Sarralle and Nippon Gases: joining forces

23/02/2023
Press Release
Madrid, February 2023
The companies are collaborating to put into operation the world's first ladle preheating station capable of working with green hydrogen as fuel.

Nippon Gases and Sarralle join forces to put into operation the world's first ladle preheating station capable of working with green hydrogen as fuel.

 

On its way to assist companies in the challenge of decarbonisation and sustainability, Nippon Gases, with the collaboration and support of Taiyo Nippon Sanso, a Japanese operating company in Nippon Sanso Holdings Group and Sarralle, goes a step further and provided to the steel market with a cutting-edge technology capable of using green hydrogen in the steel manufacturing process.

Nippon Gases and Sarralle installed the world's first ladle preheating station capable of running entirely on green hydrogen, achieving zero CO2 emissions in this ladle. This milestone, together with other innovations and technologies, will allow the steel market to take an important step towards its goal of zero carbon emissions in the entire production process.

 

The steel industry has always been considered a traditional energy-intensive market, with high CO2 emissions. It is estimated that 9% of total CO2 emissions to the atmosphere come from the steel sector. In this context, its decarbonisation represents a major challenge that stems from the need to invest in innovative technologies.

 

The installation of this ladle preheating station, capable of using green hydrogen, is a highly innovative project. The existing air-based burner used by the ladle preheating station was replaced by a state-of-the-art oxygen burner that uses green hydrogen as the main fuel. In this way, CO2 emissions are eliminated, as only water vapour is generated during the combustion of green hydrogen. On the way to achieving the decarbonisation targets, the project demonstrate that the new hydrogen-oxygen burner is able to reproduce the usual ladle pre-heating ramps, but allowing it to operate with zero CO2 emissions.

 

Nippon Gases is supplier of the green hydrogen and proprietary burner technology that Sarralle will installed at the facility.

 

For more information, visit sarralle.com.

 

About Sarralle

Sarralle, company founded in 1965 in Azpeitia (Gipuzkoa), is a leader in industrial engineering in the Environment, Energy and Iron and Steel sectors. Sarralle is an innovative design, engineering, manufacturing and installation company, with more than 700 highly qualified and multicultural employees located in more than 9 countries worldwide. The company offers solutions that encompass the design, engineering, manufacturing, assembly and commissioning of equipment and facilities for these sectors throughout the world through 5 business lines: Steel Melting Plant, Rolling Mills, Processing Lines, Environment and Energy and Workshops and Storage Systems.

 

About Taiyo Nippon Sanso

Taiyo Nippon Sanso holds the top share of the Japanese industrial gases market at around 40% and plays a central role in the Japan segment of Nippon Sanso Holdings Group. It has the main R&D and engineering functions for the Nippon Sanso Holdings Group, and a structure that enables it to meet customers’ demands. It supports manufacturing with a nationwide network and stable operations at highly efficient production plants.