Fuel Cell Sensor - DNO prototype

一个原型项目，测试基于燃料电池的传感器（FCS）是否能够近实时地感知和计算天然气、氢气和生物气体的热值，这样FCS就可以用于控制天然气质量（即Wobbe指数、相对密度和热值）在一个完全集成的系统中，为天然气分销网络运营商（DNO）公司。FCS已经在一个欧盟资助的概念验证项目中发挥了作用。该项目旨在与具有天然气公用事业和工业背景的DNO公司一起评估、克服和测试在市场上采用新技术的技术障碍。一旦商业化，这种环境和经济上可持续的创新将使“英国PLC”在绿色技术领域成为全球COVID-19复苏的核心。这将通过为当地提供就业和研究机会，帮助英国在新冠肺炎疫情后实现增长。

A prototype project to test whether a fuel cell based sensor (FCS), developed by Loughborough University and Des19ncor Limited, is capable of sensing and calculating calorific values in natural gas, hydrogen and biogases in near real time, such that the FCS can be used to control gas quality (i.e., Wobbe index, relative densities and calorific values) in a fully integrated system for a gas Distribution Network Operator (DNO) company. The FCS has already been shown to work in an EU funded proof-of-concept project.This project aims to assess, overcome and test the technical barriers for the adoption of the new technology in the market with DNO companies from gas utility and industrial backgrounds. Once commercialised, this environmentally and economically sustainable innovation will put "UK PLC" at the heart of the worldwide recovery from COVID-19 in a green technology area. This will help post-COVID-19 growth in the UK by providing local jobs and research opportunities.