SUPPLY CHAIN RESEARCH APPLIED TO CLEAN HYDROGEN (SCRATCH)
Lead Research Organisation:
University of Birmingham
Department Name: Chemical Engineering
Abstract
By 2050, it is expected that the hydrogen economy will play a significant role in the UK energy portfolio. The hydrogen economy is gradually emerging but the supply chain of companies producing hydrogen, distributing it, utilising and marketing it has not yet been established. Hydrogen mini-economies exist on petrochemical sites, and the objective of this project is to spread these more generally across the country, starting with Birmingham University campus. This project will focus on 20 companies which produce components for the hydrogen economy, which is viewed as three linked technologies:- hydrogen from biomass; hydrogen distribution and storage; and hydrogen utilisation by fuel cell chp. The project will produce new research results to facilitate the hydrogen economy, overcoming economic and technical barriers. If this project were successful, then up to half the UK fuel bill could be saved, emissions much reduced and the need for large power stations minimised.
Organisations
- University of Birmingham (Lead Research Organisation)
- Baxi Technology (Project Partner)
- Tempus Computers (Project Partner)
- Department for Infrastructure (Project Partner)
- Black Country Housing Group (Project Partner)
- Process Industries Centre for (Project Partner)
- Shell (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
- Johnson Matthey (United Kingdom) (Project Partner)
Publications
El-Kharouf A
(2012)
Ex-situ characterisation of gas diffusion layers for proton exchange membrane fuel cells
in Journal of Power Sources
Green R
(2011)
Turning the wind into hydrogen: The long-run impact on electricity prices and generating capacity
in Energy Policy
Kendall K
(2011)
Hydrogen fuel cell hybrid vehicles (HFCHV) for Birmingham campus
in Journal of Power Sources
Kim Y
(2010)
Hydrogenation reaction of CaH2-CaB6-Mg mixture
in Journal of Alloys and Compounds
Mason T
(2012)
Effect of clamping pressure on ohmic resistance and compression of gas diffusion layers for polymer electrolyte fuel cells
in Journal of Power Sources
Orozco R
(2012)
Hydrothermal hydrolysis of starch with CO2 and detoxification of the hydrolysates with activated carbon for bio-hydrogen fermentation
in International Journal of Hydrogen Energy
Redwood M
(2008)
Integrating dark and light bio-hydrogen production strategies: towards the hydrogen economy
in Reviews in Environmental Science and Bio/Technology
Redwood MD
(2012)
An integrated biohydrogen refinery: synergy of photofermentation, extractive fermentation and hydrothermal hydrolysis of food wastes.
in Bioresource technology
Redwood MD
(2012)
Electro-extractive fermentation for efficient biohydrogen production.
in Bioresource technology
Zin V
(2009)
Sonoelectrochemical (20kHz) production of platinum nanoparticles from aqueous solutions
in Electrochimica Acta