The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to General Electric (GE) Global Research (GE Research) to design and fabricate …
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October 6, 2023
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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing to provide funding to Hertha Metals, Inc (Hertha) to decarbonize iron production using Hydrogen-Electric Smelting Reduction. The award through laboratory techniques aims to create a suitable slag, a hydrogen injection technology, and methods of handling the hydrogen-electric smelting reduction furnace off-gas as well as investigate the separation of metallic iron from liquid slag.