Bulletin on Energy Efficiency
  • Year: 2005
  • Volume: 5
  • Issue: 6

Energy conservation in re-rolling mills through improved insulation using ceramic fiber

  • Author:
  • Murugapppa Morgan
  • Total Page Count: 3
  • Page Number: 17 to 19

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Abstract

Steel re-rolling mills in India predominantly use furnace oil as fuel in their re-heating furnaces. Out of the total production cost in these mills, the cost on energy is almost 50 percent. Of this, the re-heating furnace is the major consumer of energy