National University of Science and Technology "MISIS" (Moscow, Russia):

V. P. Luzgin, Dr. Eng., Prof., e-mail: LVP1932@yandex.ru

The features of usage the concept of sustainable development in iron and steel industry is discussed in the paper. This concept has been suggested by WCED UN International Commission under heading of Mrs. Brundtland, former Norwegian Prime minister, for analysis of the processes of human and environment interface in industrial production conditions. This commission has chosen three main components of industrial sustainable development — ecological, social and economical. However, this list does not contain power engineering component that seems to be unacceptable at present time, especially under consideration of high-temperature metallurgical processes. It should be also taken into account that metallurgical processes connected with large amount of CO₂ greenhouse gas emissions are used as subjects of this analysis. It is shown that sustainability of these processes can be considered on the base of three "E" paradigm — Energy, Ecology and Economics. Principal difference of the structure of thermal balances of basic oxygen and electric arc steelmaking processes are noted in the article. High efficiency of wide ap-plication of alternative energy carriers in electric arc steelmaking is shown based on presented calculations. The algorithm of calculation of CO₂ greenhouse gas emission is proposed on the base of power intensity of steel products. The results of calculation of annual CO₂ greenhouse gas emission for different Russian steel-making works are presented; they are also compared with similar parameters of the German industry.

1. Lisin V. S., Yusfin Yu. S. Resursoekonomicheskie problemy XXI veka i metallurgiya (Resource-economic problems of the XXI century and metallurgy). Moscow : Vysshaya shkola, 1998. 440 p.
2. Problema ustoychivogo razvitiya Rossii v svete nauchnogo naslediya V. I. Vernadskogo (Problem of sustainable development of Russia from a point of view of scientific heritage of V. I. Vernadskiy). Sbornik trudov Mezhdunarodnogo simpoziuma, 9–11 dekabrya 1966 goda (Collection of proceedings of International symposium, December 9–11, 1966). Moscow, 1996. (in Russian).
3. Lyakishev N. P., Nikolaev A. V. Metallurgiya stali na poroge tretego tysyacheletiya (Steel metallurgy on the threshold of third millennium). Elektrometallurgiya = Electrometallurgy. 2002. No. 1.
4. Luzgin V. P., Makht O. A. Energetika i problema ustoychivogo razvitiya obekta na primere chernoy metallurgii (Energy and problem of sustainable development of object on example of ferrous metallurgy). Elektrometallurgiya = Electrometallurgy. 2006. No. 9. pp. 19–25.

5. Luzgin V. P., Kosyrev K. L., Semin A. E., Dosmatov D. A. Energetika staleplavilnykh protsessov (Energy of steel-smelting processes). Elektrometallurgiya = Electrometallurgy. 2010. No. 1. pp. 17–25.
6. Stal na rubezhe stoletiy (Steel at the turn of the century). Under the scientific editorship of Yu. S. Karabasov. Moscow : MISiS, 2001. 663 p.
7. Ameling D., Endemann G., Kesseler K. Ekologiya ili ustoychivoe razvitie – znachimost dlya chernoy metallurgii (Ecology or sustainable development – significance for ferrous metallurgy). Chernye Metally = Ferrous metals. 2010. No. 10. pp. 66–73.
8. Luzgin V. P., Kosyrev K. L., Komolova O. A. Energetika primeneniya alternativnykh energonositeley pri plavke v dugovykh staleplavilnykh elektropechakh (Energy of application of alternative energy carriers with smelting in electric arc steel-making furnaces). Chernye Metally = Ferrous metals. 2010. No. 10. pp. 8–15.
9. Luzgin V. P., Makht O. A. Energetika metallurgicheskikh protsessov i problema ustoychivogo razvitiya (Energy of metallurgical processes and problem of sustainable development). Chernye Metally = Ferrous metals. 2008. No. 2. pp. 9–14.
10. Luzgin V. P., Yaryna V. A. Effektivnost vyplavki stali v dugovoy staleplavilnoy pechi s primeneniem alternativnykh energonositeley (Efficiency of steel smelting in arc steel-smelting furnace with application of alternative energy carriers). Izvestiya vuzov. Chernaya metallurgiya = Proceedings of universities. Ferrous metallurgy. 2011. No. 7. p. 29.
11. Luzgin V. P., But E. A. Energetika i problema ustoychivogo razvitiya (Energy and problem of sustainable development). Promyshlennost i ekologiya = Industry and ecology. 2011. No. 11. pp. 5–12.