IERO-Iron production by Electrochemical Reduction of its Oxide for high CO2 mitigation
| funding type | European Comission |
| programme | RFCS |
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acronym/ reference |
IERO |
| alternative reference | RFSR-CT-2010-00002 |
| research group(s) |
3 - carbon materials, composites and functional coatings; |
| department | Materials and Ceramic Engineering (DEMaC) |
| execution dates | 2010-07-01 - 2013-06-30 ( 36 Months ) |
| project extension date | 2014-06-30 ( 12 Extra months ) |
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abstract/ keywords |
The present proposal aims at developing a breakthrough technology to produce steel without any direct CO2 emissions. The solution consists in using electricity directly to decompose iron oxide into metal and oxygen. The proposal is following up on the ULCOS program, during which the key phenomena controlling the efficiency of the electrochemical reaction have been identified. The work packages are focused on understanding the physics and chemistry of these phenomena in order to propose the design at the scale of an industrial individual cell of an optimised technology demonstrating a very high level of CO2 mitigation. We will use a numerical energy forecasting model, TIMES model, to understand the economical conditions of penetration of this technological breakthrough |
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coordinator /local pi |
Jorge Ribeiro Frade |
| ciceco status | Partner |
| proponent institution | ARCELORMITTAL MAIZIERES RESEARCH S.A. |
| partner institution(s) | ELECTRICITE DE France; FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION; NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET; STIFTELSEN SINTEF; TATA STEEL NEDERLAND TECHNOLOGY BV; Jorge FRADE |
| industrial partner(s) | yes |
| international partner(s) | yes |
| total budget | 3.962.766€ |
| ciceco budget | 540.562€ |
| project code | 3.50.147 |
| link | www.ulcos.org/ |
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