BMWK funding for the reduction of CO2 emissions in the casting industry by substituting natural gas with green hydrogen
We are pleased to announce that our Chair of Casting Technology has received new funding.
The “FlexE” research project is reducting CO2 emissions in the casting industry by substituting natural gas with green hydrogen.
The FlexE research project, carried out in cooperation between Promeos GmbH and Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nuremberg, aims to significantly reduce CO2 emissions in the casting industry by substituting natural gas with green hydrogen. This will be achieved by developing an innovative hydrogen fuel gas supply for porous burners, which will make heat supply more flexible on an industrial scale. During the development of hydrogen porous burners, Promeos identified the media supply as a key component critical to success. Both the geometry and the processes required to manufacture the geometry present technological hurdles. The core of the project is therefore the construction of various prototypes, which are manufactured using additive manufacturing processes and tested extensively for their performance, efficiency, and industrial integration capability. Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) plays an essential role in optimizing the prototypes by improving efficiency and burner characteristics through simulation of different designs under varying operating conditions. After development and testing, the optimal geometry and manufacturing process chain are selected. The validated technology is then implemented in an automated test rig for gravity casting, and the influence of hydrogen on the mechanical properties of the cast components is analyzed. These approaches lay the foundation for further innovations in the use of renewable energies and contribute to increased efficiency and reduced emissions in industrial combustion processes.
The project strengthens our research in the field of sustainability and enables an intense collaboration with our industry partner Promeos GmbH.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy of Germany (BMWK) for its trust and support, and we look forward to successfully implement this project!