Descrizione del progetto
Costruire un futuro senza carbonio e senza rifiuti per l’industria siderurgica
L’industria siderurgica odierna utilizza miliardi di tonnellate di minerale di ferro. C’è una crescente domanda di minerali di alta qualità e di rottami di acciaio (riciclati), nonché di nuovi approcci tecnologici per la valorizzazione dei minerali di ferro di bassa qualità e per il riciclaggio delle scaglie di laminazione. In proposito, il progetto TransZeroWaste, finanziato dall’UE, applicherà l’idrometallurgia per la disoleazione delle scaglie di laminazione e utilizzerà questo equivalente di rottame ricco di ferro per migliorare i minerali di ferro di bassa qualità. In particolare, il progetto svilupperà tecnologie a basse emissioni di carbonio come la pellettizzazione a freddo e la bricchettatura, la pellettizzazione a caldo a microonde e l’idrometallurgia supportata da magneti. La ricerca applicata sarà sviluppata e trasferita ai due partner industriali con nove siti produttivi. Nel complesso, il progetto porterà l’industria siderurgica europea verso un futuro privo di carbonio e di rifiuti.
Obiettivo
Growing demand for high quality iron ores and scrap as well as abandonment of carbon intensive sintering in the future require novel technological approaches for upgrading of low-grade iron ores and recycling of mill scale. TransZeroWaste will apply hydrometallurgy for mill scale de-oiling and use this iron-rich scrap equivalent to upgrade low-grade iron ores. For that, TransZeroWaste will develop low carbon technologies such as cold pelletising and briquetting, hot microwave pelletising, and magnet-supported hydrometallurgy from TRL 6 to TRL 8. The developed technologies will be transferable to further material flows such as dusts and sludges.
On European level, the expected impact will be the potential upgrade of over 18 million t/a low-grade iron ore, up to 6 million t/a mill scale and 3 million t/a pellet sieving residue. Total impact of TransZeroWaste will include upgrading of 27 million t/a materials with low carbon technologies and avoiding of corresponding sinter plant carbon footprint of 4,3 – 9,9 MtCO2/a.
Technological competences and know-how are owned by the participating partners from the applied research. They will be developed and transferred to the two industrial partners with 9 production sites. Thoroughly planned dissemination and exploitation activities will ensure effective implementation of technologies after project end. Life cycle assessment and economic evaluation will be performed; sustainable business models will be developed. Furthermore, a decision support platform for industrial users will be installed. In combination with workshops and trainings it will help to find and implement the best upgrading technology for various low-grade materials considering environmental and economic aspects. TransZeroWaste will serve as a vehicle for the transition of the European steel industry to the carbon free zero waste future.
Campo scientifico
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringwaste managementwaste treatment processesrecycling
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energy
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- social scienceseconomics and businesseconomicssustainable economy
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Programma(i)
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HORIZON-CL4-2022-TWIN-TRANSITION-01
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4362 Esch Sur Alzette
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