Project description
New production solution for green steel
Hydrogen produced from renewable energy is climate friendly, and as such it is one of the proven paths to help the EU achieve climate neutrality. In this context, the EU-funded RecHycle project will implement a gas hub to mix metallurgic gases produced on site with or without external green hydrogen sources. The product will be fed into a blast furnace and a future direct reduced iron furnace leading to sustainably produced green steel. The proposal represents a cost-efficient solution to decrease carbon emissions that will initiate a new symbiosis between the steel industry, the chemical industry and renewable energy sources. RecHycle will contribute to the transition towards a circular economy, where waste products are valorised to the maximum of their potential, and serve as a turning point towards the development of further collaborations between companies within the North Sea Port industrial area.
Objective
RecHycle's goal is to implement a gas hub, capable of mixing metallurgic gases produced on site with or without external (green) hydrogen sources. This is to be fed ultimately into the Blast Furnace and a future DRI furnace to sustainably produce green steel.
The project will demonstrate a cost-efficient solution to decrease carbon emissions by initiating a new industrial symbiosis between and within the steel industry, chemical industry and renewable energy sources (e.g. wind or solar to obtain green electricity or hydrogen). The project will contribute in the shift towards a circular economy where waste products are valorised to the maximum of their potential. Furthermore, the project is to serve as a stepping stone towards further development of synergies between companies within the North Sea Port industrial area, thus creating new opportunities for innovation and economic activities.
Challenges to be addressed are the dynamic optimization of gas mixtures and flows, minimizing risks of hydrogen on material embrittlement, ceramic feed-inlet (Tuyere?s) within the furnaces, the quality of the produced steel and the (future) material scrap streams of the DRI. Rechycle is to be executed through a consortium of 6 partners from 4 different countries including 2 industrial partners that are world leading in the steel manufacturing industry and 4 research partners specialized in hydrogen-based studies.
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HORIZON-IA - HORIZON Innovation ActionsCoordinator
1000 Bruxelles / Brussel
Belgium