[HTML][HTML] Industrial symbiosis and energy efficiency in European process Industries: A review

TA Branca, B Fornai, V Colla, MI Pistelli, EL Faraci… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Over the last few decades, process industries have invested increasing efforts in developing
technical and operating solutions related to industrial symbiosis and energy efficiency in …

[HTML][HTML] Electricity and heat demand in steel industry technological processes in Industry 4.0 conditions

B Gajdzik, R Wolniak, WW Grebski - Energies, 2023 - mdpi.com
The publication presents heat and electricity management in the Polish steel industry. The
paper is based on actual data on heat and electricity consumption and intensity by …

Forecasting blast furnace gas production and demand through echo state neural network-based models: Pave the way to off-gas optimized management

I Matino, S Dettori, V Colla, V Weber, S Salame - Applied Energy, 2019 - Elsevier
The efficient use of resources is a relevant research topic for integrated steelworks. Process
off-gases, such as the ones produced during blast furnace operation, are valid substitutes of …

[HTML][HTML] Environment 4.0: How digitalization and machine learning can improve the environmental footprint of the steel production processes

V Colla, C Pietrosanti, E Malfa… - Matériaux & …, 2020 - mattech-journal.org
The concepts of Circular Economy and Industrial Symbiosis are nowadays considered by
policy makers a key for the sustainability of the whole European Industry. However, in the …

[HTML][HTML] The influence of electric-arc-furnace input feeds on its electrical energy consumption

V Logar, I Škrjanc - Journal of Sustainable Metallurgy, 2021 - Springer
Operation of the electric arc furnaces (EAFs) is a subject to consider fluctuations in terms of
its key performance indicators, such as the electrical energy consumption (EEC), tap-to-tap …

[HTML][HTML] Time-and component-resolved energy system model of an electric steel mill

J Dock, D Janz, J Weiss, A Marschnig… - Cleaner Engineering and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Steel production is a highly energy-and emission-intensive process. Compared to the
production via the integrated route, the melting of recycled steel scrap and directly reduced …

Two innovative modelling approaches in order to forecast consumption of blast furnace gas by hot blast stoves

I Matino, S Dettori, V Colla, V Weber, S Salame - Energy Procedia, 2019 - Elsevier
The online optimization of the use of process off gases in integrated steelworks can greatly
contribute to increase the sustainability of the steel production. A correct management of …

[HTML][HTML] Appraising the value of compositional information and its implications to scrap-based production of steel

RJ Compañero, A Feldmann, P Samuelsson… - Mineral Economics, 2023 - Springer
The current nature of steel design and production is a response to meet increasingly
demanding applications but without much consideration of end-of-life scenarios. The scrap …

Application of echo state neural networks to forecast blast furnace gas production: pave the way to off-gas optimized management

I Matino, S Dettori, V Colla, V Weber, S Salame - Energy Procedia, 2019 - Elsevier
The efficient use of resources is a relevant research topic for integrated steelworks. Process
off-gases, such as the ones produced during blast furnace operation, are valid substitutes of …

Internal slags reuse in an electric steelmaking route and process sustainability: Simulation of different scenarios through the EIRES monitoring tool

I Matino, V Colla, S Baragiola - Waste and Biomass Valorization, 2018 - Springer
Electric steelworks can be considered virtuous industries, as they recover end-of-life
products, the scrap, but margins of improvement exist for the sustainability of their production …