An important support for Desheng Steel’s new blast furnace 4 in China’s Sichuan Province, the plant’s Shunhe substation is now in operation.

It has been designed as the furnace’s power hub for loads across the new blast furnace and existing areas.

Its 110kV bus, main transformer 1 and 2 and its 10kV four sections of bus are now fully charged.

In addition, a new integrated control system is now enabling Desheng to have centralised control of power scheduling and of main and auxiliary systems at the new and existing grids. This improves power regulation, control and management at the steel plant.

Piling for the project began in December 2021, and the project was completed 10 days early.

During commissioning, CISDI’s construction and technical teams had to overcome numerous challenges. China’s Spring Festival holiday period affected workforce availability and issues were caused by the pandemic, complicated local geological conditions and severe storms.

Civil construction took four and a half months; all-round commissioning was completed in a week and power supply and transmission acceptance was passed within a week.

“CISDI is a brand of quality and speed. We greatly value its contribution to our quest for greater energy conservation and carbon reduction at our vanadium and titanium plant,” said a spokesperson at Desheng Steel.