The company Ukraine Energy has successfully completed work on the improvement of the drying booth of cast-iron ladles of the blast-furnace shop  Ilyich MMK.
Project included installing a modern burner kit for locking and control valves and a control cabinet. Specialists of the company provided Ilyich MMK  full range of services for the maintenance of the facility. Engineers started work from the design phase to commissioning. In the course of the pilot experiments, five drying sites were completed. According to the results of the land operations,  effectiveness of replacing existing burners with the burners of Ukraine Energy was assessed. During the period of experimental drying, the company supervised the temperature of the ladle lining according to the indications of thermocouples installed in the walls of ladle.
In accordance with the act on the results of the drying, the gas-fired device (GGU) LLC Ukraine Energy allows to provide the specified parameters of drying lining (120С on the boundary of the reinforcement-working layer) 21 hours earlier. These indicators are 27% less and the natural gas consumption for drying is 1203 m3, which is 33.9% less than with the existing work of the stand. This savings exceeds the 10% stated in the contract, by 24%.