Hydrogen test bed – plastic pipe network

R&D Focus Areas:
Pipeline and network operations, Pipeline materials and performance, Pipeline design and integrity management

Lead Organisation:
Deakin University

Funding:
Future Fuels CRC

Status:
Active

Start date:
March 2020

Project summary description:
This project implements a dedicated hydrogen field test bed to enable long-term compatibility of typical gas distribution network components to be evaluated. A specific focus of this project is to evaluate the impact of hydrogen on the performance of junctions and welds which are currently used by the industry.

A video of the testbed under construction can be downloaded here.

Further information:
RP3.1-07 Hydrogen test bed – plastic pipe network

 

Review update source: November 2023