Ovako and Linde have demonstrated industrial-scale steel reheating with 100% hydrogen using REBOX flameless oxyfuel at Hofors, Sweden. A permanent installation (commissioned in early 2024) now serves 48 soaking-pit furnaces, with >400,000 tonnes reheated on hydrogen to date. Trials and ongoing operation report no loss of heating power, unchanged heating profiles, and no adverse effects on rolling forces, dimensions, scale […]
