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Pulverized Sponge Iron, a Zero-Carbon and Clean Substitute for Fossil Coal in Energy Applications
RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden (2017-2019), Bioeconomy, ETC Energy Technology Center. Luleå University of Technology, Sweden.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9395-9928
RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden (2017-2019), Bioeconomy, ETC Energy Technology Center.
RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden (2017-2019), Bioeconomy, ETC Energy Technology Center.ORCID iD: 0009-0004-9996-8659
RISE - Research Institutes of Sweden (2017-2019), Bioeconomy, ETC Energy Technology Center. University of Miskolc, Hungary.
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2018 (English)In: Energy & Fuels, ISSN 0887-0624, E-ISSN 1520-5029, Vol. 32, no 9, p. 9982-9989Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The direct combustion of recyclable metals has the potential to become a zero-carbon energy production alternative, much needed to alleviate the effects of global climate change caused by the increased emissions of the greenhouse gas CO2. In this work, we show that the emission of CO2 is insignificant during the combustion of pulverized sponge iron compared to that of pulverized coal combustion. The emissions of the other harmful pollutants NOx and SO2 were 25 and over 30 times lower, respectively, than in the case of pulverized coal combustion. Furthermore, 96 wt % of the solid combustion products consisted of micrometer-sized, solid or hollow hematite (α-Fe2O3) spheres. The remaining 4 wt % of products was maghemite (Î-Fe2O3) nanoparticles. According to thermodynamic calculations, this product composition implies near-complete combustion, with a conversion above 98%. The results presented in this work strongly suggest that sponge iron is a clean energy carrier and may become a substitute to pulverized coal as a fuel in existing or newly designed industrial systems.

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2018. Vol. 32, no 9, p. 9982-9989
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Carbon, Carbon dioxide, Climate change, Coal, Emission control, Gas emissions, Greenhouse gases, Hematite, Pulverized fuel, Sponge iron, Direct combustion, Energy applications, Global climate changes, Industrial systems, Product composition, Pulverized coal combustion, Pulverized coals, Thermodynamic calculations, Coal combustion
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URN: urn:nbn:se:ri:diva-35286DOI: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.8b02270Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85052297503OAI: oai:DiVA.org:ri-35286DiVA, id: diva2:1255798
Available from: 2018-10-15 Created: 2018-10-15 Last updated: 2024-05-17Bibliographically approved

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