HIYIELD - Highly Efficient Technologies for Increased Yields in Steelmaking Processes and Reduced Environmental Impact
The project HIYIELD aims to promote a circular economy by progressively increasing the scrap uptake in three scenarios representing the current European steelmaking routes. KTH, through Björn Glaser, acts as the main coordinator for the project, which kicked off in July 2022.
Funded by: Funding from the Horizon Europe Call “Twin Green and Digital Transition 2021” within the Clean Steel Partnership programme.
Time period: July 2022 and June 2025
Project members: The project involves researchers from academia and industrial companies in five European countries : Sweden, Germany, Austria, Italy and Greece. KTH Royal Institute of Technology, through Björn Glaser at the Unit of Processes, acts as the main coordinator for the project.
Objectives
With the ambition to deliver relevant solutions to all steel makers, the project consortium will work to achieve three main objectives:
- To maximize scrap quality by optimal technologies for removal of impurities and optimal use of alloying elements.
- To maximize scrap use by improved scrap identification and classification together with scrap tracking in the circular economy.
- To maximize product quality with further scrap uptake by charge optimization and ensuring the liquid steel analysis and thus the final steel product quality.
Method
The HIYIELD project will contribute to the fight against climate change and the EU steel industry competitiveness by applying highly innovative methods and technologies to the steel sector, such as:
- Deep Learning based Computer Vision for scrap identification and control
- Digital Scrap Information Card for scrap tracking
- Direct Sample analysis
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