摘要
Thesteelindustryhascomealongwayinincreasingitsenergyefficiency.InEuropethecarbonintensityofsteelmakingoverthelast40yearswasdecreasedbyafactor2.Thepotentialforfurtherimprovementsisnowbecominglessobviousasblastfurnaceoperationsareapproachingthethermodynamicallowerlimitofhotmetalproduction.Totakeontheclimatechangechallengeandbeabletorespondtotheexpectationforstrongreductionofcarbonemissions,ArcelorMittal(AM)hasdevelopedatwostepapproach:(1)Inafirstinstancegiventhemodestremainingpotentialforincrementalimprovementsprecisebenchmarktoolsweredeveloped.Thisallowedidentifyingthetoprunnersanddeterminingtheremainingpotentialforimprovement.Plansweredevelopedtobridgethegapwiththisachievableperformance.Intotalaplanwasdevisedwithmorethan400identifiedactionsthroughoutthegroup.Thisactionplanwillallowachievingafurther8%increaseofCO2efficiencyby2020.(2)Secondly,alreadyin2002AMengagedinthedevelopmentofbreakthroughtechnologiestofurtherdrasticallyreducethecarbonintensityofsteelmaking.Afterscreeningalargenumberofcandidatesafewwereselectedforfurtherdevelopment.Afirstbreakthroughtechnologywhichisthemostadvancedstageofdevelopmentcanbeappliedtoexistingblastfurnaceandisreachingmaturityandademonstrationonindustrialscaleofthistechnologyisunderpreparation.Initselfthistechnologywilldecreasethedependencyoncarbonaswellasincreasetheproductivityoftheoriginalblastfurnaces.Realbiggainscanbemadeifthistechnologycanbecombinedwithundergroundcarbonstorage.IntheAMroadmaptheimpactofrawmaterials(DRI,scrap)wasexcluded.Inthelongerrunhowevertheattentionwillhavetoturntotheoverallfootprintofmaterialsandthelongtermconsequencesofthechoiceofmaterials.Increasingtherecoverywhilepreservingthequalityofusedsteelproductswillleveragegreatlytheeffortsdonein
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2010年12月15日(中国Betway体育网页登陆平台首次上网日期,不代表论文的发表时间)