About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
TMS Specialty Congress 2026
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| Symposium
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Energy Materials 2026
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| Presentation Title |
Creep Performance of Novel Composite Heating Elements for Steel Decarbonization |
| Author(s) |
Michael Mulholland, Jorgen Rufner |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Michael Mulholland |
| Abstract Scope |
The iron and steel industry is critical for the modern world but is also responsible for 7% of the total energy sector CO2 emissions. It is a difficult industry to decarbonize due to the high temperature heat required for the production of steel, such as reheating steel slabs to ~1250 °C for hot rolling. Electrification of this process using resistive heating is currently not possible due to the poor creep resistance of MoSi2 heating elements, which need to be operated well below their maximum temperatures when mounted horizontally. To solve this problem, novel MoSi2 composite heating elements with SiBCN ceramic reinforcements are being developed using high energy ball milling and spark plasma sintering. The creep performance of different heating elements and their corresponding microstructures and electrical properties will be presented. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Undecided |