HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-43 Industrial partners needing metal heating or scaling measurement are sought for a project with the objective to gradually substitute natural gas with hydrogen

Short summary A German university of applied sciences is planning to submit a proposal for HORIZON-CL4-2023-TWIN-TRANSITION-01-43. The project targets metal processing industry and aims at gradually substituting natural gas with green hydrogen. Industrial end users are sought.

Full description Mixing hydrogen generated by renewable energy (green hydrogen) into the existing natural gas grid plays a vital role in reducing greenhouse gas emission in the metal industry. However, renewable energy, e.g. sun and wind, is widely non-constant. Thus, green hydrogen can change strongly and its mixture affects the gas property. Such will in turn affect the flame geometry and the radiation intensity in gas-fired heating systems. The variation in gas property has a negative impact on product quality, process stability and energy efficiency. A German university of applied sciences and two industrial companies would like to set up a project aiming at determining the gas property in real time by AI-based image recognition. With the knowledge of the precise gas property one can control the gas-fired heating system efficiently. The images of flame geometry and radiation intensities will be acquired using broadband furnace cameras. The flame geometry and radiant intensities will extend the current process control metrics. Thus, a new process control algorithm will be developed. The project result will be implemented as a practical solution for energy efficient process control in application cases of green hydrogen mixture. The technology will be marketed as a partial or full solution for thermal processes as well as for machine and plant manufacturers in the metal industry. The following industrial partners are sought as end-users: (1) Companies that process steel and non-ferrous metals and need metal heating. (2) Metal processing companies that need measurement of scaling (3) Machine and plant manufacturers who need thermal processes In case that a consortium cannot be built for the deadline of this call, another call will be considered.
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