Alfa Laval and SSAB have partnered to develop and commercialise plate heat exchangers that will be made using the latter's HYBRIT fossil-free steel-making technology.

The two plan to have the first unit made with hydrogen-reduced steel ready for 2023.

HYBRIT was created in 2016 by SSAB, LKAB, and Vattenfall. The joint-venture project aims at replacing cooking coal with hydrogen.

The first test delivery of HYBRIT steel took place in August 2022. The following month, the parties started operating a pilot rock cavern fossil-free hydrogen gas storage facility in Luleå (100 m3).

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