Hydrogen-based steelmaking offers a pathway for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from iron and steel production. This course provides an integrated overview of how hydrogen and electricity can reduce reliance on fossil fuels across existing and future steel production routes.

The course connects current production methods, metallic inputs, and emission levels with the metallurgical principles underpinning hydrogen reduction. Learners explore thermodynamics, reaction kinetics, and thermal plasma as a foundation for examining different technological approaches.

Building on these fundamentals, the course examines the roles of shaft furnaces, fluidised beds, entrainment reactors, Electric Arc Furnaces, Electric Smelting Furnaces, and Hydrogen Plasma Smelting Reduction systems. It considers how these technologies contribute to low-carbon production routes and compares their development maturity and industrial readiness.

By bringing these topics together, the course provides a basis for evaluating hydrogen’s opportunities, technical challenges, and future potential in steel industry decarbonisation. It is intended for learners seeking an introductory technical overview of hydrogen-based steelmaking and its place in the transition to low-carbon production.