A huge transformation in the steel industry, production of carbon-free steel with the HYBRIT project

The joint project between Sweden’s Vattenfall Energy Company, SSAB Steel Company and a mining company has taken a big step towards the industrial production of fossil-free steel. This project, which has been running for more than six years, has shown its results to the Swedish Energy Agency Carbon dioxide-free steel is entirely possible.

According to the scientific news department of Tekna Technology Media, according to this project, replacing coal and coke with green hydrogen as a clean energy source is an effective solution to completely eliminate greenhouse gas emissions in the steel production process. Estimates show that the widespread implementation of HYBRIT technology can more than Reduce Sweden’s net carbon dioxide emissions by ten percent.

Wattenfall’s press release states that this is the first project in the world that has proven a completely fossil-free steel production chain from the stage of iron ore extraction to the production of the final product on a semi-industrial scale. It has been shown that iron produced by HYBRIT method has a much higher quality than iron produced by traditional methods.

One of the important achievements of this project is the development of a new technology for the production of fossil-free iron and steel using hydrogen. This technology is completely carbon dioxide-free and the iron produced by this method has much better mechanical and chemical properties in addition to being compatible with the environment. compared to iron produced by traditional methods.

During this project, researchers have succeeded in developing efficient methods for producing and storing hydrogen, as well as melting sponge iron in electric arc furnaces. These achievements allow the production of high-quality steel in a completely sustainable way. According to the successful results of the test phase of the HYBRIT project, it has entered a new phase, which aims to implement this technology on an industrial scale. This project promises a bright future for the steel industry and a significant reduction in greenhouse gas emissions.

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