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Technical Papers
Comparing the results of acousto ultrasonic-echo (AU-E) with physical measurements for several blast furnace hearth refractory linings
Presented at the 8th ICSTI 2018
Hot blast superheating - A scalable technology to reduce carbon consumption
EMECR 2017 - 1st international conference on energy and material efficiency and CO2 reduction in the steel industry - 11-13 October 2017, Kobe, Japan
Blast Furnace Hearth Thermal Assessment and Identification of Wear Zones
AISTECH 2017 - 8-11 May, 2017, Nashville, Tenn, USA
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