A Scunthorpe firm is one of three organisations to join a progressive research partnership to examine the impact of hydrogen use on industrial processes.
Trent Refractories will work with the Materials Processing Institute and Swedish industrial heating technology provider Kanthal to understand what fuel switching could mean in sectors such as iron and steelmaking.
The three year agreement will focus on the heat resistant materials that form the linings for high-temperature furnaces, crucibles, ladles, and kilns. It will also test a range of electrical elements for use in high temperature applications to see what advances are required for operational success under an aggressive hydrogen atmosphere.
