MODELING AND SIMULATION OF HYDROGEN PIPELINE NETWORKS FOR SAFE AND EFFICIENT TRANSPORTATION

Hydrogen Pipeline Network Transportation is a convenient means of efficiently conveying large quantities of Hydrogen from the Industrial Producers of Hydrogen to the Industrial Consumers of Hydrogen. The world of men is gradually transitioning into a more Carbon-Neutral Industrial Climate and Hydrogen is increasingly becoming a preferred energy carrier and industrial feedstock for several industries, some of such Industries including The Cement Producing Industry, The Steel Producing Industry and The Transportation Industry. This paper provides a finite solution to Hydrogen Pipeline Network Design and Implementation by first performing Crystallographic Analysis to determine the appropriate material to comprise the components of the Hydrogen Pipeline Transportation Network, and then creating a Robust Mathematical Model for a Hydrogen Pipeline Network which can be used to calculate certain parameters within the network like pressure, velocity and temperature distribution, proposing an appropriate Real-Time Monitoring and Control System for the network, simulating multiple hydrogen pipeline network geometries to investigate the general behavior of Hydrogen when it is subjected to Pipeline Network Transportation and providing general guidelines for Hydrogen Pipeline Transportation Networks. The results proved the theories of Major and Minor Losses in a Pipeline and determined that Austenitic Stainless Steel (ASS) and Fiber Reinforced Polymer (FRP) were the preferred materials to comprise the components of the Transmission and Distribution segments of the network respectively. The overall aim of this paper was achieved.