Title
Fuel Cell Sensor - DNO prototype

CoPED ID
35d5b090-432a-49d9-9646-ac1c47e47b02

Status
Closed


Value
£698,572

Start Date
June 30, 2021

End Date
June 29, 2022

Description

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A prototype project to test whether a fuel cell based sensor (FCS), developed by Loughborough University and Des19ncor Limited, is capable of sensing and calculating calorific values in natural gas, hydrogen and biogases in near real time, such that the FCS can be used to control gas quality (i.e., Wobbe index, relative densities and calorific values) in a fully integrated system for a gas Distribution Network Operator (DNO) company. The FCS has already been shown to work in an EU funded proof-of-concept project.

This project aims to assess, overcome and test the technical barriers for the adoption of the new technology in the market with DNO companies from gas utility and industrial backgrounds. Once commercialised, this environmentally and economically sustainable innovation will put "UK PLC" at the heart of the worldwide recovery from COVID-19 in a green technology area. This will help post-COVID-19 growth in the UK by providing local jobs and research opportunities.

Des19ncor Limited LEAD_ORG
Des19ncor Limited PARTICIPANT_ORG

Philip Wood PM_PER
Philip Wood PM_PER

Subjects by relevance
  1. Natural gas
  2. Fuels
  3. Natural gas networks
  4. Hydrogen
  5. Innovations
  6. Technology companies
  7. Fuel cells
  8. Technology

Extracted key phrases
  1. Fuel Cell Sensor
  2. Prototype project
  3. Fuel cell
  4. DNO prototype
  5. Gas Distribution Network Operator
  6. Concept project
  7. DNO company
  8. Gas quality
  9. Natural gas
  10. Gas utility
  11. Calorific value
  12. FCS
  13. Green technology area
  14. New technology
  15. Loughborough University

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