Baosteel's60000m3/hairseparationunit(ASU)isthelargestoxygengeneratingsysteminChina.Theoperationalcostofsuchagiantsystemisveryhigh.Howtoreducetheoperationalcostisacriticalissue.Thispaperdiscussesthesystem'scharacteristics,thecurrentoperationalstatusandthedifficultiesinreducingthecost,andanalyzesrelevantindicators,suchasthetechnicalandeconomicalindicatorsofinpidualunitsandsystemsaswellastheindicatorsconcerningthecosts.Therelationshipbetweenthecostandeacheconomicalindicatorandmeasurestooptimizeaneconomicaloperationoftheoxygengeneratingsystemarealsodiscussedinthispaper.
