Description du projet
Une nouvelle citerne pour le transport des énergies renouvelables
Bravo à l’hydrogène et aux autres combustibles renouvelables comme le biométhane liquide, l’azote et le GNL, qui deviennent tous une nécessité. L’hydrogène, par exemple, peut être produit partout où il y a de l’eau et une source d’électricité. De plus, les véhicules fonctionnant à l’hydrogène n’émettent pas de gaz à effet de serre ni d’autres polluants. Toutefois, ces combustibles exigent des infrastructures et des moyens de transport conséquents. À titre d’exemple, des camions-citernes cryogéniques avec des conducteurs/opérateurs spécialisés sont indispensables et très coûteux. Pour faciliter le transport, le projet GBG System, financé par l’UE, met au point des citernes composites légères pour la collecte, le transport et le stockage des matériaux cryogéniques, en particulier des combustibles gazeux. Ces nouveaux camions-citernes vont révolutionner la collecte, la distribution et le stockage des combustibles renouvelables sous forme cryogénique et gazeuse.
Objectif
The depleting reserves and the increasingly high cost of extraction are making oil difficult to access. The development and
promotion of abundant and clean alternatives such as liquid hydrogen, liquid biomethane, nitrogen (all renewable fuels) and
LNG is becoming a necessity. These gaseous fuels are among the serious options to be considered. Hydrogen, for example,
can be produced anywhere where there is water and a source of electricity. And hydrogen-fueled vehicles emit no
greenhouse gases or other pollutants. During combustion, hydrogen produces only water vapour.
However, these fuels have significant infrastructure and transport limitations. Hydrogen is currently expensive also because
is difficult to handle and store. The same applies to fuels like LNG.
The current method of transporting LNG and other gas-based fuels like hydrogen, biomethane and nitrogen, is the cryogenic
tanker. Specialised driver/operator training, and expensive equipment is required to handle these tanker—trailers and as
such, there is often limited infrastructure for them outside states with large petrochemical industries. This limited transport
infrastructure has, in turn, led to limited support infrastructure.
GGLS has developed the GBG™, lightweight composite tanks for collecting, transporting and storing cryogenic materials,
specifically gaseous fuels. These patented tanks can be used as an integral part of a system to maintain a continuous
cryogenic gas supply or as on board fuel tanks for use in road vehicles, particularly heavy trucks, coaches, buses and vans
or for rail, marine and aircraft applications.
GBG™ innovative tanks are capable of revolutionising the collection, distribution and storage at the point of use of
renewable fuels in both cryogenic and gaseous forms. Indeed, rather than transferring fuel, the GBG™ system is based on
exchanging tanks, which are more safely and securely refilled under controlled conditions.
Champ scientifique
- engineering and technologymechanical engineeringvehicle engineeringaerospace engineeringaircraft
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringenergy and fuelsfossil energynatural gas
- social scienceseconomics and businessbusiness and managementbusiness models
- engineering and technologyenvironmental engineeringair pollution engineering
- natural sciencesearth and related environmental sciencesatmospheric sciencesclimatologyclimatic changes
Programme(s)
Régime de financement
SME-1 - SME instrument phase 1Coordinateur
BA8 0EW HORSINGTON TEMPLECOMBE SOMERSET
Royaume-Uni
L’entreprise s’est définie comme une PME (petite et moyenne entreprise) au moment de la signature de la convention de subvention.