A new technology to remove carbon dioxide from emissions was recently tested in Shelby County, Ala. A U.S. Department of Energy national laboratory recently tested a new technology in Alabama designed to capture carbon dioxide emissions.
Based on the positive results, an expanded field test in 2025 will be conducted at U.S. Steel’s Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Penn., with the aim of separating carbon dioxide from greater volumes of flue gas. Membrane-based carbon capture technology uses permeable materials to separate carbon dioxide from flue gas. It generates carbon dioxide with a low percentage of nitrogen which can then be safely and permanently stored in deep geologic formations or reused.
“This is an opportunity to play a role in shaping the future of greenhouse gas reduction for the entire steel industry,” Scott D. Buckiso, U.S. Steel’s senior vice president and chief manufacturing officer for the North American flat-rolled segment, said.