This video is a recording from the Sustainability in Steel conference hosted by SUSTAIN 8th-10th July 2024 at Swansea University Bay Campus. Please note we can only share the recordings where we have permission, so not all presentations will be available on demand.
About this session:
The Carbon Cycle – There are many stages during steelmaking process where carbon is added, use, transformed and released. Through better understanding of these processes, steps can be taken to reduce the carbon footprint of the steel industry on the road to net zero. This session will focus on where carbon is found in steelmaking processes and the potential for capture and conversion of emitted carbon into useful products.
About the speakers:
Ed Heath-Whyte, Liberty Steel
Ed is Employed by Liberty Steel Group UK as the senior environmental, energy and sustainability professional, He also inputs into European and Global Policy forums and had led and participated in technical working groups on BREFs for Iron and Steel and Ferrous Metal Processing as well as decarbonisation policy in the Steel Sector.
Prof. Peter Styring, University of Sheffield
Peter is Professor of Chemical Engineering & Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, and Associate Fellow in the Understanding of Politics. His expertise lies in novel CO2 capture technologies and the use of CO2 as a resource in the production of value-added chemicals that are fossil-carbon-free. Peter is also Co-Founder and CTO of a spinout company, CCU International, which is commercialising the FluRefin Capture technology used on the SUSTAIN and Flue2Chem projects that will be discussed in this talk.
Prof. Enrico Andreoli, Swansea University
Enrico is Professor and Head of Chemical Engineering at Swansea University. His research focuses on materials, devices, and processes for carbon capture and utilisation. Within SUSTAIN, he is theme lead for Emission Management & Utilisation and Zero Waste Steel Making, and task co-lead for CO2 Derived Products, where, with his team, he works on translating industrial processes to the emerging field of CO2 electrochemical conversion.
Find out more about SUSTAIN on our website: sustainsteel.ac.uk
0:00 Introduction to The Carbon Cycle | Prof. Dave Worsley
3:39 Carbon Sources in EAF Steelmaking | Ed Heath-Whyte
16:48 Custodians of Carbon: Commercial Capture | Prof. Peter Styring
39:21 Adding value with carbon dioxide utilisation: a steelmaking view | Prof. Enrico Andreoli