Hydrogen-based transformation of the steel industry

Technical Chairman

Jochen Schlüter

Seminar's target

Europe wants to become climate-neutral by 2050 and already save 55% of greenhouse gases by 2030 compared to 1990. The EU Climate Act sets these targets in law for the first time. For large parts of the European steel industry, these targets mean a far-reaching technological change. The technical solution has been found and is: Replace coal with hydrogen! But how does the new process route work in detail? What are the challenges? In three days, the seminar will provide a technical overview of the biggest technology change in the steel industry for decades.

Content

• Ways to CO₂ neutral steel production
• Iron ores for (hydrogen-based) direct reduction
• Technologies of current direct reduction concepts
• Reduction technologies of iron ore fines with hydrogen
• Green ironmaking with hydrogen and ammonia
• Hydrogen as a challenging atmosphere for refractories
• Electric arc furnace technology - AC and DC
• Technology of the OBF (Smelter)
• Melting of DRI and HBI in the EAF
• Future importance of steel scrap
• Project SALCOS: Steelmaking route DR - EAF
• Project tkH2Steel: Steelmaking route DR - OBF - Converter
• Slags of CO₂ neutral steel production
• Hydrogen production, transport and storage
  – case study Germany
• Green power production and availability
• Decarbonisation of downstream processes – H2 burner