Testbed Leader: ABS (Acciaierie Bertoli Safau)
Via Buttrio 28, Pozzuolo del Friuli 33050, Italy
Director (or representative): Antonio Iaia
Project Description
Industrial validation and implementation of experimental hydrogen burners to transform steel ingot heat treatment furnaces (typically divided into four control zones fed by a total of eighteen 233kW burners) to achieve effective total decarbonisation, using carbon-free energy carriers such as renewable hydrogen either as a blend or as a total replacement for traditional fossil fuels. Continuous fine-tuning and testing of control equipment, measuring systems, burners, operational and safety practices, and maintenance up to the replacement of all existing burners in a 100% hydrogen furnace, to assess the impact on the treated steel of an atmosphere composed of water vapour as well as nitrogen and oxygen. Similarly, the impact on refractory materials in the furnace chamber will be assessed.