简介：BasedonthepracticeofBaosteel's60000m3/hairseparationunit(ASU),whichisthefirstdomestically-integratedunitofsuchascale,thispaperstudiestheprinciplesoftypeselectionofthedistributioncontrolsystem(DCS).Itdiscussesthedesignoftheunit'scontrolsystem,whichinvolvesacompressorsystem,apurificationsystem(molecularsieving),aturboexpansionsystemandanairseparationsystem.ThefinalpartofthepaperdiscussesthemaintenanceandfuturedevelopmentoftheASUcontrolsystematBaosteel.

简介：Trendsintoday’ssteelproductionshowincreasingdemandsforhighly-sophisticatedsteelgrades.Therefore,thesteelindustrywilleventuallyberequiredtoinstallbestperformingtechnologiestomeetgovernmentalspecificationsdesignedtosignificantlyreduceenvironmentalemissions.Sucheffortsaresupportedbyinnovativenewsolutionsintheentiresteelmakingprocess.Oneprocessthatwillneedtobeaddressedisthecleanlinessofthesteelintheliquidsteelphase,especiallyduringtheBOF-tappingprocess.Thenewconvertergate(CG)(Fig.1)bestsupportstheslidegatetappingtechnologyforconvertersintermsofcleansteel,productivity,yieldandavailability-atreducedcosts.TheCGgateintroducesauniquefeatureforconverterslidegates:Thebottomplatecanbeexchangedwhilethegateremainsmountedontheconverter.Thisnewfeatureallowsforanincreasedutilisationoftherefractorypartsandasignificantreductionofthedowntimeoftheconverter.This'designedefficiency'isachievedwitharefractorysetconsistingofthreeidenticalplates-twobottomplatesandonesliderplate-andanozzle.AnumberofotherimprovementssuchasautomaticcylindercouplingusingtheInterstopSNAPtechnologyandatwosteptensioningsystemhavealsobeenimplemented.ThenewsystemisdesignedtomeetminimalspacerequirementsandthereforewilladapttomostBOFshops.Toperformpreparation,serviceandmaintenanceworkthemodularCGgatecanbedismountedfromtheconverterandsimultaneouslyreplacedbyaready-to-useunit.Thedegreeofautomationfordismountingandmountingaswellasforoff-linepreparationhasbeenenhancedandreducesmanualefforts.Thispaperprovidesasolutiontotheobvioustrendtowardsefficientandcontrolledproductionofcleansteel,ingeneral,andespeciallyatBOFshops.Moreover,itspecificallydescribestheoperationalresultsofthisinnovativeBOFtappingequipmentatSalzgitterFlachstahlGmbH,Germany.