Gas Pipes Leak
Addressing Hydrogen’s
Unique Challenges
Gas pipelines are fundamental to our energy infrastructure. Historically, the natural gas industry has tolerated leaks as an inevitable cost of business and the industry is exempt from underground storage tank regulations that require double-wall containment and active monitoring. Recognition of methane’s potent greenhouse impact is shifting these perspectives somewhat, but with over 2,500,000 miles of installed pipelines in the U.S. alone, options are limited.
Hydrogen presents much more significant challenges due to its smaller molecular size, odorless and colorless properties, and nearly invisible flame, all of which make hydrogen leaks harder to detect and even more important to continuously monitor and control.
we have a solution
Dual Containment Piping, Inert Gas, Sensors and Controls
H2C Safety Pipe™
With Hydrogen,
Safety Is Not Optional
Once thought to be benign if leaked into the atmosphere, recent studies reveal that hydrogen is a potent indirect greenhouse gas. And who isn’t familiar with, and thinking about, the Hindenburg disaster when hydrogen is being seriously considered as a clean energy alternative?
Ask any expert and they’ll explain that when handled correctly, hydrogen is safer than gasoline and other fuels. But they also know that when mixed with air in a contained space, even very low concentration levels of hydrogen (40,000 ppm or greater) are highly explosive. Thus, not only to provide public confidence, but for absolute public safety, preventing and continuously monitoring for hydrogen leakage is critical.
Process
Tailored Support
Our support process is flexible and H2C can be as involved as much or little as you need us to be given the stage and timing of your project. Together with a growing number of partners, H2C Safety Pipe can provide a turnkey solution, including design, installation, operation and maintenance. Or we can support your local engineering firm or simply license you to use our technology.
flexible applications
Addressing Multiple
Infrastructure Applications
Over the next few decades, to effectively decarbonize major industries like steel, cement, chemical and aluminum production, heavy-duty and long-haul transportation, and provide grid resilience, will require a massive investment in new infrastructure.
Achieving this with the least disruption, fewest stranded assets, lowest cost, and requisite level of safety to protect people, property, and the environment, will involve multiple forms of installation. H2C Safety Pipe technology provides a solution for each of these applications.