe-Si Fe + SiO2
FeO + Fe-Mn Fe + MnO
 After tapping steel into the ladle, and turning the
vessel upside down and tapping the remaining slag
into the "slag pot“.
1. [Fe] + [O] = (FeO)

2. [C] + [O] = {CO}

3. [Si] + 2 [O] = (SiO2)

4. [Mn] + [O] = (MnO)

5. 2[P] + 5[O] = (P2O5)

6. [FeS/MnS] + (CaO) = (CaS) + (FeO/MnO)


 L-D process is about ten times faster than the open
hearth process.

 Instead of air pure oxygen is used, this eliminates the


harmful effects of nitrogen.

 It produces steel with low S & P content from raw


materials of ordinary quality.

 It does not use an external source of heat or fuel.


 The major disadvantage of L-D process is that the
charge must include a considerable quantity of molten
pig, thus limiting the amount of scrap that can be used.

 Steel wastage due to splashes by oxygen lancing is


more.

 Insufficient depth of penetration of O2, leads to


thermal gradient in the bath.

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