Corus, the European unit of Tata Steel Ltd. announced Friday plans to build a new pilot plant at its Ijmuiden, Netherlands steelworks to test a new steelmaking process that could potentially reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by more than 50%, the company said Friday.
The company is working in consortium with the Ultra-Low CO2 Steelmaking research group or ULCOS to build a pilot plant to test a new technology called Hisarna.
The pilot plant will cost EUR20 million to build and will be able to produce 60,000 tons of steel a year. The plant should be operational by the fourth quarter of 2010, a Corus spokesman said.
Hisarna combines two technologies to reduce CO2 emissions. The first technology, developed by Corus, melts iron ore fines in a cyclone. The second technology, developed by Rio Tinto PLC is called Hismelt and places the iron ore in a smelter vessel for final ore reduction and iron production.
The new steelmaking process requires significantly less coal usage and thus reduces the amount of CO2 emissions. Furthermore, it is a flexible process that allows partial substitution of coal by biomass, natural gas or even hydrogen(H2).
The new process could improve energy efficiency by 20%, Corus said.
The Dutch government is contributing EUR5 million while ULCOS and the European Commission will contributed the remaining EUR15 million in funding.
Sunday, November 29, 2009
Corus To Build Pilot Plant That Could Reduce Steel CO2 By 50%
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