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Is iron a potential replacement for coal in steel and cement production?
by schwabacher 3y ago
Is iron a potential replacement for coal in steel and cement production?
- droopyEyelids 3y agoit could be, but like other posters have mentioned, it takes a lot of energy to mine and refine the iron so it'd be in a usable state. I think it's easiest to think of iron as another energy storage medium that could ease the peaks of renewable energy, by taking excess renewable energy to generate the iron, and oxidizing the iron for energy generation during peak demand periods with low renewable generation It's like hydrogen in that way.
- adrianN 3y agoMaking steel from ore using iron seems a bit weird. If you already have a method to reduce the oxide, why not use it on the ore?
- wolverine876 3y agoSteel in principle is iron + carbon.