Baosteel's No 1 Blast Furnace will soon become a fully AI-powered smart blast furnace in Shanghai to make precise temperature predictions and ensure stable operations. LIU JIMING/FOR CHINA DAILY
It might be one of the world's toughest engineering feats — keeping China's first ultra-large blast furnace operating consistently at a temperature of around 1,510 degrees Celsius.
But this seemingly impossible task is now being streamlined and improved with the help of artificial intelligence.
Commissioned on Sept 15, 1985, Baoshan Iron and Steel Co's No 1 Blast Furnace — with a capacity exceeding 4,000 cubic meters — has been operating for over 40 years. The towering furnace is located in Shanghai's Baoshan district at a base of Baosteel, a subsidiary of China Baowu Steel Group.
Now, the 115-meter-tall structure is undergoing a technological revival and refinement of its operations thanks to the applications of AI.
