Electric Smelting

GPTKB entity

Statements (21)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf industrial equipment
gptkbp:advantage reduced emissions
precise temperature control
gptkbp:alternativeTo blast furnace smelting
gptkbp:appliesTo metals
ores
gptkbp:developedBy late 19th century
gptkbp:environmentalImpact lower greenhouse gas emissions (if renewable electricity used)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Electric Smelting
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:electric_arc_furnace
gptkb:Hall-Héroult_process
gptkbp:powerSource electricity
gptkbp:purpose extract metals from ores
gptkbp:requires high electrical energy input
gptkbp:usedFor recycling metals
gptkbp:usedIn steel production
aluminum production
ferroalloy production
gptkbp:uses electric furnace
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blast_Furnaces
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7