To help decarbonise the steel industry, Swinburne’s Victorian Hydrogen Hub VH2 is researching the application of hydrogen in steelmaking to make the industry more sustainable. VH2’s project aims to replace the existing fossil fuel-based sources with hydrogen. PhD candidate Mr Gopal Pandey is at the forefront of this work, using computational fluid dynamics modelling to study the engineering aspects using hydrogen fuel in oxygen blowing, one of the most common and efficient steel production methods. Mr Gopal says “I'm passionate about making a better environment to live in. Climate change is real and reducing our carbon footprint is a challenge. Having my project work on reducing something that is bad for the planet is very impactful.” PhD supervisor and Professor in the School of Engineering Mr Geoffrey Brooks says the PhD is tackling a key issue in decarbonisation using advanced mathematical tools. He said “Gopal’s project follows on from some successful work on understanding how natural gas burners behave in the extreme environment of steelmaking. Now we are re-examining the whole issue with hydrogen.”
To help decarbonise the steel industry, Swinburne’s Victorian Hydrogen Hub VH2 is researching the application of hydrogen in steelmaking to make the industry more sustainable. VH2’s project aims to replace the existing fossil fuel-based sources with hydrogen. PhD candidate Mr Gopal Pandey is at the forefront of this work, using computational fluid dynamics modelling to study the engineering aspects using hydrogen fuel in oxygen blowing, one of the most common and efficient steel production methods. Mr Gopal says “I'm passionate about making a better environment to live in. Climate change is real and reducing our carbon footprint is a challenge. Having my project work on reducing something that is bad for the planet is very impactful.” PhD supervisor and Professor in the School of Engineering Mr Geoffrey Brooks says the PhD is tackling a key issue in decarbonisation using advanced mathematical tools. He said “Gopal’s project follows on from some successful work on understanding how natural gas burners behave in the extreme environment of steelmaking. Now we are re-examining the whole issue with hydrogen.”
