L d process of manufacturer steel L.D process
L . D PROCESS to manufacturer best quality Steel:
This is one of the most modern process of manufacturing best quality of steel and is used by Rourkela steel plant. The name L.D. stands for Lizard Donawitz, the names of places in Austria where it is first generated. This process makes use of L.D. converter which resembles like a Bessember converter in shape and has no holes at the bottom. It is fed with molten cast iron from the blast furnace and pure oxygen gas at high pressure is passed into it cooled by water at it's upper part. The impurities are oxidised and from which are removed. Then some alloy elements are added to molten mass to obtain steel of desired composition.