“Ross Barlow” Hydrogen-powered Canal Boat
Dr David Book Head of Hydrogen Materials Group School of Metallurgy & Materials University of Birmingham FCH-JU: Fuel Cells & Hydrogen for maritime & harbour applications Venice - 14th June 2013 Project Coordinator: Professor Rex Harris Edinburgh
Manchester
Birmingham
Bristol London University of Birmingham • Founded in 1900 as the original “redbrick” university
• Clock Tower was modelled on the Torre del Mangia in Siena • The mosaics are by Salviati Burke and Co. of Venice Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Research
Metallurgy & Chemical Chemistry Materials Engineering Dr. P. Anderson Dr. D. Book Prof R. Steinberger- Hydrogen Storage H2 Storage, Separation Membranes, Wilkens Prof. P. Slater H2 Processing of Materials SOFC, PEMFCs, Stacks & systems Materials for SOFC Prof. R. Harris (H) Prof K. Kendall (H) Hydrogen Fuel Cell System Prof. C. Greaves Integration & H2 Storage SOFC & Nanotechnology Materials for SOFC Dr. A. Walton Dr N. Rees Biosciences Hydrogen Processing of Magnets PEMFCs Dr. J.D. Speight Dr A. Dhir Prof. L. Macaskie Bio-Hydrogen Production Hydrogen Separation Membranes Hydrogen Generation Dr. A.J. Davenport Drs. Leeke, Santos & Physics Corrosion of Bipolar Plates Bushra Al-Duri Prof. R. Palmer H2 production & Biorefining of H2 Photocatalysis www.hydrogen.bham.ac.uk Biomass using Supercritical Water Electrical Eng www.fuelcells.bham.ac.uk Dr. S. Hillmansen Hydrogen in Railways Fuel Cells (Chemical Engineering)
Microtubular SOFC Microcabs & H2 fueling stations
>90 small passenger FC vehicles & infrastructure in: British Midlands; Brussels SOFC Testing System region & Wallonia; & Weser-Ems region in NW Germany.
Professor Robert Steinberger-Wilckens www.fuelcells.bham.ac.uk Hydrogen (Metallurgy & Materials)
H2storage materials H2 purification membranes ▷ Pd alloys ▷ Amorphous TM
▷ Nano-Mg ▷ Borohydrides ▷ Metal hydrides
Metal hydride stores Metal hydride compressor
30 kg of LaNi5. à 5000 litres H2 150 àSOFC 600 bar Testing in 30 Systemmin
Dr David Book www.hydrogen.bham.ac.uk In the past, a small ICE motorbike was converted to run on hydrogen (from a hydride store)
What other opportunities are there to demonstrate hydrogen energy…? A canal runs through the middle of the university campus! There are about 3540 km of navigable canals and rivers throughout the United Kingdom.
Orange = man-made canals ² The network is navigable in its entirety by a narrowboat (2.1 m wide) less than 17 m ² The speed limit for the majority of inland waterways in the UK is 6.4 kph. Canals in Birmingham (UK) From the 1760s, a large network of canals were built across Birmingham and the Black Country, to transport raw materials and finished goods. By the 1820s an extensive canal system had been constructed; Birmingham is often described as having more miles of canals (56 km) than Venice (42 km). The Gas Retort House was built in 1822 together with a new gasometer (storage tank) & coal store. Gas Retort House, Birmingham Inside a retort house (Fakenham ,Norfolk; www.geograph.org.uk/photo/1899948 )
Town gas / coal gas (50% hydrogen, 35% methane, 10% CO
& 5% C2H4) was manufactured by heating coal in the absence of air.