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minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoUse renewable and clean energy sources to produce electricity then make steel with induction heater or other forms of electricity-based heat?
minus-squaredouglasg14b@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThat’s… Not how steel production works. Coal is a significant component in the production of steel to impregnate it with carbon. I wonder if we can move more towards charcoals, but even then I wonder if that’s just much less effective.
minus-squareSkua@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up0·6 months agoThe hybrit process that some Swedish steelmakers (including SSAB - not a typo, it isn’t Saab) are using looks promising. They’ve been testing it with Volvo and are apparently making it part of Volvo’s regular process in 2026
minus-squarecordlesslamp@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoCool, I learned something new today.
Use renewable and clean energy sources to produce electricity then make steel with induction heater or other forms of electricity-based heat?
That’s… Not how steel production works.
Coal is a significant component in the production of steel to impregnate it with carbon.
I wonder if we can move more towards charcoals, but even then I wonder if that’s just much less effective.
The hybrit process that some Swedish steelmakers (including SSAB - not a typo, it isn’t Saab) are using looks promising. They’ve been testing it with Volvo and are apparently making it part of Volvo’s regular process in 2026
Cool, I learned something new today.