Low CO2 ironmaking in the blast furnace

• The steel industry contributes to the global emissions of fossil CO2 by around 7 %, mainly related to coal and coke used in the BF. At the same time the BF is, and will be in a foreseeable future, the most energy efficient method for ore based hot metal production. Several R&D teams have investigated concepts to minimize CO2 emission as e. g. the ULCOS top gas recycling BF, high injection of H2, use of bio-mass products and HBI. In this paper these different options, and in some cases combination of these are analyzed relative the BF conditions and their possible impacts on fossil CO2 emission are compared.

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