U.S. Steel to Test Membrane Technology to Capture CO2 Emissions

By Colin Kellaher

U.S. Steel is teaming up with the Energy Department to test an advanced membrane technology to capture carbon dioxide emissions at one of the steelmaker's plants in Pennsylvania.

U.S. Steel on Wednesday said it will work with the DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory to capture CO2 generated by steelmaking operations at its Edgar Thomson Plant in Braddock, Pa.

The company said the project is part of the DOE's Point Source Carbon Capture Program, which looks to separate and capture CO2 emissions from industrial sources such as iron and steel production, as well as chemical production.

U.S. Steel, which has set a goal to achieve net-zero greenhouse-gas emissions by 2050, said membrane-based carbon capture uses permeable materials that allow for the selective separation of CO2 from flue gas, adding that the simplicity of the process offers the advantage of reduced capital and maintenance costs.

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September 20, 2023 09:40 ET (13:40 GMT)

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