H2GreenForge

The federal government's energy policy goals for CO₂ neutrality and the need to reduce CO₂ on one's own initiative require a rethinking of alternative energy sources. This project aims at taking a first step towards switching from natural gas to hydrogen in the area of open-die forging.

The goal is to develop and set up a scalable, decentralized hydrogen supply for furnace firing and hydrogen provision on a pilot plant scale at Rosswag GmbH. The necessary material flows and load cases are determined at the beginning of the project using a new model furnace to be implemented, which are then used to model the process chain. With the help of the partial model, a model scaled to the entire company is then created, in order to assess the challenges of switching to hydrogen. For this purpose, the model is controlled by a specially developed dynamic regulation, which actively reacts to the prices on the energy markets and thus, shows a behavior that is beneficial to the system.

At the end of the project, the control tested in the model will be implemented in real operation in order to collect all the advantages and disadvantages of the hydrogen-powered furnace firing on the energy market and to use the real values obtained for further evaluation of a possible expansion of the test track.

Students have the opportunity to work on the project as part of their theses (Bachelor's, Master's) and as assistant students. If you are interested, please contact the project team.