Authors: L. Gunnwiek, B. Ravary, P. Cowx, J. Woloshyn
International FerroAlloys Conference, Helsinki, Finland, June 6 - 9, 2010
Abstract
The ferroalloy industry is well aware of the benefit and need for continually improving the control of emissions generated from operations because of the positive benefits to employees, the community, and the environment. With this in mind, ERAMET Norway Sauda (ENS) recently developed a programme for the continuous improvement of fugitive emissions control in the refining area of their smelter. The first step of this programme was a series of linked studies that provided a holistic view of the generation and mitigation of fugitive emissions. The linked studies included benchmarking existing conditions, attaining an understanding of the interactions between operations and the generation of fugitive emissions, the development of conceptual solutions that work within the constraints of the refining operations, and performing a techno-economic evaluation of the developed solutions so that the priority for implementing solutions could be established.
