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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 11, 2014
Thyssenkrupp Ag, Essen, DE;
Reinhold Achatz, Essen, DE;
Jens Wagner, Frankfurt a.M., DE;
Markus Oles, Hattingen, DE;
Peter Schmöle, Dortmund, DE;
Ralph Kleinschmidt, Mülheim a.d.Ruhr, DE;
Christoph Meißner, Dortmund, DE;
Niels Bredemeyer, Waltrop, DE;
Johannes Völkl, Kelkheim, DE;
THYSSENKRUPP AG, Essen, DE;
Abstract
The invention relates to a plant complex for steel production comprising a blast furnace for producing pig iron, a converter steel mill for producing crude steel and a gas-conducting system for gases that occur when producing the pig iron and/or producing the crude steel. According to the invention, the plant complex additionally has a chemical plant or biotechnological plant, connected to the gas-conducting system, and also energy storage for covering at least part of the electricity demand of the plant complex. Also the subject of the invention is a method for operating the plant complex.