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The Hy4Heat Programme

1 Carbon Dioxide is contributing to 2 The UK government has a 2050 target 3 Heating and cooling UK homes is about 4 80% of homes use natural gas (methane). 5 BEIS (Department for Business, Energy &
to reduce carbon emissions by 80% of
Industrial Strategy) is looking at ways of
When used for heating and cooking, this
climate change and global warming
half all energy consumption and a third
of carbon emissions
decarbonising heat. One of the options is
1990 levels
releases water and carbon dioxide
replacing methane with hydrogen
HYDROGEN
METHANE
GAS
10 defining a hydrogen quality standard... METHANE
GAS
9 Hy4Heat is part of this work – and is a 8 through to how much a change might cost 7 BEIS is considering everything: from how 6 Hydrogen, when converted to heat
group of industry partners and experts...
releases no carbon dioxide
hydrogen could be produced sustainably,
in bulk, with minimal carbon emissions...
HYDROGEN
HYDROGEN

11 developing appliances for use with
hydrogen gas...
12 and testing them to make sure they’re 13 Creating demonstrations and getting 14 and planning in the future to possibly change
a whole community to using hydrogen
safe, reliable and convenient
people’s feedback...

HYDROGEN

different combustion characteristics to ■ Establishing a demonstration trial, TELLING THE STORY
methane, so current appliances are in an unoccupied property While it’s easy to explain the
unsuitable to use with hydrogen. This technology and science to colleagues
is a similar challenge to the one faced Several of the work packages are in the energy industry, we believed
in the 1960s, when the gas network underway. Contracts for the research that a simpler narrative would be
was converted from ‘towns gas’ (a into the variety of industrial and more compelling to engage a wider
blend of 50 per cent hydrogen with commercial appliances has been audience – something that will be
methane and carbon monoxide) to commissioned by BEIS as well as work useful at the demonstration trial
100 per cent methane. to define hydrogen gas standards. stage of the programme.
The largest work package, worth So, a simple storyboard infographic
The Hy4Heat work packages around £9 million, is the development of has been created to explain Hy4Heat
will cover: certified domestic hydrogen appliances. to a non-technical audience and
■ A hydrogen gas standard, defining Applications to take part in the small encourage debate and discussion
the purity of the gas and the business research initiative (SBRI) around the subject.
odorant to be added competition closed on 5 October 2018. Of course, proving the safety case
■ Hydrogen appliance testing Manufacturers are bidding to develop for hydrogen is a fundamental part of
standards and processes, to allow and certify a range of appliance types for the programme and would need to
for the safe certification of a new use with hydrogen gas, including boilers, be determined prior to any wider
generation of appliances cookers and fires. There’s also a category communication. In the meantime,
■ Development of community called ‘innovative domestic appliance’, we have established several
trial-ready domestic hydrogen which is the chance for manufacturers information channels (a website,
appliances, including gas fires, to bid to develop something more social media and newsletters) to
cookers and boilers creative and innovative. Ultimately, the keep those in the industry up to date
■ Research into the variety of prototype appliances developed will be with our progress. ■
industrial and commercial appliances used in the demonstration trials in an
and the issues to be addressed in unoccupied property.
their conversion or replacement with The Hy4Heat team is also ■ Find out more about the Hy4Heat
hydrogen appliances responsible for selecting a location, or programme at www.hy4heat.info.
■ Safety issues related to hydrogen in locations, for potential community Tweet HyHeat @hy4heat
properties, such as ventilation and trials, in the event the government or email hy4heat@arup.com
leakage detection decides to proceed to this stage. for more information

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