Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer Rohan Akolkar is leading a research team working to develop a new zero-carbon, electrochemical process to produce iron metal from ore.
Case Western Reserve University chemical engineer Rohan Akolkar is leading a research team working to develop a new zero-carbon, electrochemical process to produce iron metal from ore.
If successful, the project could be a first step toward eliminating harmful greenhouse gas emissions by eventually replacing century-old, blast-furnace ironmaking with a new electrolytic-iron production process.
Reducing iron ore to metal is carbon- and energy-intensive, leading to significant carbon-dioxide emissions that drive global warming.
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Some of the team working on the project, from left: Ben Holcombe, PhD student; Ruwani Wasalanthri, postdoctoral researcher; research engineer Nicholas Sinclair and Rohan Akolkar (Photo Credit: Rohan Akolkar/CWRU)
