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A PROPOSAL OF AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR THE REDUCTION OF IRON ORE IN THE EASTERN AMAZONIA
https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2019.01-03.076-079
Abstract
Brazil has decreased the utilization of wood under the form of either charcoal or fuel wood to about 10% of its energy consumption (year 2000). The same is not true for the Brazilian Amazonia where there is a growing demand of charcoal for the production of pig iron in the Greater Carajas Program. The objective of the present study is to verify the feasibility of using electrolytic hydrogen instead of charcoal for the direct reduction of iron ore in that region. Techno, economic and environmental aspects are considered. This study can be benefcial to Brazil in general and Amazonia in particular since natural resources might be preserved and pollution avoided.
About the Authors
L. C. de Lima
Center of Technological Sciences, CCT-UNIFOR, University of Fortaleza
United States
United States
Fortaleza, CE 60811-905, USA
tel.: +1-55-85-477-3083; fax: +1-55-85-477-3061
J. B. Furlan Duarte
Center of Technological Sciences, CCT-UNIFOR, University of Fortaleza
United States
United States
Fortaleza, CE 60811-905, USA
tel.: +1-55-85-477-3083; fax: +1-55-85-477-3061
T. N. Veziroglu
Clean Energy Research Institute, University of Miami
United States
United States
Ph.D. in Heat Transfer, Professor, President of International Association for Hydrogen Energy, a member of 18 scientific organizations.
Coral Gables, FL 33124, USA
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de Lima L.C., Furlan Duarte J.B., Veziroglu T.N. A PROPOSAL OF AN ALTERNATIVE ROUTE FOR THE REDUCTION OF IRON ORE IN THE EASTERN AMAZONIA. Alternative Energy and Ecology (ISJAEE). 2019;(01-03):76-79. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.15518/isjaee.2019.01-03.076-079
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