Current status and potential of biomass utilization in ferrous metallurgical industry

Rufei Wei; Lingling Zhang; Daqiang Cang; Jiaxin Li; Xianwei Li; Chunbao Charles Xu

doi:10.1016/j.rser.2016.10.013

Current status and potential of biomass utilization in ferrous metallurgical industry

Rufei Wei
, Lingling Zhang^*
, Daqiang Cang
, Jiaxin Li
, Xianwei Li
, Chunbao Charles Xu

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper provides a critical review on the current status and potential of biomass utilization in ferrous metallurgical processes, i.e., the blast furnace (BF) – basic oxygen furnace (BOF) route, the direct reduction (DR) – electric arc furnace (EAF) route, the scrap – EAF route and the other routes. In the BF-BOF route, biomass can be used as a fuel for iron ore sintering, or as a raw material for the production of bio-coke, and utilized for blast furnace injection. In the DR-EAF route, direct reduction iron can be produced form iron ore and biomass pellet. In the scrap – EAF route, biomass can be utilized in EAF through a cogeneration system. In addition, biomass can be utilized in magnetic separation of refractory low-grade iron ore, in reuse of iron and steel slag, or as an adsorbent for pollutant control, etc. The challenges and outlook of biomass utilization in metallurgical industry are also discussed in this paper. © 2016 Elsevier Ltd

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	511-524
Journal	Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews
Volume	68
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rser.2016.10.013
Publication status	Published - 1 Feb 2017
Externally published	Yes

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The authors would like to acknowledge the funding from BioFuelNet Canada, a Network of Centres of Excellence, NSERC through the Discovery Grants and the NSERC/FPInnovations Industrial Research Chair in Forest Biorefinery, USTB through Graduate Creative Talent Project: Ph.D Students Short-term Visiting Abroad, and from the State Key Program of National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51234008).

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Bioenergy
Biomass
Environmental performance
Greenhouse gases
Iron making and steel making
Utilization

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