The Impact of Ambient Temperature on Low Carbon Energy Supply - Modelling and optimization studies on the supply of hydrogen energy from northern Norway
To avoid the worst impacts of climate change a rapid green energy transition is required where traditional fossil fuels are replaced by low-carbon alternatives. One attractive route to emissions reduction is blue hydrogen, which has lower CO 2 emissions that traditional hydrogen production. For hydr...
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To avoid the worst impacts of climate change a rapid green energy transition is required where traditional fossil fuels are replaced by low-carbon alternatives. One attractive route to emissions reduction is blue hydrogen, which has lower CO 2 emissions that traditional hydrogen production. For hydrocarbon exporters, increased blue hydrocarbon production can be achieved in two main ways: continued gas export with end-user-based hydrogen production or in-country hydrogen production and export. The cold climate in Norway provides a particular advantage to the performance of some industrial processes. A good example of this being the LNG plant at Melkøya, which is the most efficient of its type. Several other processes associated with blue hydrogen production could also benefit from low ambient temperature, increasing the attractiveness of in-country hydrogen production and potentially better supporting a future green hydrogen economy. The work summarised in this thesis includes a set of process optimization studies that look at the impact of ambient temperature on performance for several key links in the blue hydrogen supply chain. Along with this, a supply chain model is developed for a scenario where hydrogen is supplied from northern Norway to the UK. The focus of the work is process modelling and optimization, and several new sets of performance data are developed for important industrial processes. The main conclusion of this study is that the advantage offered by low ambient temperature in northern Norway is sufficient to make the export of blue hydrogen more efficient that a conventional LNG export based scenario over a range of realistic operating cases. The implication of this is that the basis for projects based on a conventional approach should be considered in more detail to ensure that they are based on a sound footing. |
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The Impact of Ambient Temperature on Low Carbon Energy Supply - Modelling and optimization studies on the supply of hydrogen energy from northern Norway |
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Paper 1: Jackson, S., Eiksund, O. & Brodal, E. (2017). Impact of Ambient Temperature on LNG Liquefaction Process Performance: Energy Efficiency and CO 2 Emissions in Cold Climates. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56 (12), 3388 - 3398. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00333 . Paper 2: Jackson, S. & Brodal, E. (2019). Optimization of the Energy Consumption of a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Related Carbon Dioxide Compression Processes. Energies, 12 (9), 1603. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15645 . Paper 3: Jackson, S. & Brodal, E. (2021). Optimization of a Mixed Refrigerant Based H 2 Liquefaction Pre-Cooling Process & Estimate of Liquefaction Performance with Varying Ambient Temperature. Energies, 14 (19), 6090. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23104 . Paper 4: Jackson, S. (2020). Development of a Model for the Estimation of the Energy Consumption Associated with the Transportation of CO 2 in Pipelines. Energies, 13 (10), 2427. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18325 . Paper 5: Jackson, S. (2020). Sensitivity Analysis and Case Studies for CO 2 Transportation Energy Consumption. Proceedings of the 61st SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling SIMS 2020, September 22-24, Virtual Conference, Finland. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, 176 (36), 257-263. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20684 . Paper 6: Jackson, S. & Brodal, E. Case Studies into Low-Carbon derived Hydrogen Energy Supply to the UK from Norway. (Manuscript). 978-82-7823-233-0 978-82-7823-234-7 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23115 |
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ftunivtroemsoe:oai:munin.uit.no:10037/23115 2023-05-15T17:43:21+02:00 The Impact of Ambient Temperature on Low Carbon Energy Supply - Modelling and optimization studies on the supply of hydrogen energy from northern Norway Jackson, Steven 2021-12-10 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23115 eng eng UiT Norges arktiske universitet UiT The Arctic University of Norway Paper 1: Jackson, S., Eiksund, O. & Brodal, E. (2017). Impact of Ambient Temperature on LNG Liquefaction Process Performance: Energy Efficiency and CO 2 Emissions in Cold Climates. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 56 (12), 3388 - 3398. Also available at https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.iecr.7b00333 . Paper 2: Jackson, S. & Brodal, E. (2019). Optimization of the Energy Consumption of a Carbon Capture and Sequestration Related Carbon Dioxide Compression Processes. Energies, 12 (9), 1603. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/15645 . Paper 3: Jackson, S. & Brodal, E. (2021). Optimization of a Mixed Refrigerant Based H 2 Liquefaction Pre-Cooling Process & Estimate of Liquefaction Performance with Varying Ambient Temperature. Energies, 14 (19), 6090. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23104 . Paper 4: Jackson, S. (2020). Development of a Model for the Estimation of the Energy Consumption Associated with the Transportation of CO 2 in Pipelines. Energies, 13 (10), 2427. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/18325 . Paper 5: Jackson, S. (2020). Sensitivity Analysis and Case Studies for CO 2 Transportation Energy Consumption. Proceedings of the 61st SIMS Conference on Simulation and Modelling SIMS 2020, September 22-24, Virtual Conference, Finland. Linköping Electronic Conference Proceedings, 176 (36), 257-263. Also available in Munin at https://hdl.handle.net/10037/20684 . Paper 6: Jackson, S. & Brodal, E. Case Studies into Low-Carbon derived Hydrogen Energy Supply to the UK from Norway. (Manuscript). 978-82-7823-233-0 978-82-7823-234-7 https://hdl.handle.net/10037/23115 openAccess Copyright 2021 The Author(s) Chemical engineering: 560::Chemical process engineering: 562 DOKTOR-008 Doctoral thesis Doktorgradsavhandling 2021 ftunivtroemsoe 2021-11-24T23:54:45Z To avoid the worst impacts of climate change a rapid green energy transition is required where traditional fossil fuels are replaced by low-carbon alternatives. One attractive route to emissions reduction is blue hydrogen, which has lower CO 2 emissions that traditional hydrogen production. For hydrocarbon exporters, increased blue hydrocarbon production can be achieved in two main ways: continued gas export with end-user-based hydrogen production or in-country hydrogen production and export. The cold climate in Norway provides a particular advantage to the performance of some industrial processes. A good example of this being the LNG plant at Melkøya, which is the most efficient of its type. Several other processes associated with blue hydrogen production could also benefit from low ambient temperature, increasing the attractiveness of in-country hydrogen production and potentially better supporting a future green hydrogen economy. The work summarised in this thesis includes a set of process optimization studies that look at the impact of ambient temperature on performance for several key links in the blue hydrogen supply chain. Along with this, a supply chain model is developed for a scenario where hydrogen is supplied from northern Norway to the UK. The focus of the work is process modelling and optimization, and several new sets of performance data are developed for important industrial processes. The main conclusion of this study is that the advantage offered by low ambient temperature in northern Norway is sufficient to make the export of blue hydrogen more efficient that a conventional LNG export based scenario over a range of realistic operating cases. The implication of this is that the basis for projects based on a conventional approach should be considered in more detail to ensure that they are based on a sound footing. Doctoral or Postdoctoral Thesis Northern Norway University of Tromsø: Munin Open Research Archive Norway |