World First: Dutch Brewery Burns Iron as a Clean, Recyclable Fuel
14th March 2021
Many industries use heat-intensive processes that generally require the burning of fossil fuels, but a surprising green fuel alternative is emerging in the form of metal powders. Ground very fine, cheap iron powder burns readily at high temperatures, releasing energy as it oxidizes in a process that emits no carbon and produces easily collectable rust, or iron oxide, as its only emission.
March 15th, 2021 at 02:09
But you convert iron oxide to iron with coal, so the net result is the same. How is that not obvious to the reporter?
March 16th, 2021 at 03:48
Very few things are obvious to a reporter.