The collaboration between Snam, TenarisDalmine and Tenova will test the use of hydrogen in the steel industry for the decarbonisation of hard to abate sectors
The first experiment conducted in Italy at a steel plant involving the use of hydrogen in the processing of steel products begins today .
The collaboration between Snam , one of the main European energy infrastructure operators, TenarisDalmine, a Tenaris company, world leader in the production of pipes and services for the energy world and Tenova , a leading company in the development and supply of sustainable solutions for the green transition of the metallurgical industry, will have an initial duration of 6 months and intends to evaluate the performance and reliability of the use of hydrogen in the steel industry and, more generally, in the hard to abate sectors that are most difficult to decarbonise.
The aim is to use hydrogen produced in situ to power a burner recently developed by Tenova (100% H2 ready) installed in a reheating furnace for hot rolling of seamless tubes, at the TenarisDalmine plant (in Dalmine, province of Bergamo). The test will also contribute to defining and implementing safety guidelines and plant management procedures, thus starting the development of integrated solutions that can substantially reduce CO2 emissions from the production processes of hard to abate industries .
TenarisDalmine will provide the site and the reheating furnace, contributing its know-how to the installation, operation and monitoring of the performance of the steel plants . Snam, leveraging its expertise in hydrogen-related technologies and in the transport of molecules, will provide an alkaline electrolysis system to TenarisDalmine, which will operate it to produce the hydrogen needed for the test.
Tenova, in turn, completes the value chain of the process, pooling its know-how on combustion systems and, in particular, providing burners specifically designed to be fueled with hydrogen. The project also included the significant contribution of Techint Engineering & Construction, a company that provides design and project management services in continuous expansion in the energy transition sector, with the development of the basic and detailed engineering of the installation, the development of the risk analysis and the verification of compliance with legal requirements and safety standards.
With this first collaboration at the TenarisDalmine plant, Snam supports an important player in the sector in the “Hydrogen as a Service” mode , an ad hoc service to enable the use of decarbonised hydrogen within industrial production plants or other application contexts, in which Snam provides on lease the electrolysis system that will be operated by the end user. The programme is part of the broader effort that Snam is making as a system operator to accompany the needs of industrial companies in their decarbonisation journey on processes that need to be tested in view of future large-scale infrastructure solutions.
In turn, the companies of the Techint Group (TenarisDalmine, Tenova and Techint Engineering & Construction) consolidate their know-how in the development, implementation and validation of the technologies necessary for the progressive decarbonization of hard to abate industries , through the gradual replacement of fossil fuels with green hydrogen.
