Imagine a giant steel oven that usually burns coal to melt metal. This project replaces that dirty coal with a mix of recycled factory gases and clean hydrogen. It's like switching a home heater from oil to a smart, recycled energy mix to stop pollution. The goal is to make steel without the heavy carbon footprint.
Steel producers rely on coke and coal, leading to high carbon emissions. They lack the infrastructure to safely and efficiently mix recycled gases with green hydrogen at scale.
A gas hub for mixing metallurgical gases and hydrogen, a real-time software protocol for energy management, and refined ceramic tuyere designs.
If you are an integrated steel mill dealing with high carbon emissions from blast furnaces — this project developed a gas hub and software protocol that replaces coke and coal with recycled gases and green hydrogen. This allows for the sustainable production of green steel.
If you are a chemical company dealing with waste gas management — this project developed a method to valorize waste products through industrial symbiosis. This turns waste gases into a valuable feedstock for steel production.
If you are a hydrogen producer dealing with finding large-scale industrial buyers — this project developed a system to integrate external green hydrogen into the steel manufacturing process. This creates a direct demand for renewable energy sources like wind and solar.
Based on available project data, external hydrogen currently remains too costly for the process.
The project is implementing a gas hub and has developed a real-time software protocol for energy management, but full implementation and testing phases are still ongoing.
Based on available project data, no specific IP or licensing terms are mentioned; the project focuses on demonstrating a cost-efficient solution.
The project refined the design of ceramic tuyeres (feed-inlets) through modelling and scanning to ensure they work within the furnaces.
The project period runs from 2022-06-01 to 2027-11-30, with the most substantial findings expected at the end of this period.
The project is led by ArcelorMittal Belgium, a world-leading industrial player, ensuring strong market relevance. The consortium consists of 7 partners across 4 countries, with a lean industrial ratio of 29% (2 industry partners) supported by 5 research-heavy partners (2 universities, 3 research centers), indicating a transition from lab research to industrial application.
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