Microsoft PowerPoint - Coal Oct23 final.pptx Exploring alternatives to the Cumbrian coal mine Dr Stuart Parkinson Download slides from: Presentation given at webinar organised by XR and Coal Action Network on 26th October, 2023 SGR submitted evidence to local planning inquiries and public inquiry opposing coal mine at Whitehaven (SGR, 2021) (All references listed in fina. [...] Image details/ credit: Port Talbot blast furnace by Grubb at English Wikipedia ‐ Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons, Public Domain, 8 Iron & steel industry: some basics • Major user of coal • Major emitter of greenhouse gas emissions • 7% of global total • Significant obstacles to decarbonisation • Main production routes/ technologi. [...] Blast Furnace and Basic Oxygen Furnace 2. [...] Electric Arc Furnace 3. [...] Direct Reduction and Electric Arc Furnace • 7% of global GHGs ‐ figure is only for direct energy‐related emissions ‐ similar to total for 27 EU nations & UK (Our World in Data, 2023) 9 Steel production – method 1: Blast Furnace & Basic Oxygen Furnace (BF‐BOF) • Blast Furnace (left) produces iron from iron ore • Iron commonly fed into Basic Oxygen Furnace to convert it to steel • Uses coal (.
Authors
Related Organizations
- Pages
- 22
- Published in
- United Kingdom