Innovation in Electric Arc Furnaces : Scientific Basis for Selection - Toulouevski, Yuri N.; Zinurov, Ilyaz Y.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010)
Modern Steelmaking in Electric Arc Furnaces: History and Prospects for Development -- Electric Arc Furnace as Thermoenergetical Unit -- The Fundamental Laws and Calculating Formulae of Heat Transfer Processes -- Energy (Heat) Balances of Furnace -- Energy Efficiency Criteria of EAFs -- Preheating of Scrap by Burners and Off-Gases -- Replacement of Electric Arcs with Burners -- Basic Physical-Chemical Processes in Liquid Bath: Process Mechanisms -- Bath Stirring and Splashing During Oxygen Blowing -- Jet Streams: Fundamental Laws and Calculation Formulae -- Devices for Blowing of Oxygen and Carbon into the Bath -- Water-Cooled Furnace Elements -- Principles of Automation of Heat Control -- Off-gas Evacuation and Environmental Protection.
Keywords: Thermodynamics; Heat engineering; Heat transfer; Mass transfer; Metals; Manufactures; Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer; Metallic Materials; Manufacturing, Machines, Tools, Processes