About this Abstract |
| Meeting |
2026 TMS Annual Meeting & Exhibition
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| Symposium
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Energy Technologies and CO2 Management: Resource Efficient Processes
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| Presentation Title |
Utilization of Intermittent Renewable Electricity for Metal Processing |
| Author(s) |
Omid Mahdavi, Isaak Olson, Adam Clayton Powell |
| On-Site Speaker (Planned) |
Omid Mahdavi |
| Abstract Scope |
Novel low-cost electricity generation technologies such as solar and wind systems can be utilized for electrification and decarbonization of some metal production processes on a large scale. However, these technologies are intermittent which is partially mitigatable by energy storage systems like batteries. In an optimal electrical grid, there exist time intervals with excess energy supply during the year, which can be exploited to run such processes. In the present study, an algorithm with a threshold price for conditional shutdown of metal production processes is presented to identify the best annual and daily operating time intervals, with variable electricity price and shutdown and startup costs taken into consideration. For this purpose, three different conditions are identified – high process energy use, low capital cost and flexibility – under which, intermittent operation for metal processing outperform continuous operation in terms of operational cost based on the real-time electricity prices. |
| Proceedings Inclusion? |
Planned: |
| Keywords |
Environmental Effects, Process Technology, Sustainability |