H-ACERO

Sarralle Environment&Energy, is Sarralle’s line of business that offers technological solutions for industrial sectors related to the Circular Economy and Energy. We contribute to the H-Acero project with our extensive engineering knowledge in the steel sector and leading this project enables us to acquire knowledge for the integration of hydrogen in all combustion equipment of steel companies.

Manufacturer of stainless steel with high nickel content. To analyze the effect that the atmosphere generated in hydrogen combustion furnaces has on stainless steel products, equipment and refractories.

The ArcelorMittal Group is committed to reduce its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030 and to achieve a net zero carbon footprint by 2050, so the H-ACERO project comes at the right time to initiate this transition and create the knowledge needed to make it a reality in the coming years. ArcelorMittal Olaberria-Bergara is part of the long products activity area, specifically profiles, and will provide the necessary samples for the laboratory tests foreseen in the project.

REFRACTARIOS KELSEN S.A., as a leader in the dolomitic refractory field for the steel industry, directs its resources and knowledge to research and collaboration with its customers in order to anticipate the future refractory needs of the sector. By participating in the H-ACERO project, REFRACTARIOS KELSEN S.A. contributes to the study of the impact that the use of hydrogen, as a heating medium, may have on the refractory coatings of furnaces by making its most advanced products available to the project.

Nippon Gases is one of the leading industrial and medical gases companies in Europe. Nippon Gases’ commitment to our customers, employees, partners and the communities in which we operate reflects our dedication to the environment and the sustainability of the planet. We are “The Gas Professionals” and share the same goal: “Making life better through gas technology”.

Thermal Engineering & Refractory solutions: A combination of activities that has become a hallmark of identity and quality of our services for its clear synergies. A perfect fusion and one of the keys to our success. INSERTEC, will work on the H-ACERO project with the challenge of developing a new generation of refractories to meet the new conditions generated by the use of hydrogen as an alternative fuel: Selection of raw materials, development of new formulations, optimization of manufacturing processes and installation of coatings.

Within the Celsa steel group, Nervacero is a production plant dedicated to the production of corrugated steel for construction. H-ACERO is a way for the steel industry to use hydrogen in all its processes.

Tubos Reunidos Group is a company with 130 years of history in the steel pipe sector, one of the global leaders in special seamless steel tubular products for the energy sector. We are active suppliers for power generation projects – both conventional and clean sources – and strongly committed to the energy transition. TRG collaborates in the H-Acero project by contributing its expertise in the drying of steelwork troughs, as well as reheating and oxy-fuel furnaces, with the dual objective of acquiring knowledge within a collaborative intersectoral strategy and maintaining competitiveness in a decarbonized market.

SIDEREX (Asociación Cluster de Siderurgia) is an entity whose aim is to increase the competitiveness of the steel sector through cooperative actions. In the H-ACERO project we contribute by giving visibility with dissemination actions to the efforts of the steel sector using green hydrogen as an alternative energy source to achieve sustainable decarbonization.

In Sidenor we are leaders in the production of special long steels, as well as an important supplier of calibration products on the European market. In the H-ACERO project, as an industrial partner, we seek to provide answers to the current unknowns about the medium-term industrial viability of combustion with renewable hydrogen. This is in line with the company’s strategy of decarbonization and manufacture of sustainable steels.

Ceit is a multi-focused technology center that collaborates with companies from various sectors (railway, aeronautics, automotive, health, manufacturing, energy or environment) promoting high added value solutions through applied research projects. In the H-ACERO project, Ceit will focus its research on the effect that the application of hydrogen combustion has on the metallurgy of steels in the reheating furnace, and will also collaborate with refractory material manufacturers in the development of new formulations adapted to the requirements established for hydrogen

TECNALIA is the largest applied research and technological development center in Spain, a benchmark in Europe and a member of the Basque Research and Technology Alliance. In this project, TECNALIA will collaborate with the consortium in the implementation of combustion within the steelmaking process, both at a theoretical and experimental level.

R&D unit of Tubacex dedicated to the manufacture of seamless tubes in stainless steel and high alloys and nickel super alloys, with headquarters in Llodio (Álava).

Sidenor R&D activity is focused on increasing competitiveness through improvements and innovations in Quality, Costs, Productivity and Product Development with our customers.