A general Approach to the Reduction of CO2 Emissions from the Steel Industry

Holappa, L. (Speaker)

Activity: Talk or presentation types › Conference presentation

Description

Iron and steel making is an energy-intensive branch of industry. Consequently, it is playing a significant role in global energy consumption and carbon dioxide emissions. The jointly approved target of limiting the global warming by 2050 is extremely challenging. In order to actualize its own share in cutting CO2 emissions, great advancements must be done.
The present situation and feasible scenarios for the future are described. Potential meth-ods to decrease CO2 emissions in current processes via improved energy efficiency, increas-ing recycling and alternative energy sources are considered. Development programs for cur-rent and novel innovative processes as well as trends of energy usage in the future are sur-veyed. Finally, a simplified holistic model is represented demonstrating different actions for global solution of the steel industries´ CO2 emissions problem.
Period12 Jun 2017
Event titleISIJ-VDEh-Jernkontoret Joint Symposium
Event typeConference
Conference number2
LocationStockholm, Sweden
Degree of RecognitionInternational

Keywords

  • iron and steel making
  • energy saving
  • CO2 emissions
  • sustainability