Advancements in transition to green steel in Europe through direct reduced iron production

• Autorzy: Szemalikowska Alicja

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.32730/mswt.2024.68.2.2

Warianty tytułu

PL

Postępy w przejściu na zieloną stal w Europie poprzez produkcję żelaza gąbczastego

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This article describes the current situation in Europe regarding methods of steel production and transition to green steel, produced in a sustainable way, i.e. with renewable energy and without fossil fuels, in order to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The study focuses on direct reduction (DR) as potentially the best technology to eliminate the use of fossil fuels in the steel industry. The main commercial processes of direct reduced iron (DRI) production such as MIDREX, Energiron, PERED, SL/RN, Fastmet and Circored are described and compared in terms of the quality of finished products, operational conditions and efficiency. The article presents recent statistics regarding the production capacity of DRI, comparing Europe with the rest of the world. Plans concerning the construction of DRI plants across Europe are summarised alongside other projects aimed to support the process of transition to green steel by providing environmentally friendly materials or increasing efficiency of already implemented technologies by recycling waste materials.

PL

Niniejszy artykuł opisuje obecną sytuację w Europie w zakresie metod produkcji stali i przejścia na zieloną stal w celu zmniejszenia emisji gazów cieplarnianych. Koncentruje się na bezpośredniej redukcji (DR) jako potencjalnie najlepszej technologii eliminującej zużycie paliw kopalnych w przemyśle stalowym. Główne komercyjne procesy produkcji bezpośrednio redukowanego żelaza (DRI), takie jak MIDREX, Energiron, PERED, SL/RN, Fastmet i Circored, zostały opisane i porównane pod względem jakości produktu końcowego, warunków operacyjnych i wydajności. Przedstawiono najnowsze statystyki dotyczące zdolności produkcyjnych DRI, porównując Europę i resztę świata. Ogłoszone plany budowy zakładów DRI w całej Europie zostały podsumowane wraz z innymi projektami, które mają na celu pomoc w przejściu na zieloną stal poprzez dostarczanie materiałów przyjaznych dla środowiska lub zwiększenie wydajności już wdrożonych technologii poprzez recykling materiałów odpadowych.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

direct reduced iron; direct reduction; green steel; greenhouse gases emissions; steel production; Europe

PL

żelazo gąbczaste; redukcja bezpośrednia; zielona stal; emisja gazów cieplarnianych; produkcja stali; Europa

• Wydawca: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Górnośląski Instytut Technologiczny
• Czasopismo: Materials Science and Welding Technologies / Technologie Materiałowe i Spawalnicze
• Rocznik: 2024
• Tom: Vol. 68, No. 2
• Strony: art. no. 2
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 38 poz., rys., tab., wykr.

Twórcy

autor

Szemalikowska Alicja

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Upper Silesian Institute of Technology, Gliwice, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0009-0009-8782-7505

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr POPUL/SP/0154/2024/02 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki II" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki (2025).