I need a comparison of the different steel production methods (blast furnace, electric arc furnace, basic oxygen furnace, and induction furnace) based on the air pollutants emission.
On the other hand, I need actual data.
I would be very appreciative if someone put a valid document or article for me.
Dear Rezaei
Blast furnace is used to produce "Pig iron", that is an intermediate product and contains lots of impurities (especially carbon and phosphorous). Then, "Pig iron" is transferred to steel-making plants. In that plants, "crude steel" can be produced in different ways, such as using L. D. converters or electric arc furnaces (EAF) or basic oxygen furnaces (BOF). Just for your records, the main difference between converters and furnaces is that furnaces generally needs external power or heat sources (such as EAF); but converters usually do not need external sources and the main part of the energy comes from exothermic reactions.
For more details, take a look at the following book:
"Ironmaking and Steelmaking" by Zushu Li, Claire Davis
Best of luck
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