In the modern continuous annealing production line, the furnace atmosphere is filled with hydrogen and nitrogen to avoid strip surface oxidation that effected the steel properties and altered the strip tempering color. Since the hydrogen consumption accounts for a major proportion of overall production costs, how to reduce the amount of hydrogen consumption and yet maintain the strip surface quality, which is one of difficult problems of the continuous annealing line. In this study, we focused on analyzing hydrogen consumption in the furnace, examining annealing furnace tightness, and adjusting the hydrogen content to reduce the hydrogen consumption.