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knob-turned-past-uhf t1_j640qdw wrote

Bit ironic to say they are decarbonizing the steel industry

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rnrigfts t1_j64cxhh wrote

Back to the Iron Age

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Graega t1_j64mnnk wrote

It's bronze for me - that rich golden brown gleam!

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GhostofDownvotes t1_j63zp0u wrote

Wow, all these amazing discoveries we hear about every day being posted on literally-who websites and reposted by literal karma bots. The future is bright!

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Kay-Flow t1_j64p2cr wrote

Hey, SSAB is at least underway. Not the same method but the results are at least fossil free Steel.

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DonManuel t1_j63hcru wrote

In other European countries they try to use hydrogen to decarbonize steel production. Remains to be seen which solution is more efficient.

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MrNokill t1_j65mg03 wrote

Grey hydrogen, so it's gas powered steel production in a way, at least they want to make it electric at the factory and burn the gas on sea for making the hydrogen, so it's not polluting the land area as much.

Good thing regulations aren't upheld or steel production would shut down.

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autotldr t1_j6b2aj9 wrote

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 71%. (I'm a bot)

> Researchers from the University of Birmingham have developed an innovative method for existing furnaces that could reduce steelmaking's CO2 emission by nearly 90%. The iron and steel industry is a major cause of greenhouse gasses, accounting for 9% of global emissions.

> In blast furnace steel manufacturing, coke is used to produce metallic iron from ore obtained from mining - which releases large quantities of carbon dioxide in the process.

> According to Dr Harriet Kildahl, who co-devised the method with Professor Yulong Ding, their technology aims to convert this carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide that can be reused in the iron ore reaction.

Extended Summary | FAQ | Feedback | Top keywords: existing^#1 furnace^#2 carbon^#3 iron^#4 steel^#5

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miletich2 t1_j64kl86 wrote

That’s a first.

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MacDegger t1_j655la0 wrote

No it isn't. Vattenfall did it 2 years ago, too (different process).

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Tempownik t1_j6563yq wrote

And China did not used hydrogen to make noncarbon steel from some time?

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PastTense1 t1_j63wuqq wrote

"their technology aims to convert this carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide"

Carbon monoxide is deadly to humans. One wonders if they can do this without harm to the workers.

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MetallicDragon t1_j648bwu wrote

The rest of the sentence which you cut off:

>their technology aims to convert this carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide that can be reused in the iron ore reaction.

Presumably, if they're capturing and reusing a gas, it would need to be contained, and thus isolated from the workers.

Plus, I don't think CO is so deadly that leaks would be immediately dangerous. They could be detected and workers evacuated before any ill effects happen.

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Canebrake247 t1_j66xs9q wrote

CO Leaks are immediately dangerous. 1.3% in an atmosphere is unconsciousness after 2–3 breaths. Death in less than three minutes. Don't ever assume chemicals are safe because they don't sound or feel dangerous. More than 100,000 people in the U.S. visit the emergency department each year due to accidental CO poisoning.

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