Kafofin yada labaran kasashen waje sun ce, kwanan nan ma’aikatar makamashi ta Amurka ta ba da kyautar dala miliyan biyu don gudanar da wani bincike karkashin jagorancin O’Malley, farfesa a jami’ar kimiyya da fasaha ta Missouri.Binciken, mai taken "IDEAS for Intelligent Dynamic Electric Arc Furnace Consulting System don Inganta Ayyukan Aiki na Kayan Kayan Wuta na Lantarki," yana da nufin inganta ingantaccen aiki na murhun wutar lantarki da rage sawun carbon.
Tushen wutar lantarki na amfani da wutar lantarki da yawa don aiki, kuma O'Malley da tawagarsa suna neman sabbin hanyoyin rage sawun carbon dinsu.Suna aiki don shigar da sabon tsarin sarrafawa mai ƙarfi don tanderun da kuma amfani da sabon tsarin firikwensin don sanya wutar lantarki ta yi aiki da kyau a ƙarƙashin yanayi masu canzawa.
An raba binciken a hankali zuwa matakai biyu: A cikin kashi na farko, ƙungiyar ta kimanta tsarin samar da wutar lantarki da ke akwai a cikin abokan haɗin gwiwa biyu, Babban Kamfanin Karfe na Osceola, Arkansas, da
Kamfanin Birmingham Commercial Metals Company (CMC) a Alabama, kuma ya haɓaka tsarin don ƙarin bincike.A lokacin wannan lokaci, ana buƙatar ƙungiyar bincike don yin bincike mai zurfi game da tsarin, haɗa nau'ikan sarrafawa na yanzu, ƙira sabbin kayan sarrafawa, da haɓakawa da gwada sabbin fasahar gano fiber na gani don samar da wutar lantarki a cikin dakin gwaje-gwaje.
A cikin kashi na biyu, za a gwada sabon fasahar ji na fiber-optic a cikin shuka tare da sabon tsarin sarrafawa, shigar da makamashi da aka ba da umarni da kuma samfurin halayen slag na tanderun.Sabuwar fasahar ji na fiber optic za ta samar da sabbin kayan aikin don haɓaka eAF, ba da damar ingantaccen duba yanayin eAF na ainihin lokaci da tasirin masu canjin aiki akan tsari don ba da amsa ga ma'aikacin, haɓaka haɓakar kuzari da ingantaccen aiki. samarwa, da rage farashi.
Sauran abokan hulɗar da ke cikin binciken sun haɗa da Nucor Steel da Gerdau.