Pre-Normative Research on the determination of hydrogen releases from the hydrogen value chain
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Programme Description
The Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking or Clean Hydrogen Partnership is a unique public-private partnership supporting research and innovation (R&I) activities in hydrogen technologies in Europe. It builds upon the success of its predecessor, the Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking.
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Summary
The natural gas industry has for decades been strongly committed to identifying, quantifying, and mitigating gas releases along the entire value chain, from production (extraction) to final uses. In addition, the effects of releases of gases in the environment have been widely studied and assessed, with the aim of limiting the climate-change effects as much as possible.
While methane emissions is a well-known topic, with emission quantification methods/technologies and mitigation strategies defined, the case of hydrogen is different, as there are no indications/guidelines that exhaustively cover all the different elements of the hydrogen value chain. This case requires in-depth analysis, supported by experimental campaigns, in order to understand the potential leakage rates of hydrogen across its value chain and assess the overall hydrogen releases of a large adoption of this energy vector. Proposals should therefore assess the potential hydrogen releases of the future hydrogen value chains.
Detailed Call Description
In order to assess the potential hydrogen release, the proposals should:
- Identify, classify, quantify and prepare an inventory of the types of anthropogenic hydrogen releases expected throughout the hydrogen chain, including production, handling (e.g., compression, liquefaction, packing into hydrogen carriers, purification), transport and distribution, storage, and final uses;
- Identify the most critical elements of the hydrogen chain with regard to potential hydrogen releases considering the different building blocks (e.g., production, handling, etc.);
- Develop and validate appropriate methodologies and test methods and protocols to provide the required data on releases of hydrogen from the most critical elements of the hydrogen value chain. Methods are needed which fulfil similar roles as in the existing natural gas supply chain. These may include methods to enable the identification of sources of hydrogen releases (for example as in leak detection, maintenance and repair programmes), to quantify the mass emission rates of releases into the atmosphere, and to provide test methods to characterise the performance of equipment for hydrogen use. The methods and protocols should be developed considering the potential for future standardisation;
- Identify the total potential hydrogen releases along the whole hydrogen value chain, considering the different building blocks (e.g., production, handling, end-uses, etc.). The proposals should develop simulation tools able to characterise the total potential hydrogen releases considering the different hydrogen scenarios;
- Identify mitigation measures, engineering solutions, technologies, research and development actions to minimise the release of hydrogen.
Research and experimental activities, including the industry contributions, should support the scientific community in the assessment of the quantification of the potential impact of the hydrogen release from the hydrogen value chain on the climate, providing data and tools for the quantification of the total hydrogen released.
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Financing percentage by EU or other bodies / Level of Subsidy or Loan
EU Contribution per project: € 3,000,000
Number of proposals: 1
Thematic Categories
- Energy
- Environment and Climate Change
- Research, Technological Development and Innovation
Eligibility for Participation
- Researchers/Research Centers/Institutions
Eligibility For Participation Notes
Beneficiaries must, up to 4 years after the end of the action, inform the granting authority if the results could reasonably be expected to contribute to European or international standards.
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EU Contact Point
Email: info@clean-hydrogen.europa.eu
Phone number: +32 22218148
Postal address: Avenue de la Toison d’Or 56-60, 1060 Brussels, Belgium
(Publish Date: 02/03/2023-for internal use only)