H2GLASS - advancing Hydrogen (H2) technologies and smart production systems TO decarbonise the GLass and Aluminium SectorS

玻璃工业必须在未来30年内完全脱碳。玻璃窑炉的使用寿命大约是。12-15年因此，迫切需要开始创新，因为距离2050年只有两个熔炉。H2 GLASS旨在创建玻璃制造商所需的技术堆栈，以（a）在其生产设施中实现100%的H2燃烧，（B）确保所需的产品质量，以及（c）安全地管理这一点。H2 GLASS将解决与NOx排放和高火焰传播速度、工艺效率以及现场演示氢气供应相关的挑战。数字孪生技术对于基于风险的预测性维护、优化生产控制和燃烧系统控制至关重要。氢气将由工业示范者共同资助的便携式电解槽提供，产生的氧气将在该过程中重复使用。H2 GLASS技术和设计解决方案将在来自3个领域（容器玻璃、平板玻璃和玻璃纤维）的5个工业示范工厂上进行TRL 7验证，这些领域占欧盟目前玻璃生产的98%。Steklarna Hrastnik、PTML Pilkington、Owens Corning和Stara Glass等合作伙伴在玻璃工艺中使用氢气方面的专业知识将成为H2 GLASS联盟的资产。铝工业的示范者（HYDRO）将证明基本解决方案和基础模型可转移到与玻璃制造工艺相似的能源密集型行业，从而加强该项目的影响。在欧盟，玻璃和铝行业在欧洲雇用了超过40万人，产生了超过35亿欧元的收入，排放了约215万吨二氧化碳当量。H2 GLASS产生的创新将可能创造10，000个新的就业机会，并为玻璃技术部署带来10 - 50亿欧元的收入，为绿色H2创造超过170亿的投资和200，000个新的就业机会，并减少约80%的排放。

The glass industry will have to be completely decarbonized in the next 30 years. The lifetime of a glass furnace is about. 12-15 years. So it is urgent to start innovating because the year 2050 is only 2 furnaces away. H2GLASS aims to create the technology stack that glass manufacturers need to (a) realize 100% H2 combustion in their production facilities, (b) ensure the required product quality, and (c) manage this safely. H2GLASS will address the challenges related to NOx emissions and high flame propagation speed, process efficiency, and supply of H2 for on-site demonstrations. Digital Twin techniques will be critical for risk-based predictive maintenance, optimized production control, and combustion system control. Hydrogen will be supplied by a portable electrolyser co-funded by the industrial demonstrators, and the oxygen produced will be reused in the process. The H2GLASS technologies and design solutions will be validated up to TRL 7 on 5 industrial demonstrators from 3 segments (container glass, flat glass and glass fibre), which together represent 98% of the current glass production in the EU. The expertise of partners such as Steklarna Hrastnik, PTML Pilkington, Owens Corning and Stara Glass representing the State Of The Art (SOTA) in the use of H2 in the glass process will be an asset for the H2GLASS Consortium. A demonstrator for the aluminum industry (HYDRO) will prove the transferability of the basic solutions and underlying models to energy-intensive industries that have similarities with the glass manufacturing process, thus strengthening the impact of the project. In EU the Glass and Aluminium industries employ >400.000 people in Europe, generate > 3.5B€ and emit ca.21.5 Mt CO2e. The innovations generated by H2GLASS will potentially create 10.000 new jobs and unlock 1 - 5B€ revenues for glass technology deployment, >17B investments and 200.000 new jobs for green H2, and cut emissions by ca.80%.