Hydrogen
With a commitment to engineering excellence, and a history of delivering hydrogen projects, we offer a comprehensive suite of services tailored to meet the evolving needs of industries transitioning to a cleaner future. From pilot plant operations to meticulous maintenance documentation and conceptual design, we provide end-to-end support across the hydrogen value chain.
HRL provides independent services to the hydrogen industry including:
- Hydrogen pilot plant operation and maintenance
- Pilot plant and commercial plant commissioning
- Plant operations and maintenance documentation
- Laboratory scale testing of processes
- Process design, modelling and development
- Risk assessments / HAZOP / HAZID
- Hydrogen purity analysis (AS 14687)
- Carbon intensity assessment and calculations
- Techno-economic evaluations
- Materials evaluations for hydrogen compatibility
- Component failure investigations e.g. hydrogen embrittlement
- Feasibility studies
- Front End Engineering Design (FEED) studies
- Process flowsheet development
HRL assists the hydrogen industry in overcoming many challenges including:
- Transition of assets and resources to a hydrogen economy and towards net zero emissions
- Project economics
- Obtaining government support and interpreting policies and regulatory requirements
- Matching supply capacity and demand, i.e. it is early in the hydrogen market development cycle and demand is not yet firm.
- Selecting the best infrastructure for transport of hydrogen, e.g. pipelines, trucks, ships, etc
- Understanding and managing the unique properties of each hydrogen project which individually require specialised processes and procedures to be developed and applied
- Isolating and consistently producing high purity hydrogen is difficult to achieve and validate due to the very low levels of contaminants tolerated, e.g. less than 10ppm for 99.999% purity.
- Hydrogen research and manufacture is an emerging industry, and regulations are not in place or clearly applicable
- Lack of relevant experience in the industry. HRL is the leader in this field of science
Solutions HRL provides are based on past experience and in-house expertise:
- Extensive knowledge base of processes and analytical methods
- Experienced in developing new processes
- Thorough understanding of statutory requirements and regulations
- Support of Development Approvals to meet government and statutory authority requirements
- Extensive and comprehensive in-house analytical laboratory
- Advanced desktop modelling (e.g. Fluent for CFD, Thermoflow for process)
- Greenhouse and environmental consulting
- Specialised plant inspection, failure investigation and life assessment services
- Integrated range of metallurgy, materials, welding, structural and mechanical engineering services as well as gas testing and analytics, to provide a holistic technical solutions package
HRL provides the following benefits to our clients:
- Access to proven expertise in hydrogen plant design
- Streamlined funding application process
- Support across all project phases
- Singular point of contact to a diverse team for comprehensive solutions
- Close client collaboration
- High satisfaction
- Flexible, mobile workforce
- Australia's most advanced blend of practical and theoretical skills
Click here to download our Hydrogen services flyer
Here are the links to our Hydrogen Industry case studies:
Pioneering Clean Energy: HRL's Role in the Hydrogen Energy Supply Chain Project
HRL's Techno-Economic Analysis of Low Emission Hydrogen Production
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