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20 December 2021

Pioneers Talk #5: Greening the BF-BOF steelmaking route

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Dr. Gerald Wimmer

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Interview

Carbon Steel

Steel production is set to become more environmentally compatible than ever before. In this session of Pioneers Talk, Gerald Wimmer and Tom Widter discuss how to “green” the integrated production route, which relies on two of the main emitters of CO2 in the process chain—the blast furnace and the basic oxygen furnace. Other topics include the trend toward electric steelmaking, the increasing relevance of direct-reduced iron, and new solutions in the field of carbon capture and storage.

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Pioneers Talk #5: Greening the BF-BOF steelmaking route

How to "green" the integrated production route

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Dr. Gerald Wimmer

Dr. Gerald Wimmer knows all there is to know about converter steelmaking. Since joining Primetals Technologies in 2009, his R&D initiatives have resulted in many innovative solutions, such as the Vaicon Link converter-suspension system and the Vaicon AOD Damper. Gerald holds a PhD from the University of Technology of Vienna and a master’s degree in international economics, enabling him to take the entrepreneurial view of a steel producer in addition to understanding the technology at work in a plant.

Video

Interview

Carbon Steel

Green Steel

Steelmaking

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