Mitsubishi reports on a venture to reduce the carbon footprint of steel production.
- ArcelorMittal and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries are working with D-CRBN on a pilot project that would capture CO2 from ArcelorMittal’s plant in Gent, Belgium and convert it into carbon monoxide which can be used in steel and chemical production.
- ArcelorMittal plans to reduce its European emissions by 35% by 2030.
- Mitsubishi will be providing the carbon capture technology for this project while D-CRBN will provide the production to turn the CO2 into CO.
“D-CRBN, an Antwerp-based company, has developed a technology that uses plasma to convert carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide. Using renewable electricity, the plasma is used to break the carbon-oxygen bond, thereby converting CO2 into carbon monoxide. The carbon monoxide can be used as a reductant in the steelmaking process – replacing part of the coke or metallurgical coal used in the blast furnace – or as a basic ingredient in Gent’s Steelanol plant, for chemicals or alternative fuel production.”
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