Current situation of energy consumption and measures taken for energy saving in the iron and steel industry in China

Guo, Zhu; Fu, Zhanbao

doi:10.1016/j.energy.2009.04.008

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“…China is the world's largest producer of iron and steel. In 2006, China's share of world steel production was 34% and this figure is expected to increase, consistent with continued growth in domestic demand (Guo & Fu, 2010). In contrast to other countries, the iron and steel sector in China has a large number of small, inefficient producers.…”

Section: China's Iron and Steel Sectormentioning

confidence: 81%

“…Coal is the most important fuel used in the Chinese iron and steel sector. In 2004, the energy consumption mix of the Chinese iron and steel sector was 69.9% coal, 26.4% electricity, 3.2% fuel oil and 0.5% natural gas (Guo & Fu, 2010). …”

Section: China's Iron and Steel Sectormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Crude steel production, however, continues to be dominated by a few large state-owned enterprises. In 2003, China's 10 largest steel firms produced more than a third of China's steel output with the top four firms producing more than 20% (Guo & Fu, 2010). China's iron and steel sector has attracted little foreign direct investment (Wu, 2000).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“…The iron and steel sector is the largest industrial consumer of energy, accounting for approximately 15% of China's total energy consumption. Although current efficiencies are much better than they were in the past decades (Guo and Fu, 2009;IEA, 2007), the average energy consumption per unit of steel is about 20% greater than that of other advanced countries (Guo and Fu, 2009). The pollution caused by the iron and steel industry is also serious.…”

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“…In China, poor energy efficiency and serious pollution from the iron and steel industry are mainly due to the fact that much of the production is at small-scale facilities (Guo and Fu, 2009;AAM, 2009;Zhu, 2008). Therefore, the government developed an aggressive strategy to eliminate small and inefficient furnaces.…”

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Effects of energy conservation in major energy-intensive industrial sectors on emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in China

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Integrating desalination to reservoir operation to increase redundancy for more secure water supply

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Water Resources Research

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We investigate the potential of integrating desalination to existing reservoir systems to mitigate supply uncertainty. Desalinated seawater and wastewater are relatively reliable but expensive. Water from natural resources like reservoirs is generally cheaper but climate sensitive. We propose combining the operation of a reservoir and seawater and wastewater desalination plants for an overall system that is less vulnerable to scarcity and uncertainty, while constraining total cost. The joint system is modeled as a multiobjective optimization problem with the double objectives of minimizing risk and vulnerability, subject to a minimum limit on resilience. The joint model is applied to two cases, one based on the climate and demands of a location in India and the other of a location in California. The results for the Indian case indicate that it is possible for the joint system to reduce risk and vulnerability to zero given a budget increase of 20-120% under current climate conditions and 30-150% under projected future conditions. For the Californian case, this would require budget increases of 20-80% and 30-140% under current and future conditions, respectively. Further, our analysis shows a two-way interaction between the reservoir and desalination plants where the optimal operation of the former is just as much affected by the latter as the latter by the former. This highlights the importance of an integrated management approach. This study contributes to a greater quantitative understanding of desalination as a redundancy measure for adapting water supply infrastructures for a future of greater scarcity and uncertainty.Of the different alternatives, we focus on the last two, namely desalinated seawater and desalinated wastewater

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Current situation of energy consumption and measures taken for energy saving in the iron and steel industry in China

Cited by 183 publications

References 1 publication

Inter-fuel substitution in the Chinese iron and steel sector

Inter-fuel substitution in the Chinese iron and steel sector

Effects of energy conservation in major energy-intensive industrial sectors on emissions of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans in China

Integrating desalination to reservoir operation to increase redundancy for more secure water supply

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