Novel Production Process for Renewable Hydrogen from Animal and Human Waste

如果英国要有效地帮助解决减少发电排放、提高供应安全性和降低成本的能源“三难困境”，可再生氢资源的开发和升级是一个先决条件。氢被视为替代污染性传统燃料的替代清洁能源，然而，世界上95%的氢来自不可再生燃料。需要替代的可再生氢源。该可行性项目将学术界和工业界聚集在一起，共同开发一种生物/电化学组合工艺，将动物和人类废物转化为可再生氢气。它将专注于消除限制规模扩大和商业化的技术壁垒。成功将导致大量的低价值污染废物流产生大量电力，该过程的发展将为该技术在其他海外市场和食品制造和加工等其他工业部门的开发开辟道路。

The development and upscaling of renewable hydrogen sources are a prerequisite if the UK is to effectively help solve the energy 'trilemma' of reducing emissions from electricity generation, improving security of supply and reducing costs. Hydrogen is seen as an alternative clean energy source to replace polluting traditional fuels however, 95 % of the world's hydrogen is derived from non-renewable fuels. Alternative renewable sources of hydrogen are required. This feasibility project brings academia and industry together to develop a combined biological / electrochemical process to convert animal and human waste to renewable hydrogen. 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, polluting waste streams and the development of the process will open the way for the technology to be exploited in other overseas markets and other industry sectors such as food manufacturing and processing.