| About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
MS&T22: Materials Science & Technology
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| Symposium
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Advances and Challenges in Decarbonization of the Steel Industry
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| Presentation Title |
Comparative Analysis of Decarbonized Steel with Alternative Materials |
| Author(s) |
Vaishnavi Vijay Rajulwar, Robert Stirling, Tova Jarnerud, Sridhar Seetharaman |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Vaishnavi Vijay Rajulwar |
| Abstract Scope |
As various regions around the world implement carbon taxes, we assert that the competitiveness of steel in the marketplace will shift according to individual manufacturers’ ability to reduce CO2 emissions as measured by Life Cycle Analysis (LCA). This study was performed by using LCA and techno-economic analysis to compare the CO2 emissions and the additional cost applied to the production of various decarbonized materials for the automotive industry. The pathways to decarbonize steel and alternative materials such as aluminum and reinforced polymer composites was evaluated. The method of production of steel, market analysis, and the impact on the environment were studied for various regions, namely India, the US, and Germany. For example, it was shown that the production of 1 kg of steel sheet emits almost 2.5 times the amount of CO2 when produced in the BF-BOF route compared to the EAF route in Germany. |