This company offers a pyrometallurgical technology that integrates into steel manufacturing to reduce carbon emissions. Their solution helps steel manufacturers meet environmental regulations and optimize energy efficiency while maintaining cost-effective operations.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Traditional steel manufacturing processes rely heavily on coal, resulting in significant carbon emissions and hindering efforts to meet increasingly stringent environmental regulations. The industry also faces challenges related to feedstock flexibility and the need for cost-effective solutions that can be readily adopted.
Solution
Hertha Metals offers a pyrometallurgical technology platform, XERS, that integrates into existing steel manufacturing operations to significantly reduce carbon emissions. The XERS platform utilizes either natural gas or hydrogen, along with electricity, as alternatives to coal. This approach enables steel production from all grades of iron ore, including fines and lumps, reducing reliance on expensive DRI-grade pellets. Hertha Metals' technology offers feedstock and fuel flexibility, allowing manufacturers to reduce emissions using natural gas today and transition to hydrogen as it becomes more available, minimizing the risk of stranded assets.
Target Audience
Hertha Metals targets steel manufacturers seeking to reduce their carbon footprint, comply with environmental regulations, and optimize energy efficiency while maintaining cost-effective operations.
Features
- Proprietary XERS (Electric Reduction Smelting) platform technology.
- HERS™ (Hydrogen Electric Reduction Smelting) process enables up to 98% reduction in carbon emissions compared to traditional methods when using hydrogen.
- MERS™ (Methane Electric Reduction Smelting) process reduces carbon intensity using natural gas, with the ability to transition to HERS™ as hydrogen availability increases.
- Feedstock flexibility, allowing the use of any grade of iron ore, including fines and lumps.
- Fuel flexibility, enabling the use of natural gas and/or hydrogen.
- Cost-efficient steel production using readily available domestic resources.
- Scalable for global adoption.