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Background
To enable the large-scale deployment of hydrogen technologies, there is a need for materials that can withstand demanding hydrogen environments while remaining cost-effective and sustainable.
Hydrogen can significantly degrade the mechanical properties of steels, leading to embrittlement, reduced ductility and accelerated crack growth. At the same time, conventional manufacturing routes are often material-intensive, involve long lead times and offer limited flexibility for complex geometries.
Additive manufacturing provides new opportunities to address these challenges. It enables tailored microstructures, reduced material waste and increased design flexibility, but its performance in hydrogen environments is not yet fully understood or validated.
TRANSFER addresses this gap by combining material development, process optimisation and hydrogen testing, with the objective of delivering reliable and sustainable solutions for hydrogen infrastructure.
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