Sustainable production of metal powder with biocoal
Background/Motivation
- Strong needs to replace fossil based reduction materials in sponge iron processes with biomass-based one.
- The challenges are on differences in various properties of biocarbon with fossil coal, and the price.
Research objectives
- To develop biochar specifications for the Höganäs process.
- To propose an optimized biochar production system.
- To develop a strategy for introducing biochar in the Höganäs process using numerical simulation.
Funding: Swedish Energy Agency, Höganäs (5.2 million SEK)
Partners: Luleå University of Technology and Höganäs AB
Duration: 2019-2022
Contacts: Zahra Ghasemi Monfared, Elisabeth Wetterlund, Marcus Öhman, Kentaro Umeki
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