INSPIRATION
Decarbonizing the CHP sector is one of the goals of the hydrogen economy. Current methodologies include blending hydrogen by combining a lean mixture of hydrogen in existing natural gas pipelines, enabling industrial and residential heating. Current standards allow the mixture to include up to
10% hydrogen and allow existing pipelines to safely handle the gas. Blended hydrogen is also useful in stationary gas turbines and generators since it reduces greenhouse gas emissions during power generation. Besides, novel types of combustion boilers and hybrid heat pumps also use hydrogen to
achieve sustainable heating.Belgian startup Turbotec develops hydrogen gas turbines for CHP. The startup’s hydrogen-fuelled gas turbine, TURBOTEC HyTG-550 is designed as marine propulsion and generator unit. The engine offers 550kW of electric power and in a CHP unit, it provides up to 950kW of thermal power. The turbine is modular and can fit in a 20 ft. high cube shipping container. Furthermore, the turbine is suitable for parallelization to obtain the desired power output in a larger hybrid-electric
system. The startup also offers HyTG-100, a hydrogen-fuelled gas turbine generator, suitable for light hybrid-electric aviation and power generation in CHP or offshore units.
British startup Protium Green Solutions, a green hydrogen energy services company, implements CHP solutions for hydrogen-based industrial heating. Project HyLADDIE is the startup’s pilot project implementing zero emission industrial heating. The project will enact the installation and operation
of dynamic combustion chambers (DCC) which use hydrogen as fuel. The startup also provides hydrogen-ready burners,CHP systems, and boiler products to deliver zero-emission heat solutions using green hydrogen as a source. Besides CHP, the startup works on zero-emission aviation – specifically, Project Heart – the startup’s hydrogen-based aviation endeavor.
