Hydrogen plays a crucial role in our strategy as a viable low-emission fuel source that meets increasing energy demands with zero emissions at the point of use. Its versatility makes hydrogen essential in various industrial applications, significantly impacting sectors like the steel, cement, and other hard-to-abate industries where CO2 is integral to their processes.
Hydrogen is a clean and sustainable energy source that is currently considered to be one of the best potential substitutes to fossil fuel. Hydrogen value chain including production, process, distribution and storage presents significant challenges for materials requiring resistance to hydrogen embrittlement, high mechanical properties to withstand high pressures and microstructure stability to resist cryogenic conditions or high temperature resistance. Stainless steels are perfect candidates to fulfil these requirements. Tubacex is a transversal supplier to the whole hydrogen value chain. From gas production, in the case of grey or blue hydrogen, through all the generation technologies, liquefaction, transport, and most of the applications, our products are used. As one stop shop supplier, we are producers of Steel, pipes, tubes and fittings, in a fully integrated way. In addition, we provide a broad spectrum of services associated with or without products, in order to better service our customers, and reduce the overall cost.
STEAM REFORMING
It is the most conventional and widely used to produce hydrogen. In order to reduce CO2 emissions, new concepts and designs are being developed like CCS or more efficient designs. Tubacex produces different high temperature grades for these applications, and in collaboration with the company VDM, the new grade 699XA provides outstanding performance for the highly reductive atmospheres, present in recuperative designs.
ELECTROLYZERS
Austenitic stainless steels are the most used materials in electrolyzers. In particular, Tubacex supply piping, fittings and precision tubing for the balance of plant and instrumentation of the process.
HYDROGEN STATIONS
Storage of hydrogen and high-pressure conditions are the key characteristics of this application. Tubacex is one of the leading companies on high precision tubing. Furthermore, our offer includes high pressure tubing, with low diameter to thickness ratio, for the most demanding mechanical conditions.
HYDROGEN INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS
The 316 series with different variants in generally used, but Tubacex offers a complete portfolio of alloys that can be adjusted to meet particular specifications.
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As an expert in advanced materials, Tubacex offers multiple ad-hoc solutions for the different technologies of the energy mix, mainly focused on carbon capture, storage and utilization (CCUS) and hydrogen technologies, respectively, placing Tubacex at the forefront in this field and occupying a prominent position on the international scene, with an outstanding presence in customers located mainly in North America and Europe.
CCUS (carbon capture, storage and utilization) has become a fundamental ally in the energy transition, making it possible to achieve the objectives of zero emissions through the abatement of CO2.
WE COVER ALL THE STAGES
CAPTURE TECHNOLOGIES
CO2 is captured before it is released into the atmosphere
- SS & Ni Alloy Tubes & Fittings (Heaters and HEX)
- Low pressure tubing
- H&I tubing
COMPRESSION AND TRANSPORTATION
CO2 is channeled to the sequestration site via pipeline, the safest mode of transportation.
- SS & Ni Alloy Tubes & Fittings (HEX and Condensers)
- Flowlines
- H&I tubing
UTILIZATION AND STORAGE
CO2 is safely and permanently stored underground in North Dakota.
- CRA OCTG material for injection lines
- T&C connections
- Umbilical tubing
- SS SD for subsea tubing
