BLEMAB project

BLast furnace stack density Estimation through on-line Muons Absorption measurements 

This project is funded by EU RFCS Research Programme under Grant Agreement No. 899263

Building on the successful achievements obtained with the former project Mu-blast, BLEMAB proposal investigates the imaging capability of the inner zone of the blast furnaces using a muon absorption detector that can realize a blast furnace muon radiography based on muon-transmission. In parallel to this measurement a new enhanced multipoint probe (eMPVP), capable of measuring the gas temperature inside the blast furnace along its whole working height, is also tested. Furthermore, two different BF models will be also developed to support the analysis of results obtained from the measurement systems

It is expected that the new muon technique gives a major contribution to the on-line control of the blast furnace process, especially as it should allow direct detection of the position of the cohesive zone of the blast furnace which would be of great help to the process control.