Carbon print of the production of hollow section steel profile 2

[ingthere]

Which one of these have larger carbon footprint during their production:

Steel Hollow Sections or I sections?


Anyone has some data for this?

thanks

 

[swall]

The carbon footprint will be determined by the method used to make the steel, not the product form.

 

[blacksmith37]

What do you want the answer to be?
Most answers to anthropogenic warming questions depend on hopes and dreams rather than engineering/science.
If you know any competent scientists; ask them to calculate the correlation between atmosphereic CO2 (well established) and any global warming curve you pick.

 

[steelmtllrgst]

Carbon footprint will depend solely on the size of the carbon boot.

 

[ingthere]

What I want to learn is, for similar cross section properties (area, strength, etc), and length, which one would be easier and more efficient to produce (thus less co2 produced during production) : An I beam or a hollow section beam ?

Should I conclude that there is not a significant difference in terms of CO2 production between types of cross sections ? Is it almost the same work to produce any type of cross section?


blacksmith37, I didn't really get your point.. Why should I get calculated the correlation between atmosphereic CO2 and the global warming curve ?

 

[metengr]

Should I conclude that there is not a significant difference in terms of CO2 production between types of cross sections ? Is it almost the same work to produce any type of cross section?

That is correct. The energy (not work) required to produce steel far outweighs the energy requirements for manufacturing processes (product forms). The only exception is if the electrical supply to the mill/fabrication shop is from nuclear plants, in this case the carbon foot print is ZERO.