Description du projet
Production, transport et stockage sûrs de l’hydrogène
L’UE s’est engagée à accélérer la production d’hydrogène renouvelable pour remplacer les combustibles fossiles en vue de la décarbonation de l’économie. L’essor de la production d’hydrogène a soulevé un défi important: la nécessité de remédier aux fuites d’hydrogène tout au long de la chaîne de valeur, y compris la production, le stockage, le transport et la distribution, ainsi que les utilisations finales. Dans ce contexte, le projet OPTHYCS, financé par l’UE, développera de nouvelles technologies de capteurs pour la détection continue des fuites, basées sur les technologies des fibres optiques. L’objectif est de renforcer la sécurité des applications de l’hydrogène et de prévenir d’éventuelles émissions de gaz à effet de serre tout au long de la chaîne de valeur, en contribuant à une mise en œuvre sûre et économiquement viable des processus liés à l’hydrogène. Le projet analysera les piliers technologiques et validera les principaux cas d’utilisation. OPTHYCS évaluera également les aspects liés à la sécurité, à l’environnement et à la rentabilité des nouvelles technologies.
Objectif
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.
Champ scientifique
- 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
Programme(s)
- HORIZON.2.5 - Climate, Energy and Mobility Main Programme
Régime de financement
HORIZON-JU-RIA - HORIZON JU Research and Innovation ActionsCoordinateur
28005 Madrid
Espagne