HyInHeat

  This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101091456.  

Title

Hydrogen technologies for decarbonization of industrial heating processes

Concept

The main objective of HyInHeat is the integration of hydrogen as fuel for high temperature heating processes in the energy intensive industries. While some of the equipment is already presented as hydrogen-ready, the integration of hydrogen combustion in heating processes still needs adoption and redesign of infrastructure, equipment and the process itself.
HyInHeat realizes the implementation of efficient hydrogen combustion systems to decarbonize heating and melting processes of the aluminium and steel sectors, covering almost their complete process chains. To reach this overarching objective within the project, furnace and equipment like burners or measurement and control technology but also infrastructure is redesigned, modified and implemented in eight demonstrators at technical centres and industrial plants. Besides hydrogen-air heating, oxygen-enriched combustion and hydrogen-oxyfuel heating is implemented to boost energy efficiency and to decrease the future hydrogen fuel demand of the processes. This might result in a total redesign of the heating process itself which will be supported by simulation methods enhancing digitalisation along the value chain.
Since critical production processes are converted, it is a fundamental requirement to maintain product quality and yield. Priority is also given to the refractory lining to prove sustainability. From an environmental perspective, new concepts for NOx emission measurement in hydrogen combustion off-gas are developed. Material flow analysis and life cycle analysis methods will support the comprehensive cross-sectorial evaluation, which allows the determination of the potential for the implementation of hydrogen heating processes in energy intensive industry.
With these activities, HyInHeat contributes to the objectives of decreasing CO2 emission of the processes while increasing energy efficiency in a cost competitive way keeping NOx emission levels and resource efficiency at least at the same level.

Participants

• RHEINISCH-WESTFAELISCHE TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE AACHEN (Germany)
• FUNDACION TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (Spain)
• ASOCIACION CENTRO TECNOLOGICO CEIT (Spain)
• POLITECNICO DI MILANO (Italy)
• OULUN YLIOPISTO (Finland)
• GHI HORNOS INDUSTRIALES, SL (Spain)
• SARRALLE ENGINEERING SL (Spain)
• EUROPEAN ALUMINIUM (Belgium)
• NORGES TEKNISK-NATURVITENSKAPELIGE UNIVERSITET NTNU (Norway)
• SWERIM AB (Sweden)
• LINDE SVERIGE AB (Sweden)
• LINDE GMBH (Germany)
• NIPPON GASES ESPANA SL (Spain)
• C-TEC CONSTELLIUM TECHNOLOGY CENTER (France)
• SPEIRA GMBH (Germany)
• SSAB EMEA AB (Sweden)
• LUXMET OY (Finland)
• BARCELONA SUPERCOMPUTING CENTER CENTRO NACIONAL DE SUPERCOMPUTACION (Spain)
• ARCELORMITTAL SESTAO SL (Spain)
• ARCELORMITTAL INNOVACION INVESTIGACION E INVERSION SL (Spain)
• TOYOTA MOTOR EUROPE NV (Belgium)
• SICK AG (Germany)
• SICK ENGINEERING GMBH (Germany)
• CELSA ARMERINGSSTAL AS (Norway)
• ESTEP PLATEFORME TECHNOLOGIQUE EUROPEENNE DE L'ACIER (Belgium)
• MYTILINAIOS ANONIMI ETAIREIA (Greece)
• BEFESA ALUMINIO SLU (Spain)
• RHI MAGNESITA GMBH (Austria)
• DANIELI CENTRO COMBUSTION SPA (Italy)
• EGEN BV (Netherlands)
• CLOUDSELLING BV (Netherlands)
• THERMAL CERAMICS UK LTD (United Kingdom)