JFE Steel to Test CO2 Utilization Technologies in Two R&D Projects
07/01/2022 - JFE Steel Corp. recently announced it is moving forward with two R&D projects to develop technologies that will utilize CO2 in steelmaking processes that are expected to help the company achieve carbon neutrality.
For one project, JFE will partner with the Research Institute of Innovative Technology for the Earth to optimize a system that uses CO2 for methanol synthesis. For the second project, the company will partner with Ehime University, which is researching and developing “CO2-fixing technology” based on the carbonation of steel slag.
According to an official press release, JFE Steel has approved the construction of test facilities for the use of steelmaking byproducts such as slag and combustible gases. Research initiatives will take place at facilities at its JFE Steel West Japan Works and East Japan Works.
R&D activities at the JFE Steel West Japan Works in Fukuyama will focus on the commercial launch of a large-scale carbon capture and utilization process. The research at JFE Steel East Japan Works in Chiba will focus on the assimilation of CO2 generated by steelmaking processes.
Demonstration testing at both facilities is to be completed in 2025.
According to an official press release, JFE Steel has approved the construction of test facilities for the use of steelmaking byproducts such as slag and combustible gases. Research initiatives will take place at facilities at its JFE Steel West Japan Works and East Japan Works.
R&D activities at the JFE Steel West Japan Works in Fukuyama will focus on the commercial launch of a large-scale carbon capture and utilization process. The research at JFE Steel East Japan Works in Chiba will focus on the assimilation of CO2 generated by steelmaking processes.
Demonstration testing at both facilities is to be completed in 2025.
