Elastomers and Hydrogen

R&D Focus Areas:
Pipeline and network operations, Pipeline materials and performance, Safety and standards

Lead Organisation:
Deakin University

Funding:
Future Fuels CRC

Status:
Active

Start date:
February 2023

Project summary description:
The main objective of this project is to identify and test a selected number of elastomers used in the gas infrastructure to better predict how the transition to hydrogen will influence elastomer service life. A specific outcome of this project is to develop a suite of tests suitable to determine elastomer compatibility with hydrogen, leading to more certainty regarding residual lifecycle management.

Further information:
RP3.1-14: Elastomers and Hydrogen

 

Reviewed: November 2024