Context
In light of the pressing challenges posed by climate change and the necessity of a transition towards more sustainable and efficient energy systems, the industrial sector is urged to achieve significant reductions of energy consumption and CO2 emissions. The steel industry stands at the forefront of this challenge.
SYRIUS aims to address such challenges by integrating a SOEC system producing green hydrogen in a into a real steel manufacturing plant complete of a slab reheating furnace, integrating heat and water recovery and steam generation.
Objectives
- To manufacture a SOE of 4.2 MW with heat recovery from industry’s process waste heat to be integrated in an operational steel plant, to allow a full-scale demonstration of the technology;
- To test the integrated system at TRL7 and certify the renewable character of the produced hydrogen ensuring 5,000 cumulative working hours of testing;
- To demonstrate that the integrated system made by the electrolyzers,
renewable sources, storage systems, and the industrial process can be managed efficiently and safely with an advanced EMS (TRL 7) while using only renewable electricity; - To demonstrate the SYRIUS circularity and sustainability via a comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment and Social-LCA and through Techno-Economic Analysis and Cost-Benefit Analysis;
- To ensure that hydrogen will be handled safely in the industrial process, following a “safety by design” approach;
- To develop a business plan to steer the uptake of the SYRIUS technologies;
- To demonstrate test protocols contributing to the Clean Hydrogen JU’s strategic objectives.