Air Products/cold boxes
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Topic: Air Products/cold boxes
Posted By: 409
Subject: Air Products/cold boxes
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 2:30pm
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The second & largest of the four "cold boxes" arrived this afternoon...     |
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 2:59pm
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I guess that is part of the air purification modules that help clean and compress the gasses for delivery into the blast furnace.
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Posted By: 409
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 3:42pm
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John...
The wind for the blast furnace is produced at #2 Boiler House by two 17,000+ horsepower turbine driven turbo-blowers(usually only 1 running at a time). The air is filtered by two large bag houses.
Excerpt from an earlier MJ article:
Lyle McDaniels, plant manager at Air Products, said the four cold boxes are an $80 million investment to replace the existing operations and increase capacity.
McDaniels said the cold boxes are used in the process of cryogenics, or temperatures of minus 300 degrees, to compress and produce liquids and gases, including nitrogen and argon. Customers include AK Steel and companies making food, electronics and medical applications.
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Posted By: John Beagle
Date Posted: May 23 2012 at 3:46pm
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Amazing technology. Thanks for sharing. I have a friend who works out there he was talking about this yesterday. Amazing! ------------- http://www.johnbeagle.com/" rel="nofollow - John Beagle Middletown USA News of, for and by the people of Middletown, Ohio. |
Posted By: 409
Date Posted: May 25 2012 at 12:01am
Speaking of technology.......
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Posted By: viper771
Date Posted: May 26 2012 at 5:19am
| ^ LOL That is also totally Army as well :D |