4 ADVANCED MATERIALS & PROCESSES | JULY/AUGUST 2024 ASM International 9639 Kinsman Road, Materials Park, OH 44073 Tel: 440.338.5151 • Fax: 440.338.4634 Joanne Miller, Editor joanne.miller@asminternational.org Victoria Burt, Managing Editor vicki.burt@asminternational.org Frances Richards and Corinne Richards Contributing Editors Anne Vidmar, Layout and Design Allison Freeman, Production Manager allie.freeman@asminternational.org Press Release Editor magazines@asminternational.org EDITORIAL COMMITTEE John Shingledecker, Chair, EPRI Beth Armstrong, Vice Chair, Oak Ridge National Lab Adam Farrow, Past Chair, Los Alamos National Lab Rajan Bhambroo, Tenneco Inc. Daniel Grice, Materials Evaluation & Engineering Surojit Gupta, University of North Dakota Michael Hoerner, KnightHawk Engineering Hideyuki Kanematsu, Suzuka National College of Technology Ibrahim Karaman, Texas A&M University Ricardo Komai, Tesla Bhargavi Mummareddy, Dimensional Energy Scott Olig, U.S. Naval Research Lab Christian Paglia, SUPSI Institute of Materials and Construction Amit Pandey, Lockheed Martin Space Satyam Sahay, John Deere Technology Center India Kumar Sridharan, University of Wisconsin Vasisht Venkatesh, Pratt & Whitney ASM BOARD OF TRUSTEES Pradeep Goyal, President and Chair Navin Manjooran, Senior Vice President Elizabeth Ho man, Vice President Mark F. Smith, Immediate Past President Lawrence Somrack, Treasurer Amber Black Ann Bolcavage Pierpaolo Carlone Hanchen Huang André McDonald Christopher J. Misorski U. Kamachi Mudali James E. Saal Dehua Yang Carrie Wilson, Interim Executive Director STUDENT BOARD MEMBERS Kingsley Amatanweze, Karthikeyan Hariharan, Denise Torres Individual readers of Advanced Materials & Processes may, without charge, make single copies of pages therefrom for personal or archival use, or may freely make such copies in such numbers as are deemed useful for educational or research purposes and are not for sale or resale. Permission is granted to cite or quote from articles herein, provided customary acknowledgment of the authors and source is made. The acceptance and publication of manuscripts in Advanced Materials & Processes does not imply that the reviewers, editors, or publisher accept, approve, or endorse the data, opinions, and conclusions of the authors. BUILDING A GREEN PORTFOLIO The Association for Iron & Steel Technology (AIST) hosts an annual Town Hall Forum as part of its AISTech event. The theme of this year’s forum, held in Columbus in May, was “Steel 2024: Sustainable Optimism.” A panel of experts from the titans of steel shared why they are optimistic about the industry’s future, what defines “green steel,” progress toward net zero emissions by 2050, and the specific decarbonization technologies and strategies now in place or on track for future implementation. A key takeaway was that one size is not going to fit all. The 2050 challenge will require a portfolio of technologies. The industry needs to develop a variety of solutions they can pull from and apply as each situation warrants. Here are a few highlights of solutions already underway: Dave Sumoski of Nucor Corp. reported they have one facility that is 100% wind operated, making it the greenest plant in the world. Daniel Brown of U. S. Steel said they have an agreement with Carbon Free to employ a carbon capture process at their iron making division at Gary Works in Indiana. The byproducts can be sold to the paint industry among others. Wendell Carter of Cleveland-Cliffs Inc. reported that they installed a Midrex direct reduced iron unit in Toledo that allowed them to shut down their highest emitting blast furnace and coke plant. Christopher Graham of Steel Dynamics Inc. predicts that nuclear energy will play a much bigger role going forward. Wind and solar will not be enough to meet industry demand. Prasanna Joshi of Exxon Mobile (both a customer and supplier to the steel industry) said his company is embarking on the world’s largest blue hydrogen project at its Baytown, Texas, facilities. The lessons shared by the panel are also applicable to the sustainability efforts occurring upstream in the materials world. In this issue of AM&P, we cover some of these encouraging developments in green materials engineering. According to data from Precision Reports, the global metal recycling market is expected to reach $386 billion by 2030. Contributing an innovative solution in that space are researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL). They developed a new technology called shear assisted processing and extrusion (ShAPE). Used in the processing of aluminum scrap, ShAPE reduces both energy and carbon. It garnered the PNNL team an R&D 100 Award in 2020 in the process/prototyping category. At least 10,000 wind turbine blades reach end-of-life each year. Historically, they have been difficult to recycle due to their enormous size and sturdy composition. But in recent years, the founders of Canvus in Ohio developed a process to upcycle those blades and turn them into park benches. Many are considered art pieces, as depicted on our cover. In this issue, we also review how the maturation of carbon nanotube composites was accelerated by applying principles from the Materials Genome Initiative. The high mechanical performance and light weight of these composites make them an ideal sustainable material for deep-space missions. These inventive examples, like the ones shared by the steel makers, can breed sustainable optimism. Our green portfolio is growing. joanne.miller@asminternational.org
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