Hydrogen to Decarbonize Steel: First Trial Launched in Italy
Tenova, Snam and TenarisDalmine will collaborate to test hydrogen in the steel industry to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors.
Launched the first trial conducted in Italy using hydrogen at a steel plant to process steel products. The collaboration between Snam, one of Europe's main energy infrastructure operators, TenarisDalmine, a Tenaris company and a global leader in pipe manufacturing and related services for the energy industry, and Tenova, a leading developer and supplier of sustainable solutions for the green transition of the metallurgical industry, will last six months with the aim of evaluating the performance and reliability of using hydrogen in the steel industry and, more broadly, the hard-to-abate sectors that are the most challenging to decarbonize.
The goal is to use hydrogen produced on-site to fuel a burner recently developed by Tenova (100% H2 ready) installed in a reheating furnace to hot roll seamless pipes at the TenarisDalmine plant in Dalmine (Bergamo), Italy. The test will also help to define and implement safety guidelines and plant management procedures, thus developing integrated solutions that can significantly lower CO2 emissions produced by the manufacturing processes of hard-to-abate industries. TenarisDalmine will provide the site and reheating furnace, contributing its know-how to the installation, operation, and performance monitoring of the steel plants. Using its expertise in hydrogen-related technologies and molecule transport, Snam will provide an alkaline electrolysis system to TenarisDalmine, which will operate it to produce the hydrogen needed for the test. Tenova, in turn, will complete the value chain of the process by pooling its know-how on combustion systems and, in particular, supplying burners specifically designed to be fuelled with hydrogen. The project also includes a significant contribution from Techint Engineering & Construction, a company that provides design and project management services and is continuously expanding in the energy transition field, with the development of general and detailed installation engineering, the development of risk analysis and verification of compliance with legal requirements and safety standards.
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