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On Wednesday March 26, the first Metalot@Work session of 2025 took place. This time in the theme of ‘Advanced reduction’.
In previous editions, a lot of attention was paid to the combustion / oxidation side for energy generation, transport and the realization of an entire chain. Part of such a complete chain is, in addition to combustion / oxidation, of course also the reduction side to make the technology circular.
During the session, leading reduction technologies, but also one that is already being used on a large scale, updated the audience on the possibilities.
In Saudi Arabia KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology) is working on Plasma-based iron reduction.
Student team SOLID is working on fixed bed iron reduction to store hydrogen in iron.
TU/e is conducting research into the use of Direct Electric Reduction (DER)
TNO has presented the Wet cycle fixed bed oxidation and reduction.
In Namibia HyIron is working on a rotating drum to reduce iron ore to green DRI production.
Through their own solar park, they are able to operate completely grid-independently, produce their own hydrogen and use it directly. This creates a closed cycle.
The first phase is currently being put into operation, consisting of a 10MW reduction capacity with which 5 tons per hour is reduced in this phase. In the next phase, this will be scaled up to 25 tons per hour 24/7.
A lot is going on in the field of advanced reduction. From new applications that are being researched and experimented with to the use of existing technology on a very large scale.
In short, a valuable insight into the initiatives that exist and to give these parties a platform and to allow them to network with the public.
