Review article

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

D. Burchart-Korol ; Central Mining Institute, Department of Energy Saving and Air Protection, Katowice, Poland

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.

Keywords

Life Cycle Assessment; ULCOS; iron and steel industry

Hrčak ID:

64386

URI

https://hrcak.srce.hr/64386

Publication date:

1.7.2011.

Article data in other languages: croatian

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