In this study different possibilities and the feasibility of applying carbon capture at an integrated steel mill based on blast furnace process, in order to reduce carbon dioxide emissions were studied. Technologies considered for capturing of CO2 are post-combustion carbon capture (PCC) and oxygen blast furnace route (OBF). Post-combustion capture for the integrated steel mill was evaluated in an earlier study by Arasto et Al. and Tsupari et Al. [1,2]. Implications of different capture amounts, different solvents for post-combustion capture and process integration levels to the greenhouse gas balance and operation economics are compared to the steel production base case with varying costs of CO2 emission allowances. Furthermore the effect of reducing the carbon intensity of steel production on the final steel production cost is evaluated. Iron and steel industry is responsible of around 5% of the overall global CO2 emissions [3]. Steel production based on the blast furnace and basic oxygen furnace-based route is the main technology corresponding to the growth in global steel production [4] and this technology route is also the main source of CO2 emissions in the iron and steel industry. The assessment of potential and cost for carbon capture and storage in the iron and steel industry is based on a case study on Ruukki Metals Oy's steel mill in Raahe. The mill is situated on the northeastern coast of the Gulf of Bothnia. It is the largest integrated steel mill in the Nordic countries producing hot rolled steel plates and coils. It is also the largest CO 2 point source in Finland emitting approximately 4 Mton of CO 2 / year. Raahe steel mill produces district heat for use in the town nearby as well as for use onsite for heating of the premises. The power plant is connected to the national electricity grid, and thus it is possible to buy and sell electricity across system boundary. In contrast to power plant applications of CCS, CO 2 emission sources at an integrated steel mill are scattered around the industrial site and the flue gases are led to several stacks. Due to this, the capture process evaluation is much more complex and requires system level optimization. Carbon capture processes and process integration options were modeled using Aspen Plus process modeling software and the results were used to estimate CO 2 emission reduction possibilities and carbon abatement costs at the integrated steel mill from an investor's point of view. Different heat integration options and heat utilization scenarios were investigated and optimized with a custom-built CC-Skynet™ economics toolkit. Heat available for solvent regeneration varies between these heat utilization scenarios and thus different capture amount are investigated depending on the heat available for solvent regeneration in different case
7118Antti Arasto et al. / Energy Procedia 37 ( 2013 ) 7117 -7124 studies. Also different technologies related to oxygen blast furnace were considered, both for oxygen production and for top gas treatment. The application ...
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