05 Aug 2024
Tata Steel and Welspun Corp. have jointly launched hydrogen-compliant grades of steel pipes specifically designed for transporting gaseous hydrogen. Marking a significant advancement in clean energy solutions, this collaboration has led to the creation of API X65-grade pipes.
The pipes passed all the critical sour service and fracture qualification tests for transporting 100 percent pure gaseous hydrogen at high pressure at RINA, Italy. Tata Steel and Welspun Corp. became the first Indian companies to manufacture electric resistance welded (ERW) pipes for hydrogen transportation.
The initiative follows a 2022 memorandum of understanding (MOU) between the companies to develop hydrogen-compliant API-grade pipes through the ERW pipe route. Tata Steel provided hot-rolled coils from its Kalinganagar plant in Odisha, while Welspun Corp. managed the manufacturing of the ERW pipes, as per a report.
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