B Daily reported that Commercial Maintenance Services UK is installing Hydrogen pipeline systems are being installed at the Materials Processing Institute as the initial GBP 270,000 phase of a multi-million project at the Institute’s Teesside campus to demonstrate UK innovation in green steelmaking. The initial part of the project, codenamed H2DRI, will focus on how production can be scaled up and will build practical and scientific understanding on how best to deliver economically and environmentally sustainable green steelmaking. Hydrogen will be used to fuel three phases of the steel making process: converting iron ores into metal (which is then melted electrically to make molten steel), pre-heating a seven tonne capacity ladle ready to receive the molten steel, and later on providing the intense high temperature flames needed to reheat slabs of metal before forming them into finished products.CMS was engaged to undertake the design, manufacture and installation of the pipework due to its expertise in delivering major nationwide commercial projects across several business-critical services, including gas, plumbing and heating, electrical, renewables and fire safety.The specially hardened pipework is designed to cope with the high pressures associated with hydrogen. In addition, all welds have been x-rayed as part of a rigorous non-destructive testing process to ensure there are no weaknesses.Following its installation over and underground, it is attached to a manifold and controls system before the hydrogen can be fed into several buildings, facilities and processes within the campusPart of the government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Industrial Fuel Switching Competition that funds low carbon technologies and systems, the project is led by the Institute in partnership with electrical technology developers C-Tech Innovation, Teesside University, the Steel and Metals Institute at Swansea University, and global metals and mining company Rio Tinto.
B Daily reported that Commercial Maintenance Services UK is installing Hydrogen pipeline systems are being installed at the Materials Processing Institute as the initial GBP 270,000 phase of a multi-million project at the Institute’s Teesside campus to demonstrate UK innovation in green steelmaking. The initial part of the project, codenamed H2DRI, will focus on how production can be scaled up and will build practical and scientific understanding on how best to deliver economically and environmentally sustainable green steelmaking. Hydrogen will be used to fuel three phases of the steel making process: converting iron ores into metal (which is then melted electrically to make molten steel), pre-heating a seven tonne capacity ladle ready to receive the molten steel, and later on providing the intense high temperature flames needed to reheat slabs of metal before forming them into finished products.CMS was engaged to undertake the design, manufacture and installation of the pipework due to its expertise in delivering major nationwide commercial projects across several business-critical services, including gas, plumbing and heating, electrical, renewables and fire safety.The specially hardened pipework is designed to cope with the high pressures associated with hydrogen. In addition, all welds have been x-rayed as part of a rigorous non-destructive testing process to ensure there are no weaknesses.Following its installation over and underground, it is attached to a manifold and controls system before the hydrogen can be fed into several buildings, facilities and processes within the campusPart of the government’s Net Zero Innovation Portfolio Industrial Fuel Switching Competition that funds low carbon technologies and systems, the project is led by the Institute in partnership with electrical technology developers C-Tech Innovation, Teesside University, the Steel and Metals Institute at Swansea University, and global metals and mining company Rio Tinto.
