Clean Ironmaking

The iron industry existed for hundreds of years before anyone considered its impact on the environment. Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process provides a host of improvements that help improve the environmental impact of this important industry. From allowing the conversion of idle blast furnaces into clean biomass gasifiers, to providing high-efficiency and environmentally-friendly iron/energy cogeneration solutions, Sierra Energy is ready to help bring the iron industry into the 21st century.

Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process represents a revolution for the iron industry. The concentrated reducing gases created by Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process provide a number of advantages to the modern iron producer:

• Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process has been proven to increase furnace throughput by over 400%, meaning that more iron can be produced in a shorter period of time without the need for any significant new infrastructure;

• Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process allows ironmakers to dramatically reduce their use of metallurgical coke and to increase their use of pulverized coal injection (PCI); and

• Sierra Energy’s FASTOX™ process triples the calorific value of the furnace topgas, allowing the topgas to be used in place of natural gas.

Because of the competitive environment in the iron industry, and constrictions on the supply of metallurgical coke, the advantages provided by the FASTOX™ process will yield a significant advantage for ironmakers who adopt the process for their blast furnaces.