Sector-coupling Green Hydrogen to Electrify Steel Production - A Case Study at Ovako HoforsShow others and affiliations
2024 (English)In: PMAPS 2024 - 18th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
With a global energy system in rapid transformation from fossil fuels, Green Hydrogen is one of the few solutions to hard-to-abate emissions within the industry. While most hydrogen projects are in the planning phase, the Ovako hydrogen facility in Hofors, with a scrap-based Electric Arc Furnace process, was inaugurated in September 2023. This project studies wider system benefits of the electrolyser such as power grid support, oxygen byproduct, providing hydrogen to external actors, and district heating. This is analysed both with current capacity and in regards to possible future development. Replacing fossil fuel with hydrogen produced by an atmospheric alkaline electrolyser is an indirect electrification with the potential to decrease Green House Gas emissions. Industry-wide electrification increases the electricity demand, affecting all existing users. Therefore, system benefits and sector couplings such as enabling ancillary services to the grid, producing low-marginal cost hydrogen for hydrogen-powered trucks, and using waste heat for district heating, are important to ascertain system-wide improvements.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2024.
Keywords [en]
electric arc furnace, electrified industry, fossil free transportation, hydrogen, power grid flexibility, sector coupling, steel, sustainable development goals
National Category
Energy Systems Energy Engineering Other Environmental Engineering
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-367291DOI: 10.1109/PMAPS61648.2024.10667107ISI: 001324824200008Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85204782913OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-367291DiVA, id: diva2:1984469
Conference
18th International Conference on Probabilistic Methods Applied to Power Systems, PMAPS 2024, Auckland, New Zealand, Jun 24 2024 - Jun 26 2024
Note
Part of ISBN 9798350372786
QC 20250716
2025-07-162025-07-162025-07-16Bibliographically approved