Novel production of renewable hydrogen from animal and human waste

如果英国想要有效地解决减少发电排放、提高供应安全和降低成本这三大能源难题，开发和扩大可再生氢源是一个先决条件。氢被视为替代传统污染燃料的清洁能源，然而，世界上95%的氢来自不可再生燃料。需要替代的、可再生的氢源。这个可行性项目将学术界和工业界聚集在一起，开发一种将动物和人类排泄物转化为可再生氢气的生物/电化学联合工艺。它将专注于消除限制规模扩大和商业化的技术障碍。这一成功将导致大量、低价值、潜在污染的废水产生大量电力，该工艺的开发将为该技术在其他海外市场和其他工业部门(如食品制造和加工)的开发开辟道路。

The development and upscaling of renewable hydrogen sources are a prerequisite if the UK is to effectivelyhelp solve the energy ‘trilemma’ of reducing emissions from electricity generation, improving security ofsupply and reducing costs. Hydrogen is seen as an alternative clean energy source to replace pollutingtraditional fuels however, 95 % of the world's hydrogen is derived from non-renewable fuels. Alternativerenewable sources of hydrogen are required. This feasibility project brings academia and industry together todevelop a combined biological / electrochemical process to convert animal and human waste to renewablehydrogen. It will focus on removing technical barriers which are limiting scale up and commercialisation.Success will lead to significant electricity generation from abundant, low value, potentially polluting wastestreams and the development of the process will open the way for the technology to be exploited in otheroverseas markets and other industry sectors such as food manufacturing and processing.