The materials science behind sustainable metals and alloys

D Raabe - Chemical reviews, 2023 - ACS Publications
Production of metals stands for 40% of all industrial greenhouse gas emissions, 10% of the
global energy consumption, 3.2 billion tonnes of minerals mined, and several billion tonnes …

Review on biomass metallurgy: Pretreatment technology, metallurgical mechanism and process design

J Zhang, H Fu, Y Liu, H Dang, L Ye, AN Conejo… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Springer
The metallurgy industry consumes a considerable amount of coal and fossil fuels, and its
carbon dioxide emissions are increasing every year. Replacing coal with renewable, carbon …

China's pathway to carbon neutrality for the iron and steel industry

X Yu, C Tan - Global Environmental Change, 2022 - Elsevier
As a hard-to-abate sector, the iron and steel industry is responsible for 22% of China's total
carbon emissions and therefore plays a crucial role in achieving China's carbon peaking …

Modelling and optimisation of biomass injection in ironmaking blast furnaces

Y Liu, Y Shen - Progress in Energy and Combustion Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Biomass is a renewable and potentially carbon-neutral energy source and can be a
promising alternative to fossil fuels in the ironmaking industry. Pulverised biomass injection …

Carbon element flow analysis and CO2 emission reduction in iron and steel works

Q Zhang, Y Li, J Xu, G Jia - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2018 - Elsevier
As an intensive energy-consuming and carbon-emitting industry, iron and steel
manufacturing is vital for meeting the energy conservation and CO 2 emission reduction …

Opportunities to reduce energy consumption and CO₂ emissions from ironmaking blast furnace using CO₂ electrolysis to CO for carbon recycling

Y Hu, TE Rufford, J Chen, L Hao, M Li, Y Qiu… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The blast furnace (BF) ironmaking is an energy-intensive process and the largest source of
CO₂ emissions in an integrated steel mill. We evaluated the potential energy, fresh coke …

Combustion characteristics of charcoal, semicoke, and pulverized coal in blast furnace and their impacts on reactor performance

L Liu, S Kuang, B Guo, A Yu - Powder Technology, 2024 - Elsevier
Injecting new fuels like charcoal and semicoke into ironmaking blast furnaces (BF) helps
reduce pulverized coal and coke consumption, leading to significant environmental and …

Effect of hydrogen addition on softening and melting reduction behaviors of ferrous burden in gas-injection blast furnace

Y Qie, Q Lyu, X Liu, J Li, C Lan, S Zhang… - … Materials Transactions B, 2018 - Springer
The softening and melting reduction behaviors of ferrous burden in a gas-injection blast
furnace (BF) have been investigated experimentally with the assistance of H 2. The results …

Injection of COREX off-gas into ironmaking blast furnace

L Liu, S Kuang, B Guo, A Yu - Fuel, 2023 - Elsevier
Oxygen blast furnace (OBF) is a promising ironmaking technology to realize low carbon
emissions. It is featured in high oxygen-enriched operations and suffers from excessively …

[HTML][HTML] A theoretical study using the multiphase numerical simulation technique for effective use of H2 as blast furnaces fuel

JA de Castro, C Takano, J Yagi - Journal of Materials Research and …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a numerical simulation procedure for analyzing hydrogen, oxygen and carbon
dioxide gases injections mixed with pulverized coals within the tuyeres of blast furnaces …