Exergy analysis and efficiency in an industrial AC electric ARC furnace

In this study, the steel production process in the AC electric arc furnace (EAF) is discussed and an exergy analysis has been undertaken for the EAF with scrap preheating for an alloyed steel producer in Turkey. Exergy analysis has been employed to obtain optimum design parameters and operation conditions. In this work; obtained results are compared with measured values and previous literature. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.