Projects

Hydrogen as an alternative fuel in melting and heat treatment furnaces

Impacto macroeconómico y social

4.2 million euros

impact on the economy.

3 million euros

direct impact.

0.7 million euros

indirect impact.

0.5 million euros

knock-on effect.

16 Jobs

created.

7 Jobs

direct jobs.

3 Jobs

indirect jobs.

6 Jobs

knock-on jobs.

Project description

This project consists of the design, manufacturing and industrial testing of burners for hydrogen/oxygen mixtures for four ladle melt furnaces, using oxygen as an oxy-fuel in industrial steel and aluminum furnaces and obtaining a smart 4.0 sensor-based control of the process. The aim of the project is to progressively decarbonise the industrial furnaces used in the steel and foundry sectors, though this objective also stretches to include the forging and heat treatment sectors. The end goal is to use only green hydrogen as fuel in these furnaces.

Investment
Descripción	Período	Capex (M€)
PT 0. Coordinación y gestión del proyecto	Mar. 2021- Dic. 2022	0,09
PT 1. Especificaciones técnicas de los quemadores de hidrógeno y de los hornos con quemadores de H2	Mar. 2021 – May. 2021	0,26
PT 2. Estudio y prototipado de los quemadores de H2	Jun. 2021 - Ago. 2021	0,41
PT3. Ensayos quemadores, refractarios y productos finales	Jun. 2021 – Dic. 2021	0,54
PT4. Validación de los quemadores, mejora del diseño y control de los hornos	Mar. 2022 – Jul. 2022	0,52
PT5. Mejora y ajuste del diseño y control de los hornos y cargas	Oct. 2021 – Oct. 2022	0,84
PT6. Estudio de CAPEX y OPEX	Oct. 2022 – Dic. 2022	0,19
PT7. Difusión y protección de resultados	Jun. 2022 – Dic. 2022	0,18
Total		3,02M€

Impacto medioambiental

The use of H2 in this project as furnace fuel indirectly contributes to the circular economy, since both the steel and foundry sectors use scrap as raw material which is recycled using hydrogen instead of natural gas. Project roll-out will also have a positive environmental impact in the form of lower NOx and hydrofluoric acid emissions.