Lucideon has reportedly completed 100% hydrogen firing at the AMRICC Centre in Staffordshire, the UK.
The materials technology, processing and testing firm worked with Creavit Türkiye on the project, which saw them fire sanitaryware solely by hydrogen for over 13 hours at 1,200°C.
Lucideon’s breakthrough could allow for energy-intensive industries, such as bricks, roof tiles, tableware and sanitary ware, to utilise hydrogen as part of respective energy strategies.
The £10m AMRICC facility, which supports R&D in the advanced ceramics industry, uses an open-access format to ensure materials, processes and technologies can be developed at a commercially relevant scale and shared across different industrial fields.
Mark Dudson, Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Materials at Lucideon, claimed the company has marked a milestone in the mission to decarbonise hard-to-electrify industries.
“After leading the way on blended natural gas and hydrogen in 2022 and an intensive project to redesign the kiln and fuel supply system, Lucideon and The AMRICC Centre marked another major milestone in the mission to support the international ceramics industry on the journey to Net Zero.
“The team is now gearing up to start delivering client project work and it is great to see the strong international interest in the use of hydrogen as part of the ceramic industry’s decarbonisation journey.”
In July, Italy’s Iris Ceramica Group claimed they had developed the world’s first 4D technical ceramic slab using a green hydrogen and natural gas blend.
Read more:‘World’s first’ ceramic slab created using green hydrogen blend
Two temporary electrolysers with a total power output of 120kW were used to produce the green hydrogen, which was then blended at 7%, although this is anticipated to increase once the plant is finalised.
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