Emerging energy efficient technologies for steel plant

Steel industry in one of the most energy intensive sectors among all industrial sectors. Steel plants spend about 20–30% of their total manufacturing cost to meet their energy demand. The global steel industry together with energy management program has taken the lead to reduce energy consumption and co₂ emissions, especially in times of high energy price. This paper presents some emerging energy efficient technologies that have proven cost effective and available for implementation. Energy estimation for these technologies have also been performed and on the basis of the estimation, the potential energy savings of 10.53% have been predicted upto 2024. The energy savings are mostly due to adoption of best available technology in steel industry.