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Significance of environmental life cycle assessment (LCA) method in the iron and steel industry

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: The following paper contains importance of LCA in the iron and steel industry. The metallurgy sector is highly energy intensive and the production of crude steel is associated with significant CO2 emissions. ULCOS (Ultra Low CO2 Steelmaking) is the world’s initiative to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 50 % by 2 050 compared with today’s best routes from steel production by developing new breakthrough technologies. A new environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) method has been undertaken in ULCOS as the most holistic approach of assessing environmental impact and selecting new technologies. Usage of LCA enables to compare alternative metallurgical technologies.

Source: University of Zagreb University Computing Centre (SRCE)

Author: D. Burchart-Korol

Institution: Central Mining Institute

Language: English

Topic: Iron and Steelmaking Processes

Subfield: Metals and Alloys

Field: Materials Science

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDGs: Climate action, Responsible consumption and production, Industry, innovation and infrastructure

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W1892936021

FWCI: 3.014

Cites: 2

Cited by: 37

Related to: 10