Pickling plant and method of controlling the same
US6096137A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 3, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 1, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 3, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC23G1/02
- WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
- WIPO sectorChemistry
Abstract
A pickling plant for a steel strip and a method for controlling the pickling plant, including monitoring at least one quantity of state represented by thickness, width and quantity of scale of the steel strip, and at least one quantity of state of operation of a plant represented by concentration, quantity and temperature of acid supplied into a pickling tank of the pickling plant, line speed of the steel strip, and temperature of the steel strip immediately before entering the pickling tank calculating on the basis of values of said quantity of state and quantity of state of operation, at least one of concentration distribution of acid, concentration distribution of iron and descaling rate at optional plural positions, and on the basis of the calculating the optimum quantity of state for operation of the plant is determined.
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