Nagababu Sanapala
Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC
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Nagababu Sanapala is affiliated with Nucor Steel Louisiana, LLC and serves as Decarbonization Liaison for AIST's Direct Reduced Iron Technology Committee. At AISTech 2026, Sanapala chaired sessions on direct reduced iron shaft operation.
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AISTech session development covers abstract selection, session structure, chair assignments, and award planning. Technical topics include blast furnace operations, environmental programs, ironmaking raw materials, waste oxide recycling, hydrogen-based ironmaking, refractory and cooling systems, equipment design, injection, control, and modeling. The program includes a discussion of pathways to blast furnace-based decarbonization, including a blast furnace physics, cost, and decarbonization model demonstration. Technical presentations address Granite City BF B startup, ceramic burner optimization, natural gas delivery strategies and blast furnace performance, and unplanned castable repairs to hot blast stoves. A Granite City tour is also included.