Hydrogen pipeline systems to be installed for green steel project

Commercial Maintenance Services UK Ltd (CMS) is installing the infrastructure as part of the development of a proposed permanent national pilot distribution and production facility at the Materials Processing Institute’s Teesside campus, which aims to explore the potential of green steelmaking.

CMS was engaged to undertake the design, manufacture and installation of the £270,000 pipework.

According to a company release, the specially hardened pipework is designed to cope with the high pressures associated with hydrogen.

The initial stage of the project, codenamed H2DRI, will focus on how production can be scaled up and will build practical and scientific understanding on how best to deliver economically and environmentally sustainable green steelmaking.