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Making our world more productive
REBOX® HLL
SYS increases capacity, saves fuel and
reduces emissions at its reheating furnace.
The customer The solution
Benefits at a glance
Siam Yamato Steel Company Ltd. SYS turned to its long-standing partner Linde
→→ Improved fuel efficiency (www.syssteel.com) is the largest producer to support its revamp plans. In consultation
of structural steel in Thailand. The company with Linde, SYS decided that Linde’s REBOX HLL
resulting in significant fuel
manufactures and distributes hot-rolled installation was the best fit for its productivity
savings structural steel products for the domestic needs. Building on the experience it has gained
construction industry and for export. Siam serving steel customers for more than two
→→ Increased production Yamato Steel (SYS) specialises in H-beams, decades, Linde developed REBOX HLL specifically
capacity I-beams, channels, angles, cut beams and to improve the flexibility of reheating furnaces by
sheet piles. At the company’s two plants in supporting performance ramp-ups on demand.
→→ More uniform heating of Mueang, Rayong, Thailand (SYS1 and SYS2), It is a simple, cost-effective way of optimising
with melt shops and hot rolling mills, SYS reheating furnaces that does not require
the blooms
fabricates approximately 1 million tonnes of major changes to the furnace infrastructure so
steel every year. The company was founded customers can continue to use their existing
→→ Reduced flue gas volumes
in 1992 and is based in Bangkok, Thailand. combustion system. In addition, Linde tailored its
and NOx emissions REBOX HLL solution to the service cycles at SYS to
maximise cost efficiencies.
→→ Low investment cost with The challenge
continued use of existing
SYS was keen to revamp its walking beam
air-fuel equipment
furnace (SYS1). The aim was to optimise energy
consumption, reduce emissions and increase
→→ More flexible operations
capacity. Specifically, SYS wanted to increase
with on-demand activation the nominal heating capacity of cold-charged
of REBOX HLL blooms.
→→ Ease of operation with

high safety standards
→→ Less maintenance
2 of 2 REBOX® HLL
“REBOX® HLL has enabled us not only to achieve our main aim of energy savings, but also to
lower emissions and enhance quality. This revamp project for our walking beam furnace was a
clear success – with Linde delivering on all of its performance guarantees.”
Sitichai Keamanuchet, Rolling Mill 1 Department Manager
The technology
Linde thus installed REBOX HLL in the SYS1 walking beam furnace. The elimination of nitrogen increases thermal efficiency, also decreasing
This entailed mounting oxygen lances in the furnace walls next to the exhaust gas volumes and nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions. In fact, it
conventional air-fuel burners. These are then used to inject oxygen at cuts exhaust gas volumes per MW by more than 50%. Improved heat
high velocity into the furnace, where it replaces most of the air used transfer also helps to reduce energy consumption, with the actual saving
for combustion. Up to about 75% of the combustion air (and thus the depending on the product type, temperature and production capacity.
nitrogen “ballast”) is replaced with oxygen in the zones targeted by the In addition, REBOX HLL enables more uniform heating and has thus
high-level lance. improved billet quality at SYS. REBOX HLL can be turned off at any time,
enabling the furnace to go back to its normal air-fuel operating mode.
REBOX HLL automatically and dynamically adjusts the oxygen enrichment The ability to ramp up performance on demand gives SYS the flexibility
set-point to the actual burner power so that the oxygen level always it needs to accommodate fluctuations in throughput, for instance. The
matches the customer’s precise process needs. REBOX HLL can thus REBOX HLL installation at SYS marks a number of world firsts.
reduce oxygen consumption for a given output volume.
Benefits of REBOX HLL at SYS
Not only has it set a new benchmark for fuel efficiency, it is also the first
installation worldwide to replace the through-lance oxygen cooling flow
with an annulus-based air-only cooling system. This customised design
means that REBOX HLL is tailored to the specific service and out-of-
service cycles at SYS, allowing the company to capitalise on favourable
energy prices and maximise cost efficiencies. Further highlights include:
→→ 10% increase in production capacity for blooms

→→ Up to 34% reduction in fuel consumption for blooms at high
production capacities
→→ Up to 29% reduction in fuel consumption for beam blanks at high
production capacities
→→ Flue gas volume reduction of more than 50% with a clear drop in
NOx emissions
The oxygen flow control panel, controlling the flow of oxygen into the furnace. The user interface for the control system, designed with input from SYS.
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Linde AG
Gases Division, Carl-von-Linde-Strasse 25, 85716 Unterschleissheim
Phone +49 89 31001-0, www.linde-gas.com/metals
Linde is a trading name used by companies within The Linde Group. The Linde logo and the Linde word are trademarks of Linde AG.
REBOX® is an EU-registered trademark of The Linde Group. Trademark registrations and their status may differ from one location to another. Copyright © 2019. Linde AG.

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