Line 3. Digital Technology Projects Industrial Research Activities

Execution period

May - 2023 - April 2024

Topic

• Digital technology
• Resilient infrastructures

Participants

• KALFRISA S.A.
• FHa - Foundation for the Development of New Hydrogen Technologies in Aragon
• CLENAR - Aragon Energy Cluster (Clenar)

Grant

Project supported by call April 2023, to support AEI from the Ministry of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, financed by the European Union – Next Generation EU File No. AEI-010500-2023-157

Abstrac:

The HigH2-Furnaces project pursues the development of hybrid hydrogen furnaces with high substitution rates in an industrial environment. The main advantage is that CO₂ (greenhouse gas) is no longer emitted but H₂O (harmless gas) as a result of the combustion products of natural gas (CH₄) and hydrogen (H₂) respectively, complying with the principles of decarbonization set by the European Union. The main objective of the HigH2-Furnaces project is to continue the research and development started in the previous project 3H2 (AEI-010500-2022-23) about the most critical aspects related to the use of green hydrogen and natural gas mixtures on the use of industrial furnaces, as well as the digitalization and automation of the combustion process. For this purpose, different hydrogen substitution rates up to 80% (and their evaluation to reach 100% hydrogen) will be tested in three different types of furnaces. This entails the redesign of the three types of furnaces, their construction, installation and commissioning to make them suitable for working with these fuel mixtures, as well as carrying out the complete experimental phase in each of them to demonstrate the technical feasibility of this technology.

Project budget: 247,266 €.

Grant: €188,704