VAiron BF Optimizer

The VAiron Blast Furnace (BF) Optimizer is a specialized optimization solution designed specifically for the blast furnace process, engineered to enhance the efficiency of blast furnace operations. In the steel industry, achieving consistent product quality while reducing production costs remains a formidable challenge. The VAiron Blast Furnace (BF) Optimizer addresses these challenges directly by enhancing productivity, reducing the need for reducing agents, and increasing the flexibility of raw material utilization.

The VAiron Blast Furnace (BF) Optimizer is an advanced digital solution that ensures standardized operations across all shifts. This optimization technology for the blast furnace process employs a closed-loop expert system, sophisticated process models, and artificial intelligence, all supported by an extensive knowledge base developed in collaboration with industry leaders. This process optimization technology for blast furnaces reduces coke consumption and ensures consistent hot metal quality. It achieves a reduction in the standard deviation of quality parameters of typically 10%. It also helps to avoid critical process situations and enhances the flexibility of raw material utilization. By standardizing operations across shifts, it ensures consistent performance, independent of human factors, thereby increasing productivity by typically 5%. The VAiron Blast Furnace (BF) Optimizer features a closed-loop expert system for automated 24/7 operation. Its sophisticated process models for chemistry, permeability, and quality optimization, powered by artificial intelligence, enable accurate predictions of blast furnace conditions. Additionally, the extensive knowledge base, developed in collaboration with industry leaders, is tailored to meet the unique needs of individual operational practices.

Benefits of the VAiron Blast Furnace (BF) Optimizer

• Reduces coke consumption by typically 5 kg/tHM
• Ensures consistent hot metal quality and reduces quality parameter deviation by typically 10%
• Avoids critical process situations
• Improves flexibility in raw material utilization
• Standardizes operations across shifts for consistent performance
• Increases productivity through automated corrective actions
• Provides accurate predictions of blast furnace conditions
• Customizable knowledge base tailored to specific operations
• Typical payback of around 6 months