Investigation of a Possible Process for Hydrogen Odorization in Pure Hydrogen and in Natural Gas-Hydrogen Mixture Systems

One of the most important goals of this century is the exploitation of hydrogen as green energy carrier. Due to its storage and transportation problem, a concrete and immediate solution is the exploitation of the gas pipelines now used for natural gas. In this regard, safety is of paramount importan...

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Main Authors: Elisa Zanella, Mariangela Longhi, Piersilvio Marcolin, Giovanni Camarda, Carlo Pirola
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: AIDIC Servizi S.r.l. 2022-11-01
Series:Chemical Engineering Transactions
Online Access:https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/12871
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author Elisa Zanella
Mariangela Longhi
Piersilvio Marcolin
Giovanni Camarda
Carlo Pirola
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Piersilvio Marcolin
Giovanni Camarda
Carlo Pirola
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description One of the most important goals of this century is the exploitation of hydrogen as green energy carrier. Due to its storage and transportation problem, a concrete and immediate solution is the exploitation of the gas pipelines now used for natural gas. In this regard, safety is of paramount importance; indeed, like natural gas, hydrogen is an odourless and colourless flammable gas. To solve this problem a system of hydrogen odorization is to implement. This work is aimed at the investigation of a possible process for hydrogen odorization, focused on pure hydrogen and natural gas-hydrogen mixtures systems, to simulate a possible real gas pipeline. The odorization system considered in this work is called INGRID, developed by Regas Srl, a partner company for this project. Starting from INGRID’s specifications, a simulation model was then developed using AVEVA's PRO II software on the basis of the thermodynamic liquid-vapor equilibria of the mixture. As odorant, tetrahydrothiophene (THT) was taken into consideration, thanks to the fact that this is the most used odorant and so more experimental data are available in the literature. This system has proved to be effective in the odorization of both pure hydrogen and hydrogen-natural gas mixture.
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spelling doaj.art-99f8f8f6e5f74b86bbc720e8ca416ae52022-12-22T04:35:54ZengAIDIC Servizi S.r.l.Chemical Engineering Transactions2283-92162022-11-019610.3303/CET2296024Investigation of a Possible Process for Hydrogen Odorization in Pure Hydrogen and in Natural Gas-Hydrogen Mixture SystemsElisa ZanellaMariangela LonghiPiersilvio MarcolinGiovanni CamardaCarlo PirolaOne of the most important goals of this century is the exploitation of hydrogen as green energy carrier. Due to its storage and transportation problem, a concrete and immediate solution is the exploitation of the gas pipelines now used for natural gas. In this regard, safety is of paramount importance; indeed, like natural gas, hydrogen is an odourless and colourless flammable gas. To solve this problem a system of hydrogen odorization is to implement. This work is aimed at the investigation of a possible process for hydrogen odorization, focused on pure hydrogen and natural gas-hydrogen mixtures systems, to simulate a possible real gas pipeline. The odorization system considered in this work is called INGRID, developed by Regas Srl, a partner company for this project. Starting from INGRID’s specifications, a simulation model was then developed using AVEVA's PRO II software on the basis of the thermodynamic liquid-vapor equilibria of the mixture. As odorant, tetrahydrothiophene (THT) was taken into consideration, thanks to the fact that this is the most used odorant and so more experimental data are available in the literature. This system has proved to be effective in the odorization of both pure hydrogen and hydrogen-natural gas mixture.https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/12871
spellingShingle Elisa Zanella
Mariangela Longhi
Piersilvio Marcolin
Giovanni Camarda
Carlo Pirola
Investigation of a Possible Process for Hydrogen Odorization in Pure Hydrogen and in Natural Gas-Hydrogen Mixture Systems
Chemical Engineering Transactions
title Investigation of a Possible Process for Hydrogen Odorization in Pure Hydrogen and in Natural Gas-Hydrogen Mixture Systems
title_full Investigation of a Possible Process for Hydrogen Odorization in Pure Hydrogen and in Natural Gas-Hydrogen Mixture Systems
title_fullStr Investigation of a Possible Process for Hydrogen Odorization in Pure Hydrogen and in Natural Gas-Hydrogen Mixture Systems
title_full_unstemmed Investigation of a Possible Process for Hydrogen Odorization in Pure Hydrogen and in Natural Gas-Hydrogen Mixture Systems
title_short Investigation of a Possible Process for Hydrogen Odorization in Pure Hydrogen and in Natural Gas-Hydrogen Mixture Systems
title_sort investigation of a possible process for hydrogen odorization in pure hydrogen and in natural gas hydrogen mixture systems
url https://www.cetjournal.it/index.php/cet/article/view/12871
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