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Shaanxi Blower Group signs the world’s first demonstration project for hydrogen energy development and utilization. On March 18, Shaanxi Blower (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Shaanxi Blower) successfully signed the Hebei Iron and Steel Zhangxuan High-Tech hydrogen energy development and utilization demonstration project. This is the world’s first demonstration project that uses hydrogen-rich gas for direct reduction, marking another significant step forward by Shaanxi Blower in pursuing its goals of reaching carbon peak levels and achieving carbon neutrality, as well as in advancing the use of clean energy sources such as hydrogen energy! Currently, against the backdrop of the global trend toward \"decarbonization,\" technological changes in traditional steel metallurgy processes aimed at reducing carbon footprints and emissions have become a new trend in the green development of the steel industry. Due to its clean and low-carbon nature, high calorific value, wide availability, and safety and controllability, hydrogen energy is gradually becoming a driving force behind technological innovation and industrial transformation in the global energy sector, as well as an important secondary energy source for reshaping the structure of green ecological energy consumption. Under this trend, a completely new cutting-edge technology that can improve the quality of substrates and reduce pollution emissions – hydrogen metallurgy – is gaining attention. Replacing carbon with hydrogen is an important direction for low-carbon development and energy transformation, and it is also regarded as a key option for establishing a clean, low-carbon, safe, and efficient modern energy system. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of China’s Hebei Iron and Steel Group, Hebei Zhangxuan High-Tech Co., Ltd., in line with relevant strategic plans and in an effort to explore cutting-edge technologies for low-carbon metallurgy worldwide, will establish in China the first demonstration project for the development and utilization of hydrogen energy to produce 1.2 million tons per year of high-quality deoxidized pellets. The new hydrogen reduction process developed in this project relies on independent innovation and integrated innovation, and adopts a model that combines industry, academia, and research. For the first time in the world, it has developed a technology for producing high-quality deoxygenated pellets through \"coker gas self-reformation for hydrogen production + direct hydrogen reduction,\" which can completely replace traditional blast furnace carbon metallurgy processes and lead to a significant reduction in CO2 emissions. The goal is to build it into the world’s first next-generation hydrogen energy demonstration facility with low carbon emissions, or even zero carbon emissions. Shanxi Gas Turbine will provide 2 sets of compressor system solutions for hydrogen-rich process gas and cooling gas for the hydrogen direct reduction process system in this project, thereby helping to create an important demonstration project that leads low-carbon and green practices in the global metallurgy industry. Due to the large variations in operating conditions of this process system and the complex composition of the process gases, higher requirements are placed on the material of the compressors as well as on the stability of the entire unit. To this end, Shaanxi Blower has made great efforts in various aspects such as the materials, safety, and stability of the real-gas compressor. It has selected new alloy materials that meet the operational requirements of the compressor for key components, and optimized and upgraded the process system. This enables it to provide customers with a customized optimal solution for the hydrogen direct reduction process system, thereby facilitating the safe, stable, and long-term operation of the project. With a heritage in the energy sector spanning over 50 years, Shaanxi Gear has been continuously exploring technologies and solutions for energy interconnection and efficient utilization. The various hydrogenation and dehydrogenation units, as well as other process gas compression systems it has developed through innovation, have become key components of domestically produced heavy equipment. It also engages in multi-level technical exchanges and cooperation with numerous institutions at home and abroad, carrying out exploration and research in various hydrogen-related technology fields such as \"hydrogen reduction ironmaking process technology,\" \"hydrogen production from fossil fuels,\" \"organic chemical hydrogen storage technology,\" and \"tracking of comprehensive utilization technologies for hydrogen energy.\" In June 2020, Shaanxi Gas Turbine Group, together with Rongcheng Group, Xi’an Hanhai Hydrogen Energy, and China State Construction Northwest Design and Research Institute, entered into a strategic partnership aimed at advancing the development of clean energy, thus embarking on the path to jointly building a \"hydrogen hub in the western region.\" Shanxi Blower Group has also innovatively developed the \"professionalization + integration\" concept of \"energy interconnection islands,\" offering global customers seven types of value-added services – including equipment, engineering, services, operation, supply chain management, intelligence solutions, and financial services – all centered around distributed energy system solutions. The first Global Operations Center for Energy Interconnection Islands was established in the Lintong Industrial Park, and it has now become a smart manufacturing hub in the world that consumes the least energy and generates the fewest emissions per 10,000 yuan of output value.