CIVS Director, Dr. Chenn Zhou, delivered a seminar organized by Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center at Argonne National Laboratory, on August 17, 2022. The title of the invited talk was ”Decarbonization for Advanced Steel Manufacturing”.

The steel industry plays a vital role in our national security and the economy, supplying one of the most critical materials for manufacturing, infrastructure, and defense. The demand for steel is expected to increase by more than a third through to 2050. However, Steelmaking is very energy intensive and is a big contributor to CO2 emission. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the steel sector is currently responsible for about 8% of global final energy demand and 7% of energy sector CO2 emissions (including process emissions).

The steel industry is critical for achieving the goal of net zero emissions by 2050 in the United Sates. This provides great opportunities for steel producers to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions through research, development, and deployment of innovative technologies, thus improving the sustainability and competitiveness of the steel industry.

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CIVS Director, Dr. Chenn Zhou, delivered a seminar organized by Materials Manufacturing Innovation Center at Argonne National Laboratory, on August 17, 2022. The title of the invited talk was ”Decarbonization for Advanced Steel Manufacturing”.

The steel industry plays a vital role in our national security and the economy, supplying one of the most critical materials for manufacturing, infrastructure, and defense.  The demand for steel is expected to increase by more than a third through to 2050.  However, Steelmaking is very energy intensive and is a big contributor to CO2 emission.  According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), the steel sector is currently responsible for about 8% of global final energy demand and 7% of energy sector CO2 emissions (including process emissions).  The steel industry is critical for achieving the goal of net zero emissions by 2050 in the United Sates.  This provides great opportunities for steel producers to reduce energy consumption and CO2 emissions through research, development, and deployment of innovative technologies, thus improving the sustainability and competitiveness of the steel industry.

 

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Congratulations to the following 5 CIVS Students who received Graduate Research Grant Awards:

• Ogochukwu Duruiheme – “Numerical Simulation of Alloy Addition in Ladle Metallurgy Furnace”
• Neel Busa – “Flow optimization for steel refining process in an Electric arc furnace”
• Emily Higley – “Can We Beat the Heat? Induction vs. Combustion for Steel Reheating”
• Rashed Al Manasir – “Metallurgical Length Prediction in Continuous Casting (CC)”
• Chukwunedum Uzor – “Hydrogen as Fuel in a Reheating Furnace”

Congratulations to the following 5 CIVS Students who received Graduate Research Grant Awards:

1)    Ogochukwu Duruiheme – “Numerical Simulation of Alloy Addition in Ladle Metallurgy Furnace”

2)    Neel Busa – “Flow optimization for steel refining process in an Electric arc furnace”

3)    Emily Higley – “Can We Beat the Heat? Induction vs. Combustion for Steel Reheating”

4)    Rashed Al Manasir – “Metallurgical Length Prediction in Continuous Casting (CC)”

5)    Chukwunedum Uzor – “Hydrogen as Fuel in a Reheating Furnace”

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CIVS is working on a new project regarding performance optimization and greenhouse gas mitigation with a long-time collaborator and SMSVC member, Cleveland Cliffs. The virtual kick-off meeting took place on July 25, 2022. CIVS staff, Dr. Tyamo Okosun, Research Associate Professor, Dr. Chenn Zhou, CIVS Director, Dr. Orlando Ugarte, Post-doctoral Researcher and Sam Nielson, Ph.D. student, met with the representative from Cleveland Cliffs, Prakash Hedge, Division Manager, Thomas White, Iron Producing Operation Engineer and Rich Hiernaux, Manager in Primary Process Research.

Reduction in GHG Impact by Switching from NG-PCI Co-Injection to Maximum NG is a new research project to apply existing models of Cleveland Cliffs’ blast furnaces to study operating performance under new approaches targeting lower greenhouse gas emissions from the process. During the meeting, operating conditions were discussed and geometry required for simulation models was determined.

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CIVS is working on a new project regarding performance optimization and greenhouse gas mitigation with a long-time collaborator and SMSVC member, Cleveland Cliffs. The virtual kick-off meeting took place on July 25, 2022. CIVS staff, Dr. Tyamo Okosun, Research Associate Professor, Dr. Chenn Zhou, CIVS Director, Dr. Orlando Ugarte, Post-doctoral Researcher and Sam Nielson, Ph.D. student, met with the representative from Cleveland Cliffs, Prakash Hedge, Division Manager, Thomas White, Iron Producing Operation Engineer and Rich Hiernaux, Manager in Primary Process Research.

Reduction in GHG Impact by Switching from NG-PCI Co-Injection to Maximum NG is a new research project to apply existing models of Cleveland Cliffs’ blast furnaces to study operating performance under new approaches targeting lower greenhouse gas emissions from the process. During the meeting, operating conditions were discussed and geometry required for simulation models was determined.

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