Objective The objective of the proposed pilot project is to build and test an on-line analysis system for monitoring and measuring the change in concentration of various elements in liquid steel. The method employed will be laser-induced spectroscopy. The access to the surface of the liquid steel will be accomplished via a narrow channel through the sidewall of a converter. The channel will be kept free by an argon gas stream and the plasma-producing light of the laser will be focused via an optic fiber onto the liquid steel surface. The analytical plasma light will be imaged onto the slit of a spectrometer using the same optic fiber and specially designed optics and is detected by gated photodiode array in the focal plane of the monochromator. Phase 1 of the project is devoted to monitoring the carbon content change in an AOD converter, located in Bochum and producing high-alloyed steel. The reference laboratory will be build up and run at the university of Madrid. Programme(s) ECSC-STEELDEM 2C - Programme (ECSC) "pilot and demonstration projects in the iron and steel industry", 1988-1992 Topic(s) T4 - On-line control Call for proposal Data not available Funding Scheme DEM - Demonstration contracts Coordinator THYSSEN KRUPP NIROSTA GmbH EU contribution No data Address Alleestrasse 165 44793 BOCHUM Germany See on map Total cost No data Participants (4) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all ARBED Luxembourg EU contribution No data Address Avenue de la Liberté 19 2930 LUXEMBOURG See on map Total cost No data KRUPP ATLAS ELEKTRONIK Germany EU contribution No data Address 2800 BREMEN 44 See on map Total cost No data Krupp Forschungsinstitut GmbH Germany EU contribution No data Address Münchener Straße 100 45145 Essen See on map Total cost No data UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID Spain EU contribution No data Address Ciudad universitaria s/n 28040 MADRID See on map Links Website Opens in new window Total cost No data