FUSION-H2

摆脱化石燃料最终将需要氢。有许多行业需要它，包括能源密集型制造业（钢铁、玻璃）和运输。未来的氢经济将需要对流量有准确的了解，以便进行计量、充电、分配、存储和容量规划，并确保网络高效、安全运行。早期的氢气分配将：(a)使用现有的天然气网络；(b)占总含量的一定百分比，例如30%的氢气和70%的天然气，随着时间的推移，氢的含量会增加。大多数高精度流量计使用超声波。氢气中的声速非常高，这使得测量具有挑战性，并且需要创新的解决方案。SMARTech和Ionix将开发一种高度灵活、创新的流量计，能够在不同的氢气百分比（0-100%）、压力（氢气比天然气更高）、管径尺寸和温度范围内工作，适用于整个配电和存储网络。该团队将开发传感器、电子设备和软件，所有这些都必须进行优化，以开发可行的解决方案，并提供精确的每分钟数据。最后，团队将演示该功能。初步试验将在专门为该项目建造的测试设施上进行，这将使性能得到优化。在项目结束时，如果可能的话，示范装置将在Future Grid上进行验证，Future Grid是一种独特的英国原型设施，可以验证氢基础设施所需的新设备。

A move away from fossil fuels will ultimately require hydrogen. There are a number of sectors that require it, including energy intensive manufacturing (steel, glass), and haulage.The future hydrogen economy will require an accurate knowledge of flow to allow for metering, charging, distribution, storage, and capacity planning, and to ensure that the network is operating efficiently and safely. Early hydrogen distribution will: (a) use existing natural gas networks and (b) be at a percentage of the total content, for example 30% hydrogen and 70% natural gas, with increasing hydrogen content over time.Most high accuracy flow meters use ultrasound. The speed of sound in hydrogen is extremely high, which makes the measurement challenging, and requires innovative solutions.SMARTech and Ionix will develop a highly flexible, innovative flow meter which is able to work with a range of hydrogen percentages (from 0-100%), pressures (which will be higher for hydrogen than natural gas), pipe bore sizes, and temperatures, for suitability over the entire distribution and storage network. The team will develop the sensors, the electronics, and the software, all of which must be optimised to develop a viable solution and provide precise minute by minute data.Finally, the team will demonstrate the capability. Initial trials will be performed on test facilities constructed specifically for this project, which will allow performance to be optimised. Towards the end of the project, if possible, the demonstrators will be proven on Future Grid, a unique UK prototype facility which allows for validation of new equipment required for hydrogen infrastructure.