PMET_01: Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF)

The example uses the Process Metallurgy Calculator to demonstrate a simplified steelmaking process in a Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF).

This application example in its various forms is available on our website. There are two application examples (one equilibrium, one kinetic) showing how the Process Metallurgy Module can be used to calculate the BOF process.

This basic example uses equilibrium calculations to gain a general understanding of your BOF process and help you determine optimal operation conditions and predict and optimize costs of raw materials and recycling. The other set of examples gives detailed instructions on how to simulate the kinetics of the BOF process using the kinetic process simulation (see PMET_04: Basic Oxygen Furnace (BOF) Kinetics).

  • Folder: Process Metallurgy
  • File name: PMET_01_Basic_Oxygen_Furnace.tcu

Choose a, b, or c versions of the example based on your license.

  • PMET_01a_Basic_Oxygen_Furnace is included in a regular Thermo-Calc installation as well as the free Educational version of Thermo-Calc. This is a highly simplified example and uses the OXDEMO database, and only considers the elements Fe, C, and O.
  • PMET_01b_Basic_Oxygen_Furnace is also a simplified calculation but uses the OXDEMO database. It requires a full license of Thermo-Calc 2021b and newer.
  • PMET_01c_Basic_Oxygen_Furnace requires the TCOX11 database and newer and a full license of Thermo-Calc 2021b and newer.

Visualizations

This example is included as a Process Metallurgy tutorial on our website and as part of the playlist our YouTube channel.

One way to learn how to work with the Process Metallurgy Calculator is to use the project files as templates to help you set up your own simulation. For example, you can examine the settings available on the Configuration window and that are described in Process Simulation: Conditions Tab and the Process Metallurgy Calculator: Options Tab.

The resulting plots and details related to setting up this example are available to download via the dedicated web page.