Ship&Offshore | Issue 06/2022
New initiative to manufacture green heat exchanger
Alfa Laval and Swedish steel company, SSAB, have signed an agreement to develop and manufacture the world’s first plate heat exchangers using fossil-free steel. The companies are aiming to have the first device made with hydrogen-reduced steel ready next year. Alfa Laval said the initiative marked an important step in its carbon-reducing drive. The company is aiming to become carbon neutral by 2030. Steel production is energy-intensive and accounts for about 7% of the world’s carbon emissions. SSAB is developing fossil-free steel manufactured with HYBRIT, a new arrangement that replaces coking coal in steel-making with green electricity and hydrogen....