Técnicas Reunidas participates in a research project for the use of green hydrogen for the decarbonisation of the Spanish intensive industry
Climate change is having a growing impact on our planet and its mitigation is an increasingly urgent challenge. It is necessary to carry out a gradual decarbonization of all sectors of the economy that will lead to achieve the objectives set by the European Commission of emission neutrality in 2050.
In this context, the research project led by Tubacex entitled “Research of new technologies for the production and use of green hydrogen for the decarbonization of the Spanish intensive industry” with acronym HY2DEC is born.
Tubacex as a strategic supplier of advanced products and industrial services for power generation and mobility, leads within the framework of its open and sustainable innovation strategy, the business group that develops the R&D project Hy2DEC, whose main objective is to research, develop and validate new emerging technologies for the production and use of hydrogen and green oxygen, as well as CO2 capture and its integration in processes of the Spanish intensive industry with the purpose of advancing in its decarbonization.
This project will be developed by a consortium of 7 Spanish companies. ACERIA DE ALAVA S.A., (Tubacex Group), TORRECID S.A., TÉCNICAS REUNIDAS S.A., GHI HORNOS INDUSTRIALES S.L., GECSA CONDUCTORES Y CONEXIONES ESPECIALES S.A., ORCHESTRA SCIENTIFIC S.L. y KERIONICS S.L.
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In addition, the project has the contribution of 7 research organizations CEIT, ICIQ, ICP (CSIC), IKERLAN, INCAR (CSIC), ITQ (CSIC) and TECNALIA.
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The cooperative business R&D project entitled “Research on new technologies for the production and use of green hydrogen for the decarbonization of the Spanish intensive industry” and with the acronym “HY2DEC”, has been subsidized by the Center for Technological Development and Innovation (CDTI) and supported by the Ministry of Science and Innovation within the 2022 call of the Science and Innovation Missions program.
It is worth mentioning that this project within the framework of the Missions Program has obtained the third best qualification -ex aequo with the second one- among all the projects presented in this call of the program.
The Hy2DEC project aims to respond to the challenges involved in the decarbonization of the intensive industry through a sustainable production and use of hydrogen and green oxygen and a CO2 capture that closes the positive balance of emissions. For this purpose, and in parallel to the experimental research, Hy2DEC will carry out a study of the gaps and needs of the intensive industry processes to advance in their decarbonization and an evaluation of potential solutions to be provided by the technologies under study, all this in the context of two use cases of intensive processes such as steel and ceramics. Figure 1 shows an outline of the Hy2DEC project and the participation of the partners in the different research axes of the technologies studied.
The technologies that will be the object of research in this project can be grouped into three main axes:
Figure 1. Diagram of the Hy2DEC project, showing the research axes of the technologies studied in rectangular cells as process units, the activities undertaken (AX), and the participating partners in each through their corresponding logos. Additionally, incoming and outgoing mass and energy flows from the process units are illustratively indicated with the help of arrows.
Specifically, the participation of each of the companies involved in this project is as follows:
Acerálava (Tubacex Group): Will research a new solution that allows reducing the consumption of natural gas, as well as CO2 emissions by optimizing the overall energy consumption, and identifying synergies for heat utilization and circularity through waste valorization.
Técnicas Reunidas: Will research emerging technologies for the production of green hydrogen and oxygen via the development of anion exchange membrane (AEM) electrolyzers and development of proton exchange membrane electrolysis cell (PCEC) electrolyzers. It will also investigate the development of CO2 capture technologies from industrial emissions, as well as their integration into intensive industrial processes for decarbonization.
Torrecid: Will investigate ceramic materials for ceramic membranes in electrocatalysis processes in PCEC for hydrogen generation, as well as the use of such hydrogen in frit melting processes to reduce emissions. Additionally, it will investigate carbon dioxide capture processes and their integration into melting furnaces.
GHI: Will investigate heating systems for furnaces that use renewable energy sources and energy efficiency systems to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50%.
Gecsa: Will research and develop a new electronic power solution that will strengthen the current solutions of electrolysis plants and melting furnaces.
Orchestra: Will research a new CO2 absorption technology using TAMOF-1 on an industrial scale in the form of pellets or granules, which are mechanically stable and resistant to stress.
Kerionics: Will research and develop a new generation of electrochemical cells that allow water electrolysis in a very energy-efficient manner and under milder conditions (temperatures below 600°C).
The project, which has a total budget of EUR 5,872,941, is expected to be completed in 2025, at which time the scalability and industrialization of the prototypes developed by the participating entities will be conceptualized.
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