1st NATURALHY Workshop
2nd European Hydrogen Energy Conference EHEC 2005
Zaragoza, November 22, 2005


The first NATURALHY project workshop was held on November 22, 2005 during the 2nd European Hydrogen Energy Conference EHEC 2005 (Zaragoza - November, 22nd -25th, 2005).

The workshop provided the opportunity to make brief overview of the project objectives and results and brought together more than 50 industry experts to discuss and explore various topics related to the project work packages on Life-Cycle Analysis, Safety, Durability, Integrity, End-Use and the Decision Support Tool.

EHEC is a forum for all latest developments and advances in the field of Hydrogen and is devoted to the exchange of scientific and technical information (http://ehec.info).

The presentations made by all speakers of the workshop are available below as Adobe Acrobat PDFs:


 

No.

Title / Work Package

Speaker

1.        

Overview of RTD activities related to hydrogen and fuel cell technologies in the EU 6th Framework Programme

Mr. Joaquín MARTIN BERMEJO

European Commission

Unit “Energy production and distribution systems”

DG Research – RTD/J-2

2.        

How much hydrogen can be added to natural gas with acceptable consequences?

 

Project Co-ordination Team

Mr. Onno Florisson

Gasunie Engineering & Technology N.V.

3.        

What are the Life Cycle and Socio-Economic consequences?

 

Work Package 1: Socio-economic and Life Cycle Analysis

Marcel Weeda

ECN

4.        

Is the Public safe if we introduce hydrogen into the existing gas systems?

 

Work Package 2: Safety

Dr. Barbara J Lowesmith

Loughborough University

 

5.        

What is the impact of hydrogen on the durability
of natural gas networks?

 

Work Package 3: Durability

Ms. Isabelle Alliat

Gaz de France

 

6.        

Can we maintain effectively gas networks that include hydrogen?

 

Work Package 4: Integrity

Ms. Isabelle Alliat

Gaz de France

7.        

How much hydrogen can natural appliances accept and how do we take hydrogen out of the natural gas network?

 

Work Package 5: End Use

Mr. Onno Florisson

Gasunie Engineering & Technology N.V.

8.        

The Decision Support Tool

 

Work Package 6: Decision Support Tool

Mr. Nuno Pedrosa

Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade

 

 

For additional information, please email: s.fragkoulis@exergia.gr