Overview

The HyDeploy project is the UKs first hydrogen deployment project which was successfully granted the UKs first hydrogen exemption to blend hydrogen into the gas grid by the HSE in November 2018. The webinar will provide an overview of the evidence base that was generated to support the exemption application, which was an 18-month process comprising of desk, laboratory and field research. The four main technical areas investigated were; appliances; gas detection; materials; and gas characteristics, which fed into a bespoke a fault tree QRA to quantitively demonstrate that a blend of 20 vol% hydrogen is as safe as natural gas.

Alongside an overview of evidence base to support the first exemption, the future programme to support the following public trials will be described.

Speaker

Thomas Isaac is a chartered chemical and mechanical engineer focused on decarbonising the UK's energy systems. Tommy’s principal focus is the project management of HyDeploy - the UK’s first hydrogen blending deployment project designed to kick start the hydrogen for heat market. Alongside this he provides strategic consulting and technical due diligence to both gas and electricity network operators.

Before developing clean energy projects Tommy was a process engineer at Fawley refinery for ExxonMobil, and prior to ExxonMobil Tommy worked for Atkins within the nuclear engineering department.

Time

9:00—10:00 BST.

Format

A one-hour online session: 40 minutes' presentation + 20 minutes' Q&A.
Duration (for CPD recording purposes): up to one hour.

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Software

The presentation will be delivered via GoToWebinar®. 
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