Back to the future with emerging iron technologies

A Oarga-Mulec, U Luin, M Valant - RSC advances, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
Here is a comprehensive overview of iron's potential in low-carbon energy technologies,
exploring applications like metal fuel combustion, iron-based batteries, and energy-carrier …

[HTML][HTML] Toward green steel: Modeling and environmental economic analysis of iron direct reduction with different reducing gases

A Trinca, D Patrizi, N Verdone, C Bassano… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2023 - Elsevier
The objective of the paper is to simulate the whole steelmaking process cycle based on
Direct Reduced Iron and Electric Arc Furnace technologies, by modeling for the first time the …

[HTML][HTML] Iron ore wires as consumable electrodes for the hydrogen plasma smelting reduction in future green steel production

H Springer, IR Souza Filho, L Choisez, MA Zarl… - Sustainable Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
In this work we investigate the feasibility and optimisation pathways for using oxide-filled
consumable electrodes as both ore feeding system and reducing/melting arc carrier in the …

Hydrogen densification in carbon nanopore confinement: Insights from small-angle neutron scattering using a hierarchical contrast model

S Stock, M Seyffertitz, N Kostoglou, MV Rauscher… - Carbon, 2024 - Elsevier
This study reports on the low-pressure hydrogen (H 2) and deuterium (D 2) physisorption
processes in nanoporous activated carbon cloth at supercritical temperatures. In-situ small …

Iron Catalyzed Methane Pyrolysis in a Stratified Fluidized Bed Reactor

S Pathak, E McFarland - Energy & Fuels, 2024 - ACS Publications
Methane pyrolysis at 950° C and 1 atm was investigated on iron containing catalysts derived
from a magnetite (Fe3O4) ore in a semibatch fluidized bed reactor. The magnetite …

[HTML][HTML] Chemistry of the iron-chlorine thermochemical cycle for hydrogen production utilizing industrial waste heat

M Valant, U Luin - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2024 - Elsevier
This research presents an inventive thermochemical cycle that utilizes a reaction between
iron and HCl acid for hydrogen production. The reaction occurs spontaneously at room …

The behavior of direct reduced iron in the electric arc furnace hotspot

A Pfeiffer, D Ernst, H Zheng, G Wimmer, J Schenk - Metals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Hydrogen-based direct reduction is a promising technology for CO2 lean steelmaking. The
electric arc furnace is the most relevant aggregate for processing direct reduced iron (DRI) …

Hydrogen Plasma for Low-Carbon Extractive Metallurgy: Oxides Reduction, Metals Refining, and Wastes Processing

B Satritama, C Cooper, D Fellicia, MI Pownceby… - Journal of Sustainable …, 2024 - Springer
Carbon-rich sources, such as coal and carbon monoxide gas, have been extensively used
in the metal industry as the reducing agent of metal oxides and as the energy source for …

Hydrogen plasma smelting reduction for fast production of green ferronickel

I Islam, D Tandersen, A Taimullah, YA Sata… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
The production of ferronickel through conventional methods results in substantial CO 2
emissions. To mitigate CO 2 impact, using hydrogen gas as a reductant in Hydrogen Plasma …

[HTML][HTML] Rapid iron extraction from nickel leaching residue by a hydrogen plasma smelting reduction

Z Zulhan, B Hakim, Y Hendrawan, T Hidayat… - Journal of Materials …, 2024 - Elsevier
The processing of limonite-type lateritic nickel ore through sulfuric acid leaching generates
leaching residue that requires careful handling and treatment. This residue, which contains …