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Resource efficient

steel production

B. De Lamberterie

Secretary General

ESTEP

ESTEP’s main characteristics

• Among the first ETPs created in Europe

• Financially supported by the EU steel industry only

• Focused on topics linked with Societal Challenges

for Europe

• Living Strategic Research Agenda( SRA)

• Wide panel of stakeholders ( Academia, Research

and Technology centers, E .Commission, Member

States representatives, suppliers, clients...)

• Strong involvement in People activities

2meeting with WssTP, september 27 2010

Research Areas to meet the aims of Sustainable Development

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B. De Lamberterie

Secretary General

Organisational &

ManagementSupport

Organisation

Steering Committee

M. Wurth (Arcelor Mittal) K.Adams (Corus)

E. Gibellieri (EMF/CCMI)

Support Group

P.Schwab (VoestAlpine) K. P Imlau (TKS)

P.Gimondo ( CSM)

Working Groups

Decision-making level of

the Stakeholders

Management-level

working body

Expert-level

working groups

Profit

Innovation

Partners

Automotive

Partners

Construction

Partners

EnergyPlanet People

Ch.Marique(CRM)

O. Hoffmann

(TKS) T. Hurd(Corus)

P. Gimondo(CSM)‏

J.P Birat

(ArcelorMittal)‏R.C Meiler

(TKS)‏

Mirror GroupMember States

Implementation group/CommunicationB.De Lamberterie /W. Moonen(Corus)‏


The SRA of ESTEP answers the

following challenges

Development of Safe, clean, energy-efficient and cost-effective technologies

Reducing the CO2 emissions directly in steelmaking and indirectly by offering suitable steel solutions

Promoting conservation of resources, recovery of wastes and societal value of materials ( SOVAMAT)

Contributing to the development of Energy sources for the future

Attracting and securing highly skilled people


ESTEP’s Roadmap on

sustainable use of resources


Resources: issues and R&D areas

Iron ores and scraps

• Optimising the use of lower grade ores

• Recovering Fe units from in-plant residues in

dedicated tools ( field for R&D and demo projects)

– BF and BOF dusts and sludges

– Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) dusts, oily mill scales

• Optimising scrap recycling

– Today 40% of crude steel within EU27 is produced by

the scrap + EAF route

– Still a potential to increase gradually this rate up to 50%

in the next 20 years thanks to larger available quantities

and better control of scrap qualities


Resources issues and R&D areas

Resource & Energy efficiency (1)• Resource & Energy efficiency partnership ( REP)

– Energy Intensive Industries ( EIIs) are key actors in today’s

European Economy

– Recently was established informally a R&D network with

material producers ( steel, non ferrous, glass, cement,

chemicals, paper..) and equipments suppliers ( represented

by Eunited) named REP

– Steel industry is in favor to reinforce this REP R&D network,

publishing an position paper ( oct 2010) in order to :

• Exploit the potential of REP in European research, fully integrated

in the Framework Programme ( FP7 and FP8)

• Strengthen the role of REP in the PPP Factory of the Future

• Promote demonstration projects and deploy key enable technologies

• Coordinate skills development within REP


Resources issues and R&D areas

Resource & Energy efficiency (2)

• Energy efficiency in the steel industry

– adoption of the SET-Plan methodology, with a single format

of the definition and the follow-up of energy consumptions

– To address both integrated BF/BOF and scraps+EAF plants

– Identification and evaluation of potential gains

• Carbon needs for reduction

• Energy efficiency of the equipments and processes : roadmap

« intelligent steel manufacturing » in the frame of the PPP FoF

• Energy recovery

• Maximizing the use of scraps

• Process yield improvement

• Application of steel products : transport, construction, steel for energy



Ecological services

• Ensure the water supply for the long term– Improvement of water intake, water discharge, close loop

concept, minimization of water use/waste

– EU steelmakers active in the Worldsteel water project

• Monitor and improve the air quality

• Prevention of the noise

• Steel industry very active in the BREFs and

IPPC approach.

• Preservation of the biodiversity and the land

quality & use

• Ecological village : synergy between industries

and communities. 10meeting with WssTP, september 27 2010


Global warming

• Medium term approach

– Strong link between energy efficiency and GHG issue:

Energy savings induce reduction of CO2 emissions

– Increase scrap recycling : scrap route emits by the factor

5 significantly less CO2 emissions, including carbon for

electricity

• Long term approach: the ULCOS project

– 2 demonstrations projects are planned so far:

• the BF with TGR( Top Gas Recycling) and CCS with 50%

reduction of CO2 emissions

• Hisarna ( direct reduction with pure oxygen ) with 80% reduction


Sustainable water management ( 1)

2 main production routes :

-Blast furnace & converter- Scraps + Electric Arc Furnace

12meeting with WssTP, september

27 2010

Sustainable water management ( 3)• EU 27 steel production is around 200mt/year, before

the crisis with 60% by Blast Furnace route and 40%

by scraps+ Electric Arc Furnace Route.

• The BF/BOF (Blast Furnace/ Basic Oxygen furnace)

route is much more demanding in water than the EAF

route.

• For the 120mt/y of crude steel with BF/BOF , the net

consumption of water is between 1 and 5m3/ ton of

steel and average at around 2.5m3/ton of steel.

• Total intake is around 30m3/ton , so total discharge

water is 27.5m3/ton. Some plants are working in

close loop. 13meeting with WssTP, september 27 2010


• In steelmaking water is used for

– Cooling ( the major part), especially for the Blast

Furnace, the coke cooling, the continuous casters and

the hot rolling.

– Cleaning ( waste gas cleaning) , mainly for Coke Oven

gas and Blast furnace gas

– Steam use

– Other chemical use such as HCL pickling, emulsions

for rolling, degreasing of steel sheet surface etc…



• Within the World Steel Association, a water

management working group was set-up in 2008.

• The purpose is quantified the amounts of water

used, the different treatment methods, the rate of

reuse of treated water, the quality of discharged

water .

• Exchanges on techniques applied and best

practices.



• Topics of interest between ESTEP and WssTP

– Water and energy

– Water sourcing

– Water treatments

– Water related costs

– Water qualities ( depending on the processes)

• Trends for discharged water ( like Chemical Oxygen

demand, Suspended materials)

• Softening optimisation

• Health & Safety ( ie legionella )and environment

• Sludges and brines

- Global water management for industry 16meeting with WssTP, september 27 2010

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