| Title |
Quantification of energy and environmental impacts in uncommon electric steelmaking scenarios to improve process sustainability |
| ID_Doc |
8967 |
| Authors |
Matino, I; Colla, V; Baragiola, S |
| Title |
Quantification of energy and environmental impacts in uncommon electric steelmaking scenarios to improve process sustainability |
| Year |
2017 |
| Published |
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| DOI |
10.1016/j.apenergy.2017.06.088 |
| Abstract |
The electric steel production is in line with the circular economy concept due to the reuse of scrap. However, being energy intensive industries with a significant environmental impact, electric steelworks can increase their competitiveness and environmental sustainability through an adequate management of resource and energy. The paper presents a work related to the quantification of electric energy consumption and environmental impact of unconventional electric steelmaking scenarios while simultaneously monitoring the steel composition. The exploitation of an ad-hoc developed Decision Support Tool highlights that scrap quality strongly affects the monitored energy and environmental parameters (quantified in terms of Key Performance Indicators and aggregated in a Global Index). Moreover, the developed simulations pointed out that the removal of Fe-alloy addition during EAF tapping allows reducing slag and improving the yield by preserving also the steel quality while slightly increasing the electric energy consumption: in countries where the price and the emissions related to the production of electricity are low, this can be a good compromise to improve the environmental sustainability of the sector. The study shows that also limited modifications of the well-known electric steelmaking process could help to increase the sustainability of this energy intensive industrial production route. (C) 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. |
| Author Keywords |
Electric steelworks sustainability; Process modelling; Electric energy efficiency; Environmental impact; KPI; Decision Support Tool |
| Index Keywords |
Index Keywords |
| Document Type |
Other |
| Open Access |
Open Access |
| Source |
Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED); Conference Proceedings Citation Index - Science (CPCI-S) |
| EID |
WOS:000417229300047 |
| WoS Category |
Energy & Fuels; Engineering, Chemical |
| Research Area |
Energy & Fuels; Engineering |
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