Descripción del proyecto
Producción, transporte y almacenamiento seguros de hidrógeno
La Unión Europea está comprometida a acelerar la producción de hidrógeno renovable para sustituir los combustibles fósiles en pos de descarbonizar la economía. El fomento de la producción de hidrógeno ha planteado un gran reto: la necesidad de abordar las fugas de hidrógeno a lo largo de su cadena de valor, incluidos su producción, almacenamiento, transporte y distribución, así como sus usos finales. En este contexto, el equipo del proyecto OPTHYCS, financiado con fondos europeos, desarrollará nuevas tecnologías de sensores de fibra óptica para la detección continua de fugas. El objetivo es aumentar la seguridad de las aplicaciones de hidrógeno y prevenir posibles emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero a lo largo de su cadena de valor, lo que contribuirá a una aplicación segura y económicamente viable de los procesos de hidrógeno. En el proyecto se examinarán los pilares tecnológicos y se validarán los casos de uso clave. El equipo de OPTHYCS evaluará asimismo los aspectos de seguridad, medio ambiente y rentabilidad de las nuevas tecnologías.
Objetivo
Hydrogen has emerged as a required fuel and commodity needed for the decarbonization of the generation, distribution, storage, and energy consumption. Through the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the EC recognised the important role of hydrogen, and the need for the hydrogen market to be significantly scaled up. The boost in hydrogen production and its introduction in the energy market has arised one important issue: leakage of hydrogen during its storage, transportation and distribution. This leakage produces two negative side effects: there is a safety issue derived from the hydrogen’s broad flammability range (4 to 74% concentration in air) and it contributes to a net emmission of greenhouse gases (GHG) by depleting hydroxyl radicals (OH), thus increasing the atmosperic lifetime of methane and influencing tropospheric ozone formation, with an estimate accumulation effect of 5.8% increase over 100 years.
The Green2TSO-OPTHYCS project will aim to develop new sensor technologies for continuous leak detectors based on optical fibre sensors technologies which will lead to an increase in the safety level of hydrogen applications, from production to storage and distribution, both in new infrastructure, working with pure H2, and in natural gas repurposed installations and pipelines, contributing to a safe and economically viable implementation of H2 production, transport, and storage processes.
OPHTYCS project is built upon 3 conceptual areas: A) Technology pillars analysis and definition of new sensor technology , B) Validation of key use cases (pipelines, HRS and midstream sites (compression , metering stations, etc.) of the new technologies in 3 different controlled validation sites, and C) Aspects of the technologies derived from the use cases, including the assessment of the security and environmental risks evaluations and regulatory framework, and a scalability and cost efficiency study.
Ámbito científico
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringcontrol systems
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas
- engineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensors
- natural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsfibre optics
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsrenewable energyhydrogen energy
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Programa(s)
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
Régimen de financiación
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinador
28005 Madrid
España