Hydrogen fuel gas Detection with novel Raman Analyser (HYDRA)

在英国，大约37%的二氧化碳排放来自住宅和工业环境的供暖，10个家庭中有8个使用天然气作为能源。氢已被确定为潜在的零碳或低碳能源载体，这可能有助于英国实现成为净零碳经济的目标。HyDeploy等备受瞩目的项目已经显示出将氢气与当前天然气供应混合的潜力，从而使氢气能够用于家庭供暖。在这个项目中，我们建议研究使用一种新的基于拉曼的仪器的可行性，利用微结构光纤的特性，测量天然气和氢气的混合物，使氢气作为低碳能源载体引入英国国家天然气网。这项技术由英国IS仪器有限公司、南安普顿大学光学研究中心和雅各布清洁能源公司的团队开发。这项改变游戏规则的技术预计将使氢在天然气网络中实施，并为更广泛的英国经济提供直接的商业收益。

Approximately 37% of CO2 emissions in the UK come from heating across residential and industrial settings, with 8 out of 10 homes using natural gas as the energy source. Hydrogen has been identified as a potential zero carbon or low carbon energy carrier, which could help the UK reach its goal of becoming a net zero carbon economy. High profile projects such as HyDeploy, have shown the potential of blending hydrogen with the current natural gas supply, thus allowing hydrogen to be used in domestic heating. In this project we propose to examine the feasibility of using a new Raman-based instrument, exploiting the properties of microstructured optical fibres, to measure blends of natural gas and hydrogen, enabling hydrogen to be introduced as a low carbon energy carrier into the UK national gas grid. This technology is being developed by the UK team of IS-Instruments Ltd, Optical Research Centre at the University of Southampton and Jacobs Clean Energy. This game changing technology is expected enable hydrogen to be implemented within the gas network, as well providing direct commercial gains the wider UK economy.