Ngokusho kwabezindaba bakwamanye amazwe, uMnyango Wezamandla wase-US usanda kunikeza amaRandi ayizigidi ezimbili ukuxhasa ucwaningo oluholwa u-O 'Malley, uprofesa eMissouri University of Science and Technology.Ucwaningo, olunesihloko esithi “IDEAS for Intelligent Dynamic Electric Arc Furnace Consulting System ukuze Kuthuthukiswe Ukusebenza Kahle Kweziqhumiso Ze-Electric Arc,” luhlose ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwezithando ze-arc zikagesi kanye nokunciphisa i-carbon footprint.
Izithando zomlilo zikagesi zidla ugesi omningi ukuze zisebenze, futhi u-O 'Malley nethimba lakhe bafuna izindlela ezintsha zokunciphisa i-carbon footprint yabo.Basebenzela ukufaka uhlelo olusha lokulawula okuguquguqukayo kwesithando somlilo futhi basebenzise uhlelo olusha lwezinzwa ukwenza isithando somlilo sisebenze ngokuphumelelayo ngaphansi kwezimo ezishintshayo.
Ucwaningo lwahlukaniswa ngokwesikhashana lwaba izigaba ezimbili: Esigabeni sokuqala, ithimba lihlole izinhlelo ezikhona zokukhiqiza isithando somlilo se-arc kubalingani ababili, iGreat River Steel Company e-Osceola, Arkansas, kanye
I-Birmingham Commercial Metals Company (CMC) e-Alabama, futhi yenza uhlaka lokucwaninga okwengeziwe.Phakathi nalesi sigaba, ithimba labacwaningi liyadingeka ukuba lenze ukuhlaziywa kwedatha okubanzi kwenqubo, lihlanganise amamojula okulawula akhona, liklame amamojula amasha okulawula, futhi lithuthukise futhi lihlole ubuchwepheshe obusha bokuzwa i-fiber optic bokukhiqiza isithando somlilo se-arc kagesi elabhorethri.
Esigabeni sesibili, ubuchwepheshe obusha be-fiber-optic sensing buzohlolwa esitshalweni kanye nemodyuli entsha yokulawula, okokufaka kwamandla okuqondisiwe kanye nemodeli yezici ze-slag yomlilo.Ubuchwepheshe obusha be-fiber optic sensing buzohlinzeka ngesethi entsha yonke yamathuluzi okuthuthukisa i-eAF, okuzokwenza ukuthi ukuhlolwa kwesikhathi sangempela kube ngcono kwesimo se-eAF kanye nomthelela wokuguquguquka okusebenzayo enqubweni ukunikeza impendulo ku-opharetha, ukuthuthukisa ukusebenza kahle kwamandla kanye ukukhiqiza, kanye nokunciphisa izindleko.
Abanye ozakwethu ababambe iqhaza ocwaningweni bahlanganisa i-Nucor Steel kanye noGerdau.